When you literally stop and smell the roses, your heart lifts, and your brain and body give you feel-good signals that help shift the rest of your day. Where are the roses for you? Here's a photo of my neighbors'…

The Gold Light. A Grounding, Refreshing Visualization

• Stretch and yawn, show your fillings, make an ahhh! sound. Spend some time feeling the goodness from the stretch and yawn. This is already breaking the “trance” of busyness, critical voices, etc. It’s…

An Attachment Practice of Co-regulation of Partners

We are biologically wired as mammals to turn to our primary attachment person when we are overwhelmed. Here is a healthy way for partners to expedite this process:

• In a calm moment, on…

By Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880 Certified Hakomi Therapist

We all have a True Self and when we live from this self we naturally engage in what interests us. However, if we’ve been hurt in some way as kids or young…

Using Visualizations for the Treatment of Trauma, and to Evoke, Embody and Empower the Wise Self 

By Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880 Certified Hakomi Therapist

Part 1: Using Visualizations in the Treatment of Trauma—Coming Home to the Wise Self and The…

"It Takes A Village" Resourcing Visualization 
by Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist

How to Create Your Mobile Village Circle! 

This is a nourishing experience for clients, therapists, and all of us humans! 

• Find a comfortable and quiet place…