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11/10/2025

📚 Book Pick: Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle and Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be by Dr. Robyn Koslowitz 📚

Parenting while healing from your own trauma isn’t easy—but it is possible. This book offers compassionate, practical tools to help you break old cycles and become the parent you always wanted to be.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Trauma-informed and deeply relatable
✔️ Real-world tools for mindful, connected parenting
✔️ Encourages healing, not perfection

A powerful, hopeful read for anyone learning to parent with both courage and compassion. 💛

08/10/2025

This powerful and compassionate book is a must-read for anyone who has ever questioned themselves after a toxic relationship. Dr. Ramani offers clear guidance on how to spot narcissistic behavior—and how to heal from its impact.

This powerful, compassionate book is a must-read for anyone who’s ever questioned themselves after a toxic relationship. Dr. Ramani offers clear guidance on how to spot narcissistic behavior—and how to heal from its impact.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Breaks down narcissistic abuse in clear, relatable language
✔️ Helps survivors stop self-blame and reclaim their identity
✔️ Offers validation, tools, and long-term strategies for healing
✔️ Grounded in clinical expertise and deep empathy

It’s Not You reminds us that the problem wasn’t your boundaries, empathy, or emotional needs—it was their inability to meet you with respect.

💭 Have you read it yet? What stood out most to you?

📩 If you're navigating emotional abuse or trauma, therapy can help. Feel free to reach out.

08/03/2025

📚 Book Pick: Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel 📚

Can intimacy and erotic desire coexist in long-term relationships? Esther Perel explores this powerful tension with insight, honesty, and clinical wisdom.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Challenges myths about desire and monogamy
✔️ Explores emotional safety and erotic freedom
✔️ Blends real client stories with cultural insight
✔️ Great for couples, therapists, and anyone rethinking intimacy

Mating in Captivity invites us to reimagine what connection and passion can look like—without shame or fear.

💭 Have you read it? What resonated with you most?

📩 Navigating intimacy challenges? Feel free to reach out to explore therapy or supervision.

07/27/2025

📚 Book Pick: Fight Right by Drs. John & Julie Gottman 📚

Conflict is inevitable—but it doesn’t have to damage your relationship. Fight Right teaches couples how to navigate disagreements with respect, empathy, and deeper connection.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Practical, science-based communication tools
✔️ Teaches couples to argue without harm
✔️ Builds emotional safety & understanding
✔️ Grounded in decades of research (Gottman Method)

It’s a valuable guide for any couple wanting to grow stronger—especially during tough conversations.

💭 Have you read this book or another that improved your communication skills? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

📩 If you’d like support with communication or relationship challenges, feel free to message me to explore therapy or clinical supervision.

Conflict is inevitable—but it doesn’t have to damage your relationship. Fight Right teaches couples how to navigate disagreements with respect, empathy, and a deeper connection.

07/20/2025

📖 Book Spotlight: Come Together by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

This book offers compassionate, science-based tools to help couples reconnect emotionally and physically. It’s all about deepening intimacy, improving communication, and rediscovering closeness—without shame or pressure.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Practical tools for intimacy & desire
✔️ Focuses on emotional connection
✔️ Supportive, empathetic tone
✔️ Great for couples at any stage

It’s a beautiful reminder that intimacy grows through connection, not perfection.

💭 Have you read it? What stood out to you most?

07/13/2025

📚 Book Pick: Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Dr. Ramani Durvasula 📚

If you feel stuck in a relationship with a narcissist, this book offers clarity, compassion, and guidance.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Helps spot emotional manipulation & gaslighting
✔️ Offers tools for deciding whether to stay or leave
✔️ Focuses on protecting your emotional well-being

It’s a valuable resource for anyone navigating a difficult relationship.

💭 Have you read it? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

📩 Need support? Message me to explore therapy or clinical supervision.

07/07/2025

📚 “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. 📚

This groundbreaking book is a must-read for anyone looking to better understand how trauma impacts both the mind and body. Dr. van der Kolk shares decades of research and clinical wisdom, exploring how trauma is stored in the body—and how healing is not only possible but achievable.

💡 Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Insightful for anyone affected by trauma
✔️ Clear, accessible explanations of brain-body connections
✔️ Highlights approaches like EMDR, mindfulness & body-based therapies
✔️ A trusted resource I often recommend to clients and colleagues alike

It’s a powerful, validating read—and offers hope for deep healing and recovery.

💭 Have you read it? I’d love to hear your thoughts below!

📩 If you’re working through trauma and would like support, feel free to message me to explore therapy or clinical supervision.

07/04/2025

If you're looking for a powerful, accessible read about relationships and emotional connection, I highly recommend “Hold Me Tight” by Dr. Sue Johnson.

This book dives deep into how we form attachment bonds with partners—and how we can heal and strengthen them through connection and vulnerability. It’s a wonderful resource for anyone working on relationship issues, whether in therapy or on their own.

❤️ Why I Recommend It:
✔️ Easy to read, with real-life examples
✔️ Great for couples looking to improve communication
✔️ Based on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an approach I use in my practice

💭 Have you read it? What’s your favorite relationship-focused book?

📩 If you’d like support navigating relationship challenges, feel free to message me to learn about therapy or supervision services.

07/04/2025

🚨 Now Accepting MFT & CPC Interns in Nevada for Clinical Supervision! 🚨

Are you an intern on the path to licensure in Nevada? I offer compassionate, collaborative, and growth-focused Primary & Secondary Clinical Supervision for MFTs and CPC Interns.

🗓️ Get started with a FREE 20-minute consultation to:
✅ See if we’re a good fit
✅ Discuss your goals
✅ Talk pricing & scheduling

You don’t have to navigate licensure alone—let’s make your journey meaningful and successful!

📩 DM, email, or book your consult here: https://www.enros-manaligod.com/

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06/28/2025

Whiteboard video covering PTSD basics, such as types of trauma and symptoms.http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/materials/videos/index.asp

06/26/2025

In each PTSD Bytes episode, host and clinical psychologist Colleen Becket-Davenport from the VA National Center for PTSD talks to an expert or innovator about how technology can support people with PTSD or other mental health concerns.

Podcast · Veterans Health Administration · Welcome to the VA podcast series, PTSD Bytes! In each episode, host and clinical psychologist Colleen Becket-Davenport from the VA National Center for PTSD talks to an expert or innovator about how technology can support people with PTSD or other mental h...

06/23/2025

National PTSD Awareness Month is observed annually in June. The month is dedicated to raising awareness about the condition and how to access treatment.

The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, support...