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Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!!

Listen as we talk with our guest, Jessica Downs. Jessica is an EMDR trainer, under Kase and Co–both basic and advanced presentations on ego states and complex trauma. Jessica owns a Private practice in Grand Junction, CO called Live Well Counseling with a group who all specialize in various aspects/populations of complex trauma.

• Listen as Jessica educates us on what Ego States therapy and parts work is.
• Listen as Jessica shares what happens to part of us when a trauma occurs.
• Listen as Jessica shares about stored memory and what happens in the brain when we experience various types of trauma.
• Listen as Jessica shares what integration of parts is and how we integrate and heal parts of ourselves.
• Listen as Jessica shares when she utilizes ego states therapy and how it is weaved into the therapeutic process.
• Listen as Jessica shares what she recommends for people who want to pursue this type of therapy. Listen as she shares about what is expected in treatment and how to find a quality therapist who specializes in Ego states.
• Listen as Jessica shares what this modality is best suited for.

Join us next Tuesday as we continue our modalities series and discuss DBT(dialectical behavioral therapy), CPT(cognitive processing Therapy), Exposure Therapy and ACT(acceptance and commitment therapy).

Resources from today's episode:

Moon Song by Kate Baer

Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman

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