by Robert Rhoton | Feb 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
↪ THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF REGULATION IN SHAPING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE Our quality of life is ultimately shaped by our ability to think and reason. We are all equipped with a natural capacity for pre-creation, but unhealthy patterns or beliefs can get in the way of...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jan 15, 2023 | Blog
Using The Salutogenic Approach Neurodiversity is complicated and often misunderstood. Oftentimes, people with neurodiversities are wrongly labeled or stigmatized—sometimes even by those who are close to them. There’s a better way to interact with these...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Dec 31, 2022 | Blog
How The Drive For Organizational Efficiency Destroys Trauma-Informed Care I sat in a meeting of leaders from a variety of nonprofits that provide services to the mental health community. The meeting progressed, and as it did so a stunning feeling of...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog
Home is the foundation of a healthy life, including mental health… …and no other instrumentality (therapy or social services) can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions. Many professionals in the mental health field provide services for youth...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Oct 14, 2022 | Blog
A New Approach to Helping Others In the early 1970s, cognitive psychologist George Kelly developed the idea of expectancy, which posits that WE TEND TO GET MORE OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON. This theory has important implications for those of us in the helping...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog
From Adversity to Asset-Based Thinking THE FIELD OF COUNSELING IS SHIFTING. For too long, the focus has been on what is wrong with the client. This deficit-based thinking has served to pathologize clients and label them as damaged goods. However, a new movement...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Aug 8, 2022 | Album
If you don’t follow us on social media you may have missed our growing collection of Dr. Rhoton Quotes! Dr. Rhoton is the owner, and CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute, as well as the President of Trauma Institute International. He has been inspiring students...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog
How do you become more resilient? Resilience is often thought of as a personality trait. You either have it or you don’t. But according to the research, that’s not the case. Resilience is a skill that can be learned. And it’s a skill that can...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog
Or is that our bias? We are all motivated by different things. For some of us, motivating factors might include wanting to feel happy, wanting to help others, or wanting to achieve a goal. Often people with complex or chronic trauma histories are frequently motivated...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 17, 2022 | Events, Program
Trauma Release and Wellness Center with Arizona Trauma Institute presents 3 International Training Opportunities: • CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST – In Karachi, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th July 2022 • OPEN HOUSE AT TRAUMA RELEASE AND WELLNESS CENTER...
