Freedom From Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors
Controlling Anxiety In the effort to control anxiety and emotional pain, the mind can become enslaved. Once the patterns of obsessive...
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Shelley Klammer
- 3 min
Self-Compassion Meditation
It is common to want to get rid of our pain instead of turning toward it with self-compassion. How do we care for the younger, hurting...
Shelley Klammer
- 5 min
Healthy Communication for Couples
The key to a harmonious relationships is to express ourselves with clarity and honesty while also being aware of the deeper feelings and...
Shelley Klammer
- 5 min
What is Your Attachment Style?
Have you ever wondered why relationships can bring up so much anxiety? Your relationship successes and struggles relate back to how much...
Shelley Klammer
- 2 min
Benefits of Long Term Therapy
A dedicated period of therapy can support you to understand what bothers you on a deeper level than you might be able to figure out on...
Shelley Klammer
- 4 min
Naming Your Emotions
Focusing is a path of self-inquiry that welcomes nuanced experiences that we often overlook. We gently bring awareness into our bodies,...
Shelley Klammer
- 2 min
A Simple Way to Process Emotional Pain
The ultimate goal of emotional processing is to awaken to complete self-acceptance. When you can witness and accept all of your emotions,...
Shelley Klammer
- 2 min
Cultivating Emotional Awareness
You might be "putting off" tending to your difficult emotions, hoping they will go away. Yet, when you delay holding a loving presence...
Shelley Klammer
- 4 min
How to Ground in Your Body
What does it mean to be grounded? If you are feeling disconnected from your body, here are some tips on how to be presently grounded in...
Shelley Klammer
- 2 min
Healing Generalized Anxiety
Generalized anxiety sits "on top" of unprocessed emotional pain. If you did not receive soothing care, protection and support during...
Shelley Klammer
- 5 min
The Six Stages of Emotional Healing
In Emotion Focused Therapy there are six stages of emotional healing. I have tweaked the model to place the need for nervous system...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
What is Emotion-Focused Therapy?
"There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the...
Shelley Klammer
- 2 min
Types of Emotional Responses
In emotion-focused therapy, emotional responses can be classified into four general categories; adaptive, maladaptive, reactive, and...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
Journal Prompt #7 - Resolving Fear
As humans, we carry many layers of fear in our body. Fear will often arise when you dread facing unresolved hurt from childhood. When...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
Journal Prompt # 6 - Resolving Rage
When you do not process your anger, rage arises. Rage is an uncontrollable, immediate response to an emotional trigger. Rage is a raw and...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
Journal Prompt #5 - Resolving Anger
Anger will arise when you feel you have been thwarted or wronged. Anger is an emotional response to a grievance that is real or...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
Journal Prompt # 4 - Resolving Frustration
When you cannot resolve the impatience about not getting you want, your impatience will turn into frustration. When your goals do not...
Shelley Klammer
- 1 min
Journal Prompt #3 - Resolving Impatience
Impatience will arise when you are not able to get what you want, when you want it. High achievers and perfectionists mask impatience by...