From Hurt to Hot: Helping Couples Navigate Sex After Trauma   co-regulation for therapists kate balestrieri trauma Apr 06, 2021

By Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D., CST, CSAT-S

PACT Level 3 Candidate

modernintimacy.com


Sexual trauma knows no discrimination. It can happen to anyone, at any age, and occurs across gender, race, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status. The statistics vary from study to study, but of reporte...

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An Exercise to Help Navigate the Effects of Sexual Trauma for therapists kate balestrieri staging trauma Sep 14, 2020

By Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D., CSAT-S, CST

PACT Level 3 Candidate, PACT Ambassador


For a sexual trauma survivor, the idea or act of being sexual with their partner can be ripe with hopes, pleasure, fears, frustrations, and shame. For the partner of a sexual trauma survivor, sex can be just as daun...

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Using PACT to Fight Fair attunement coregulation for therapists kate balestrieri secure functioning Oct 21, 2019

By Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D., CSAT-S, CST

PACT Level 2 Therapist

www.triunetherapy.com


All couples fight. Therapists know this. Couples (most couples) know this. But in the moment, it feels like annihilation for a couple ill-prepared to stay attuned and remain committed to a secure-functioning e...

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