by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 14, 2025 | Mental Health and Psychotherapy Resources in Alabama, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Therapy Resources for Alabama
What PTSD Feels Like: The Inner Experience Living with PTSD can feel like being trapped in a time warp where past trauma continues to intrude on the present moment. Many people describe it as having their nervous system stuck on high alert, as if danger could strike...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 29, 2025 | Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice, Psychology Topics and Articles, Therapy Resources, Tips and Tools
Buy the Book How Edward Teyber’s Revolutionary Approach Transformed My Journey from Anxious Student to Confident Therapist I still remember sitting in my social work school classroom, frantically taking notes on CBT protocols and DBT worksheets, feeling...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 27, 2025 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, Guided Meditations for Therapy
If you struggle with anxiety, panic, or trauma, you know how easily the mind can get hijacked by worries about the future or regrets about the past. Mindfulness offers a powerful pathway back to the safety and stability of the present moment. This grounding meditation...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 20, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Somatic Experiencing In Alabama
Integrating Posture Analysis Into Psychotherapy for Trauma As therapists, we are always looking for new ways to help our patients heal from complex trauma. In my own journey as a practitioner, I’ve found that incorporating somatic and energetic practices...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 3, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles, Self Help and Personal Development
When everything broken is broken, and everything dead is dead, and the hero has looked into the mirror with complete contempt, and the heroine has studied her face and its defects remorselessly, and the pain they thought might, as a token of their earnestness, release...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 17, 2024 | Psychology, Self Help and Personal Development
Insights from Philosophy and Psychotherapy Laughter and screaming may seem like opposite reactions, but they actually share a common trigger: the unexpected. Both are instinctive responses that arise when we encounter something that doesn’t fit our mental...
