Sherry Gaba LCSW, Psychotherapist, Life, Love & Recovery Coach is featured Celebrity Rehab on VH1. Sherry is the author of “The Law of Sobriety” which uses the law of attraction to recover from any addiction. Please download your free E book “Filling The Empty Heart” and your “Are You a Love Addict Quiz?” at www.sherrygaba.com …
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What Everyone Should Know About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
July 5th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction | Prescription Drug Addiction | Trauma - (Comments Off on What Everyone Should Know About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) I was a recent speaker at a “Theology on Tap” lecture. This speaker series takes place in the fun, relaxed setting of a local pub, and my topic, of course, was my latest book, The Resilient Woman. All was going well when I was asked, “Who are your models for resilience?” I had an …
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Why – Your Best Friend
June 1st, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Why – Your Best Friend)Make no mistake about it; one of your very best professional friends is the question – why. Perhaps the finest reason “why” is your best friend is that it doesn’t allow you to rest on your clinical findings, or clinical laurels if you will. It presses you to investigate clinical situations at a deeper level. …
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Feeling Floor Check: Tools of the Trade
May 22nd, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Trauma - (Comments Off on Feeling Floor Check: Tools of the Trade)The Feeling Floor Check is one of my most popular exercises. I created it about fifteen or twenty years ago when managed care took over and at that time clinicians in our area were being given groups of thirty and told to provide them with a therapeutic experience. I adapted the concept of locogram and …
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You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are
May 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are)Yes, you are more beautiful than you think you are! How can I make such a stunning statement without meeting you in person? Because you, like many women, have been brainwashed by something beyond your control, a force so strong yet so insidious that you probably aren’t even aware of it. Yet this powerful force …
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Tools of the Trade: Why Trauma Requires Experiential Healing
May 13th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Tools of the Trade: Why Trauma Requires Experiential Healing)Tools of the Trade On my blog, “Tools of the Trade” I am going to regularly post experiential “exercises” that I have created and tested over time. Much of the experiential work that I do is based on the principles of psychodrama and sociometry, however the integration of research alongside experiential exercises, is my own …
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Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience
May 10th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience)We all come to the celebration of Mother’s Day with a long history of being a daughter, profoundly influenced for better, or worst, by our mothers. For some, the notion of honoring our mother on Mother’s Day brings about a mix of emotions. Into this emotionally charged day full of obligations, memories, some sweet, others …
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Sherry Gaba LCSW, Psychotherapist, Life & Recovery Coach is featured Celebrity Rehab on VH1 and is the author of “The Law of Sobriety” which uses the law of attraction to recover from any addiction. You can download free E books at www.sherrygaba.com or contact Sherry for webinars, teleseminars, coaching packages and speaking engagements. Listen to …
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One Billion Rising..By Dancing?
March 12th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on One Billion Rising..By Dancing?)One billion? and we’re not talking about the Sequestration, which is planning to cut one trillion anyway, or the population of the US that is only about 315 million. No, we are speaking about a global effort involving more than three times the population of the US — we are speaking about women uniting around …
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