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If you or a loved on suffers from chronic pain, therapy may be a impactful resource for you to explore. In this video, <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/331" target="_blank">Frame therapist Valerie Sadon </a>starts by breaking down the different sources of <ins>pain</ins>: pain caused by body-based injury or disease, and brain-generate pain. This important distinction highlights how therapy can benefit you in the mangement and reprocessing of that pain. She goes on to answers questions on: - How can I know if my pain is brain-generated? - How can therapy help me heal? - How could I help a loved one with chronic pain that's not injury related? - What makes pain chronic?

How Therapy Can Help with Chronic Pain

"EMDR" - is a modality you may see listed on a therapist's profile, but what does it mean? 
EMDR is an increasingly popular somatic (body-based) treatment for people experiencing symptoms from trauma that are getting in the way of them living the life they want to have. In this video,<a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/331" target="_self"> Frame therapist Valerie Sadon</a> explains what EMDR looks like in session, who fits the criteria for this treatment and how this modality is different from other types of therapy.

What is "EMDR"?

<a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/379" target="_blank">Frame Therapist Marcelle Little</a> guides you through a quick 5 min meditation you can turn to anytime you're feeling low, sad or are experiencing moments of self-doubt.&nbsp;
Follow along from your chair, couch, or comfortably lying on your back. Come back to this guided mindfulness exercise anytime you need.&nbsp;

5 Min Self-Love Meditation 

Did you ever think positivity could actually be "toxic"? This popular phrase "toxic positivity" puts a name to a phenomenon <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/763" target="_blank">Frame therapist Taneille Smith</a> says she's observed for many years.&nbsp;
So what makes positivity toxic? And why is it even a harmful concept?&nbsp;
In this video, Taneille breaks down the pitfalls of a "when life gives you lemons make lemonade" approach, shares her reasoning why "negative" emotions should be tolerated, and how we can recognize this pattern in ourselves.&nbsp;

What is Toxic Positivity and Why is it Harmful?

Mistakes are, by nature, upsetting... but how do we learn how to respond instead of react?&nbsp;
<a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/587" target="_blank">Frame therapst Chelsea Vinas</a> shares tools you can use th e next time you experience the wave of emotions that may come with mistakes.&nbsp;

How to Handle Mistakes, Unemotionally

Knowing what to say, or not to say, to a friend, colleague, or loved one after they've experienced a loss can feel really intimidating, or overwhelming.&nbsp;
<a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/518" target="_blank">Frame Therapist Jessica Dyer </a>weighs in with some practical advice, suggested statements and actions + statements to avoid.&nbsp;

How to Support Friends Through Grief and Loss

<a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/518" target="_blank">Frame Therapist Jessica Dyer</a> shares tools for navigating and understanding the waves of emotions that come with grief and loss.&nbsp;
She breaks down myths around the grieving process and addresses what to do when loved ones, or partners, grieve differently.&nbsp;
You can learn more about Jessica Dyer and schedule a free intro call with her <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/518" target="_blank">by viewing her profile here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tools for Processing a Traumatic Loss

Practicing mindfulness is a powerful stress management tool. Come back to this guided 3-minute exercise anytime you need it. <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/110" target="_blank">Amy Levin</a> recommen ds introducing the tools you'll find in this video into moments where anxiety or stress creep in.&nbsp;

3 Minute Stress Management Exercise 

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Anxiety shows up to protect us. The goal is not to remove it from our lives entirely, the goal, as Frame therapist <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/164" target="_blank">Jamie Whitney </a> breaks down i n this video, is to be able to identify it in the moment, reality check what the facts of the situation are and take the necessary steps to take care of yourself.
To figure out how to take those steps, tune in!

How to Identify & Talk About Anxiety

"Our feelings are really informative, they're data to help us understand what we're going through", <a href="https://client.tryframe.com/therapists/467" target="_blank">Frame therapist Rachel Ruiz</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In this Discussion, Rachel addresses the array of emotions that come with the life transition of aging, and how to work with these changes.&nbsp;

Navigating the Emotions of Aging 

OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is characterized by unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) coupled with mental or physical rituals or acts (compulsions) aimed to reduce the anxiety of those obsessions.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In truth, OCD is one of the more trivialized mental illnesses often tossed out as an adjective for Type A, perfectionist personalities. In this video Frame Therapist, Dr. Smita Kapoor breaks down that myth and answers questions about what OCD can look like, how it develops, and how we can support those who are diagnosed.