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The Stages of Change Model and How To Implement It

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DiClemente, this model has become a cornerstone in health psychology and is widely used in healthcare and wellness programs. This is not a “checklist” of how to encourage change within your clients or yourself, but rather a way of thinking about the psychology of changing habits. Developed by James O. Prochaska and Carlo C.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

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Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A trauma-informed approach to birth trauma To help your clients cope with and overcome the effects of birth trauma, it’s important that your organization adopt a trauma-informed approach to care.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Wrongful removal inflicts profound psychological trauma. Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services. Providers were not objective and recommendations in a psychological evaluation were not implemented. She is dangerously wrong.