Research shows that mindfulness is hands down single handedly the most effective self regulation tool available to trauma survivors. In this workshop, you will learn 3 techniques to use with partners, addicts and couples to help them to stay regulated in your session and in stressful situations.

Sitting in the distress can feel overwhelming and keep a partner out of safety and stabilization.These concepts and practices decrease reactivity, bring the brain back on line and allow couples (if you are working with them) to better communicate. 

Presentation Objectives: By the end of this session, professional participants will be able to:

• Mindfulness techniques that quiet the "Mind Stories"—what couples say about themselves?
• The 5 "Mind States" of an Addict and Partner that contributes to his/her challenges.

How to use:

• The Isomorphic Pathway for Self-Intimacy to teach grounding, resourcing, and self compassion.
• Reality Affirmations to increase resilience and post-traumatic growth

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Carol is a licensed social worker and personal life coach. She is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist – Supervisor and a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist for and a faculty member of both training organizations. She was a lead trainer for APSATS on the Multidimensional Trauma Model educating professionals about trauma & partner betrayal.

She has developed a training and certification Program: ERCEM--The Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model for professionals to help couples heal. She has trained over 250 professionals worldwide on the ERCEM Model and is currently training all over the world. Carol started the first podcast on Sexual Addiction in 2007 and started the APSATS podcast specifically on partner betrayal.

Carol’s books include Help. Her. Heal. An Empathy Workbook for Sex Addicts to Help Their Partners Heal, Unleashing Your Power: Moving Beyond Sexual Betrayal, Help. Them. Heal Teaching You Both How to Navigate Your Relationship After Sexual Betrayal. Her new book, Helping Couples Heal After Infidelity and Find Love Again teaches ERCEM skills to help couples build a new relationship that has honesty and truth as its foundation. Her workshops, trainings have changed the world of problematic sexual behavior and partner betrayal have changed how professionals work in this specialized niche.