by Brandy | May 30, 2020 | Regulation
“This pandemic is making me face myself.” I’m hearing that over and over. The busyness of life, especially pre-pandemic life, can really keep symptoms at bay. It reminds me of being in graduate school. I was learning so much and it was showing me things about myself...
by Brandy | May 3, 2020 | Regulation
Greetings from my corner of the pandemic. It’s been about seven weeks since I last saw clients in person in my office. It seems both an eternity and an instant. As a therapist known for using touch to work with developmental trauma, some people thought sessions would...
by Brandy | Jul 8, 2018 | Emotional Recovery, Healing, Regulation, Self-Regulation
If you’re spending any amount of time online or watching the news, anger is everywhere. People are calling for more civility in our engagements, and I hope we can move in that direction as a society. Do you feel out of control and helpless to change the way...
by Brandy Vanderheiden | Jun 12, 2018 | Anger, Anxiety, Developmental Trauma, Emotional Recovery, Family Nervous System, Healing, Kids, Parents, Professionals, Regulation, Self-Regulation, Stress Relief, Trauma Recovery
Animal videos are at least half the reason I use Facebook. I saw one this week that is such a clear example of how the nervous system moves through stress, I had to share it with you. Watch, then read my play by play. (I recommend watching with the sound off.) In the...
by Brandy | May 21, 2018 | Anger, Emotional Recovery, Healing, Management Strategies, Regulation
Anger is a topic that comes up all the time in my practice. People usually fall into one of two categories: they get angry and confront someone and then feel horrible or they can’t get angry – they either go straight to tears, helplessness or depression. A...
by Brandy Vanderheiden | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Ethics, Healing, News, Professionals, Regulation, Spirituality, Touch, Trauma Recovery
This is the story of how I transitioned to my specialty using touch in my therapy practice. It was inspired by many therapists I met at trainings who were hesitant to bring the work we were learning into their practice in part because of long standing taboos against...
