ELAINE KORNGOLD, Licensed Professional Counselor | Certified Brainspotting Therapist | ADHD Counseling, Financial Therapy, Career Counseling, Internal Family Systems (IFS) | 503-770-0810 | AskCounseling@outlook.com
This article describes how the decline in the financial markets due to the Coronavirus Pandemic is impacting people who are either close to retirement or are already retired. “For older people, the coronavirus crisis has been an appalling shock. Many can’t travel … Read more
Here is an excellent article from Harvard Global Health Institute, describing the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on our mental health. We are experiencing a global fear in response to threat, which enhances our survival and at the same time … Read more
Are you wondering what the experience would be like of doing teletherapy while isolating yourself physically from others? Teletherapy Experience I have been doing teletherapy with international clients for a while and it has been very effective – I love … Read more
Countertransference is the therapist’s emotional reaction during the session to what the client is saying or experiencing. When the client is describing their past trauma, the therapist ends up being exposed to various feelings, images, or senses that are invoked … Read more
This article describes addiction as a “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking”, a normal response to adverse childhood experiences as measured by ACEs Study. “ACEs comes from the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study), groundbreaking research that looked at how 10 types of childhood … Read more
“A major challenge to treatment is that victims of severe complex trauma have trouble disclosing their abuse in verbal form. Current neuroscience helps us appreciate that it is not only cultural taboo about rape and justifiable fears of retribution that … Read more
This article describes how our body communicates with our brains and how what we feel alters what we see and hear. The three states of the “polyvagal ladder” that we discuss in sessions – top of the ladder (calm and … Read more
“Cortisol is one of the body’s key stress hormones, best known for its role in our ‘flight or fight’ instincts. When we are stressed and on high alert, the adrenal glands produce more cortisol. The hormone then goes to work … Read more
“Your brain really wants to keep you alive. It is a major preoccupation, literally of life and death importance.” “… psychological injuries have three major pathways by which they shape our lifespan. First, repeatedly going into fight or flight damages … Read more
“..being told my brain was permanently imbalanced and that I’d need medication for the rest of my life shut down any capacity to stay curious and hopeful that there might be another outcome.” “If the current narrative isn’t working for … Read more