Finding You: with Dr. Brad Reedy

Dr. Brad Reedy welcomes Sanford Shapiro to the Evoke Therapy podcast. Sanford is our new Learning Specialist & Executive Consultant at Evoke Therapy Programs. He brings a wealth of experience from the cognitive sciences to help Evoke support clients with learning differences. Sanford talks about educational trauma and how universal design can help to cast a wider net to help more clients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy talks about how expectations and parental anxiety regarding perceived success impacts our children. He also talks about how parental trauma can affect the way we parent our children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Talks explains ADHD, executive functioning, and the effects of academic and educational trauma. he talks about testing and the need for accommodations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Brad Reedy talks about the idea of the "inner-child" and how that relates to parenting your own children. He encourages parents to explore their histories through the inner-child concept as a way to increase bandwidth in dealing with a child struggling with mental health and addiction issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy talks about the stages and phases of growth that Evoke participants go through. He talks about how metaphor and stories bypass resistance. He talks about the risks of reducing children, or others, to their behaviors and suggests that we listen to what behaviors are trying to tell us before we try to change them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A review of Brainspotting from David Grand's book, Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change. Dr. Reedy talks about Dr. Grand's evolution from EMDR to developing an accessible and efficient model for treating trauma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy talks about boundaries, shame, going home after wilderness therapy, and other topics as parents, extended family, and friends of Evoke participants ask live questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy explains intensive programming at Evoke Therapy Programs. He talks about psychodrama and how these experiences are for the novice or the experienced therapy goer. He suggest that there is no better thing you can do to support a loved one struggling with mental health or addiction issues, than to attend your own intensive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy talks about Autism Spectrum Disorder and how wilderness therapy works with individuals with ASD. He offers practical take-home ideas for parents and emphasizes the need for continued support. He suggests that we shift to see things through their eyes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Reedy talks about the need for children to explore their anger and grievances towards their parents and the benefits when parents are able to hear them. He debunks the myth that giving your child a stage to complain about how you hurt them doesn't mean you can't hold them accountable--it doesn't cause them to be a victim. Listening allows them to move through their feelings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.