Illuminate Holistic Counseling & Coaching

Episode 5 is Out! 🎊💃🏻💃🏼 There are lots of ways to start dating. We explore all the options out there and dish on our experiences.

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Boundaries…we all need them. Especially in dating! More discussions and dishing on this important topic.

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Episode 3 Out! 🎊💃🏻💃🏼
Boundaries…we all need them. Especially in dating!

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Please spread the word and forward this list of trauma therapists with immediate openings in the Madison and surrounding areas to help with Mt Horeb incident.
This is editable for my therapist connections.

Mt. Horeb Emergency Response EMDR/Trauma Therapist List Sheet1 Business/Name of Provider,Website,Email,Phone Number,EMDR,TF-CBT,Brainspotting,Other Therapy/Specialization,Virtual/In Person,Ages Served,OON/Private Pay,Insurance Accepted Illuminate Counseling/Cassandra Quick,www.illuminatecounseling.org

Live It Up | Illuminate Counseling | 101123

Happy New Year everyone! It's official...I'm a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance!

I'll continue to offer Trauma Sensitive Yoga to my therapy clients as I finish the next phase training in the Trauma Conscious Yoga Certification with The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Institute.

Join me for the next fully virtual Trauma Sensitive Yoga Group starting on Wednesdays 5-6pm for 10 weeks in February!
https://www.illuminatecounseling.org/trauma-sensitive-yoga

A little cognitive reframe to start your week strong ❤️

CAUTION: This is one of the side effects of mindfulness and meditation.😂
It’s why I have practiced for almost 12 years and teach it.
Love this so much!

One of the best parts of my job as a trauma therapist…when my clients motivate me to deepen my own understanding on a topic. I decided to finally read this book as part of a homework assignment for a client.

It’s now a standard recommended read for my clients and friends. Comprehensive, practical and so relatable.

As a therapist who has done the work, it was still such a great reminder and points were brought up I wouldn’t have thought about. She also has a book JUST on family drama. Highly recommended!
Nedra Tawwab

Set Boundaries, Find Peace Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The instant New York Times best seller End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them - in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with tox...

As I immerse myself in the last three weeks of my yoga teacher training, I’m reminded constantly of the power of the practice to support you through suffering, loss, and pain (emotionally and physically). I’ve gained a whole new perspective on what it takes to be a skilled teacher. Grateful to be on this path.🙏🏻

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Credit:
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It’s official…
I’ve registered for a 200 Yoga Teacher Training to be Certified with the Yoga Alliance, with an intent to be Trauma Conscious Method Certified by 2024. https://traumaconsciousyoga.com

After several conversations that kept igniting this next path and trusting my own inner guidance on what program and track is right for me, my intuition spoke clearly to me…”It’s time.”

My yoga journey started in college 24 years ago and I’ve had a personal practice since. As a therapist, I have since been trained in Mindfulness and MBSR and yoga interventions for mental health.

The turning point…in 2021, I was trained in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as a way to integrate yoga into sessions with my clients. It’s changed their lives and mine.

On to the next part of my healing journey.🙏🏻❤️

EMDR is incredibly effective for anxiety and depression. I’m trained on the Depression Protocol🙏🏻

EMDR for anxiety Typically used to treat trauma, eye movement and desensitization reprocessing therapy (EMDR) can also help reduce symptoms of anxiety, panic, and phobias.

It’s ok to want to feel better and you can. ❤️🙏🏻
There are so many ways to find quality mental health care by trauma informed specialists. Here’s one option: https://www.emdria.org

Tune into this episode for some real talk with Krista Hatcher Uelmen and Shanna Powell-Chavez about healing and thriving after divorce.
Much needed authentic and vulnerable discussion for so many! ❤️Thanks ladies for holding space to highlight this topic!

How to Start Healing and Thrive After Divorce - MadTown Mom Squad Krista and Shanna chat with Cassandra Quick, owner of Illuminate Holistic Counseling & Coaching, on navigating the post-divorce process by increasing awareness of self, assessing emotional strengths and areas that need improvement, and accessing mental health resources in the community. Cassandra Qu...

One of the passions of my practice as a Trauma Therapist is to be able to offer body based approaches for healing. I’m grateful to be trained in Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY). The changes I see in my clients who concurrently do both TSY and EMDR is significant!
Check out my latest appearance on “Live It Up” with Lee Acker & Krista Hatcher Uelmen where I talk about my virtual TSY groups.🙏🏻
P.S. How awesome is this thumbnail?!💃🏻

Live It Up | Illuminate Counseling | 060723

New group starting! Message me for a link to register

It’s official! I’m proud to announce I’m EMDR Certified by EMDRIA.org

Brave Healer Productions Releases Holistic Mental Health: Calm, Clear and In Control For the Rest of Your Life /PRNewswire/ -- According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% during the first year of the pandemic...

What are you fiercely protective of?

I’m loving this approach to life and had to share my thoughts.

Be fiercely or fiercely protective of the magic, the love, the peace, the femininity, the strength, the income potential, the healing, the calm, the serenity, the fun, the inhibitions.

I have another Trauma Sensitive Yoga Therapy Group cohort starting Sept. 21st for 10 weeks 5-6pm.
Few spots are left!
BCBS accepted and private pay
Clients can be directed to visit site below for more information:
https://www.illuminatecounseling.org/trauma-sensitive-yoga

Trauma Sensitive Yoga now offered in individual sessions and groups starting in the Madison area in person and virtually starting in the fall!

TCTSY is an evidence-based adjunctive treatment for PTSD and complex trauma.⁠
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In a study published this month in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Ursula Kelly, Terri Haywood, Eliza Segell, and Melinda Higgins demonstrated the effectiveness of Trauma Sensitive Yoga compared to Cognitive Processing Therapy for women veterans with PTSD after military sexual trauma.⁠
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“TCTSY improved symptoms significantly by the midpoint of the intervention, whereas significant improvements in the CPT group were not seen until 2 weeks postintervention. The substantially higher rate of retention and completion in the TCTSY group (60.5%) versus CPT group (34.8%) is a critical finding, as a significant limitation in CPT in the clinical setting is the relatively high dropout rate.”⁠

Review the study here:
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2020.0417

My Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Group is starting on May 3rd!
Taking outside referrals with BCBS or UHC. 6 spots left and filling fast!
30-minute intake required before group starts and I offer free10-minute consultations prior to committing.
Referrals can reach out to me at [email protected] or by phone 608-844-8492
The direct website for the group is here: https://www.illuminatecounseling.org/blank-page-2

I’ve updated my website for 2022!
Im currently full on individual clients, but open to new group referrals.
Check out three groups I’ll be offering come March!
www.illuminatecounseling.org

Mindfulness is one of the BEST ways to cope with anything from daily stressors to depression and anxiety.

It’s easy to start practicing with the 6 suggestions below.

Happy Mindful Moments 🙏🏻

I have two 8-week teletherapy groups starting next week:
Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness for Women &
Holistic Divorce Recovery
A few spots are open yet! See attached flyers for more information, how to make referrals and what insurance is accepted!