Coping with Personal and Global Traumatic Events - What Every Parent Needs to Know - for Ourselves & our Children with Pat Stepler, M.S., LMFT

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I know I said Season 1 had come to a close but this episode was so powerful and helpful I just couldn't keep it from you! Due to a personal loss and so many national and international tragedies, 2017 was one of the hardest years of our lives (mine and my husband's). I know that we're not alone. As we close on 2017 and move into 2018, I thought we could all use some insight and support from someone who has been on the frontlines of helping others cope with trauma and disasters - Pat Stepler MS, MFT. This episode will give you tangible, evidence-based ways to seek care for yourself and effectively support your children when disaster strikes your family, town, country or world. Do not miss it!

BIO:

Pat believes that healing occurs through supportive and nurturing relationships. She has counseled children, families, and adolescents in crisis for over 15 years and currently has a private practice in Ventura, CA where she treats children, adolescents, women, and families.

Pat specializes in the areas of parenting and family issues, child and adolescent development, and women's issues. She has clinical expertise in the areas of anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood disorders.

Pat holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work with a minor in Substance Abuse Studies from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from California Lutheran University.

She remains in love with her high school sweetheart, and together they have been foster parents to two children and birth parents to their 3-year-old daughter. She enjoys motherhood, hiking, walking the beach, advocating for the foster community, and serving her local church family.

Find Pat Stepler, MS, MFT online + Helpful Resources:

Website: www.empiretcs.net

http://www.camft.org/images/PDFs/crerc/tips_for_talking_with_children.pdf

http://www.camft.org/images/PDFs/crerc/tips_for_survivors.pdf

http://www.nantolbert.org/helping-children-feel-safe/

http://first5association.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SSTCareCopeConnect.pdf

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