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Elizabeth Abrams

Dec 102 min read

Mini-Review: Four Thousand Weeks

Four Thousand Weeks explores what it means to face mortality realistically and try to make meaningful choices within the human lifespan.

Mini-Review: The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise

Elizabeth Abrams

Feb 10, 20232 min read

Mini-Review: The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise

"Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give."

Mini-Review: Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

Elizabeth Abrams

Dec 5, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

Reading Rooted was an experience that I sank into at the end of long days, a nourishing connection to the natural world and the realm of the

Apartment Therapy Article: Flowers and Wellbeing

Elizabeth Abrams

Oct 23, 20221 min read

Apartment Therapy Article: Flowers and Wellbeing

I appreciated the chance to contribute to this thoughtful Apartment Therapy article by Nandini Maharaj, Ph.D. about flowers and wellbeing.

Elizabeth Abrams

Oct 14, 20221 min read

Working With Your Story of Self

This video provides an introduction to what it can be like to use a story-based approach to therapy, drawing on narrative therapy.

Elizabeth Abrams

Oct 1, 20221 min read

Nature Mandala: Marking Transitions

This is an example of making a mandala with materials gathered from nature to mark an important transition.

Article: After My Dog Passed Away, This Common Grieving Advice Made It Harder to Let Go

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 2, 20221 min read

Article: After My Dog Passed Away, This Common Grieving Advice Made It Harder to Let Go

I was grateful for the chance to share comments for this very moving article on pet loss by Nandini Maharaj, Ph.D. for Apartment Therapy.

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20221 min read

The Power of Story for Healing

Envisioning the future you want and can see yourself living has so much power in helping you get there.

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: Our Wild Calling

Our Wild Calling: How connecting with animals can transform our lives and save theirs by Richard Louv is a masterful multi-disciplinary book

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20221 min read

Mini-Review: Radical Acceptance

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach, PhD is a guidebook for shedding shame and self-criticism.

Mini-Review: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD, is an essential read on addiction.

Mini-Review: The Empath's Survival Guide

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20221 min read

Mini-Review: The Empath's Survival Guide

What does it mean to be an empath? Judith Orloff, MD describes in this book that it goes beyond having empathy...

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Three Grief Books

This is a brief reference guide to three books I turn to as resources for bereaved clients and those supporting grieving loved ones.

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: Trauma and Recovery

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, MD has become a core work in trauma

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: The Highly Sensitive Child

The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron, Ph.D. is a book for parents and others who have a highly sensitive child in their life.

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini-Review: Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Set Boundaries Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab is a book I often recommend to clients. This...

Mini Review: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Mini Review: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron

If you're a highly sensitive person looking for ways to understand yourself better and navigate the world in an empowered way, The Highly...

Practice for Nature Connection, Creativity, and Community

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20223 min read

Practice for Nature Connection, Creativity, and Community

This is a practice focused on cultivating a relationship of reciprocal healing with nature through connection, creativity, and community.

Leaves On a Stream Visualization Exercise

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20221 min read

Leaves On a Stream Visualization Exercise

This guided visualization is called Leaves on a Stream, a cognitive defusion exercise that supports the ability to observe thoughts.

Elizabeth Abrams

Sep 1, 20222 min read

The Healing Work of Integration

The work of integration may occur as we walk the path of grief, heal from trauma, or make sense of the multiple identities we’ve embraced on

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