We're rewinding today but continuing out series on adoption. But we'll be back with a fresh episode next week. Enjoy!

International and Transracial adoptions add another layer of complexity to the challenges faced by those touched by adoption. In this episode, Heather and Gabriel interview Susan F. Branco, PhD, LCPC (MD), LPC (VA), NCC, ACS. Dr. Branco is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia and Maryland.

Heather and Gabriel continue to peel back the layers of clinical needs surrounding adoption. In this episode, they discuss the ways in which adopted children experience grief and loss as well as tools for use in your clinical work.

Resource
Center for Adoption Support and Education https://adoptionsupport.org/

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Development and identity formation in adolescence poses unique challenges for adopted teens. In this episode, Heather and Gabriel explore those challenges and provide resources for helping teens.

Resources discussed:
Center For Adoption Support and Education https://adoptionsupport.org/
Books:
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley and John Meeks
Beneath the Mask: For Teens Adoptees

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Heather and Gabriel are back with the monthly Bibliotherapy episode. In this episode, they discuss the use of the book What to Do With A Problem by Kobi Yamada. This book is a well written and beautifully illustrated tool to use in helping elementary school aged children work through their angst about a particular problem to find their opportunities for growth and development.

Find the book here: https://amzn.to/2OZYH1q

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Gabriel and Heather are back with new content and in a new studio! In this episode, Gabriel and Heather share recent struggles they have each experienced and the ways in which they have coped. From having a wonderful community and self care skills to discussions of robot doctors, this episode has a little bit of everything.

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While Gabriel juggles his new baby boy Heather struggles to find the "rec" button! So you don't miss us too much we thought it'd be easiest to rewind to our most listened to episode: 93 on TF-CBT. ENJOY!

"In honor of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, Gabriel and Heather are continuing to discuss trauma. In this episode, they discuss Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF- CBT). TF-CBT is a hybrid model used to treat children and adolescents who have experienced at least one significant trauma. Heather is a TF-CBT certified therapist and gives an overview of the components TF-CBT. If you are interested in finding out more information about this model and/or have interest in becoming trained and/or certified in the model check out these resources:
Medical University of South Carolina https://tfcbt2.musc.edu/
Washburn Center for Children http://www.washburntraininginstitute.org/
TF-CBT Therapist Certification program https://tfcbt.org/ "

In our last episode of the exam prep series Heather and Gabriel discuss the case simulations of the Preparatory Course for the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam (NCMHC) from Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS).

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In today's episode of the exam prep series Heather and Gabriel discuss the third and final volume of of the Preparatory Course for the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam (NCMHC) from Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) on Administration, Consultation, Supervision.

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This second part of the exam prep series focuses on the next installment of the Preparatory Course for the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam (NCMHC) from Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS). Heather and Gabriel explore topics of study including goal setting and contracting, rapport building and the therapeutic relationship, collateral contacts, theories and models, interventions based on the lense of those models, and working with diverse populations.

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