Calm Works Counseling, LLC

06/08/2026

02/24/2026

In addition to all the excellent clinical sessions at the EMDRIA Virtual Summit, we’re making space for you. Join Kevin Bonifield for a 30-minute guided Qigong and Tai Chi self-care session designed to help you reset your nervous system and reconnect with your body. Through gentle, accessible movements—often called “meditation in motion”—you’ll explore simple somatic practices that are both calming and energizing. Movements are slow and mindful, and may be done seated or standing. No experience necessary.

06/06/2025

A brief introduction to EMDR Psychotherapy. There is a path to healing from trauma.

Learn about how EMDR therapy works, what it is like, and how widely it is recognized. EMDR therapists discuss how EMDR therapy works and the feedback they re...

01/01/2025

The body is the key to the mind. You first have to calm the body’s response to trauma, shifting it from danger/alert to relaxed/controlled. Only then can you begin to recognize and process the mental and emotional aspects of the trauma.



Winter reminds us that slowness doesn’t have to look like turning off but turning in. If this season looks more like settling deeply into your nest rather than rushing to renew and reset, you’re not alone. Everything in nature takes time to hibernate, to go inward, to marinate, and slow down - you can too 🤍
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12/27/2024

Caution, art may cause you to feel...

Sharing an article from the Museum of Modern Art that features the excellent work on how art elicits emotions by Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/686?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR37Y6aad3pH7xAH-jwlR5Jpk2XPdaogox98EWRVsBNYP-7hrLF4gtqGMng_aem_X1Kb_FEw200_-CON8GAKoA

Join a mental health illustrator for an imaginary trip through MoMA’s galleries and reflections on how art can elicit emotion.

01/21/2024

Register today for Sr. Ellie's signature 6-week course, Foundations in Meditative Practice! The next series will be held on Monday's from 6:00pm-7:15pm from January 29 through March 4th.

We invite you to create a little space in your Monday evenings to begin or deepen your personal practice. Attend by Zoom or in-person at the Center.

Begin registration on our website: https://www.sjcenter.com/meditative-foundations-course