Elizabeth Abrams
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."
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Integrative and Nature-Based Mental Health Care
Elizabeth Harvey Abrams, LPCC, NCC
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Elizabeth Abrams
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
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
Elizabeth Abrams
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
Nature Mandala: Marking Transitions
This is an example of making a mandala with materials gathered from nature to mark an important transition.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 3, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
For Highly Sensitive People and Empaths
Identifying that you are an HSP or empath can help you better recognize the ways you are affected by how you process the world around you.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
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.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
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.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Resources for Highly Sensitive People
Being a highly sensitive person or empath can mean that you take in more than the average person from your surroundings and other people.
Elizabeth Abrams
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
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.
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