Credentials
Joanne Bagshaw is a psychotherapist, writer and psychology professor. She is a licensed mental health counselor, and holds an MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She has post graduate training in International Trauma Studies from New York University and body centered psychotherapy from the Core Energetics Institute. She is also trained in hypnosis and yoga therapy. Joanne is a doctoral candidate at Capella University. She is an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at Five Towns College and an adjunct instructor at Suffolk County Community College.
Core Energetics
Core Energetics is a body-centered psychotherapy that helps you learn how to live from your heart and your truth. Core work involves traditional talk therapy along with movement and breathing excercises that help you move energy that is stuck, so that you can access the feelings from your past that are held in your body. Core Energetics helps you to move beyond just talking about your issues by supporting you in feeling all of your emotions, from a grounded and supported place. The relationship you have with your Core therapist helps you feel safe to do this deep work. Core Energetics can be powerful; as a result, clients are able to transform their issues to become more aware of their truth, and feel pleasure and fulfillment. To learn more about Core and their training programs, click on the following link: www.coreenergetics.org
Core Energetics & Trauma
The emotional and energetic effects of trauma are often found in the body through symptoms like chronic pain, stress related illnesses and re-enactments of relational patterns. Cutting edge research on trauma and PTSD has revealed that working with the body is essential when healing from abuse, sexual assault and other traumatic events. Integrating Core Energetics within a trauma oriented framework provides clients with a safe and supportive place to slowly access feelings that previously felt forbidden or too scary to experience. As a result, trauma clients feel better in their body, are more conscious of their feelings, become less defended and are better able to control regressions (i.e, feeling or acting like a child). Once the forbidden feelings have been released and transformed, clients are able to have fun, feel joy, live in the present, be empowered and have loving, healthy relationships.
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Women for Women International
Women for Women International focuses specifically on helping women survivors of war. Often these women are raped and tortured, their husbands are killed or wounded, and they are responsible for supporting their children without any job skills.
Click here to read stories by women helped by Women for Women.
Women for Women International offers:
*direct aid for food, medicine, clothing and school
*emotional support throught the sponsorship program
*rights awareness and leadership education
*job skills training
*microcredit loans
Joanne has been a sponsor sister since 2005. By sending just $30 a month and exchanging letters with her sisters in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and other war torn countries, the sisters recieve all of the services listed above, and are able to thrive in their communities.
Women for Women International believes that stronger women equals stronger nations. Be part of the solution, and donate today!
To help Joanne's fundraising campain, make a direct donation to Women for Women International here.
(I have put my fundraising campaign on hold, because of the earthquake in Haiti. Please check back here again for updates. In the meantime you can help vicitms in Haiti by texting Haiti to 9099).
If you want to sponsor a woman and change her life forever, click here.
Attachment Parenting
Joanne has a special interest in promoting attachment parenting. Attachment Parenting is a philosophy of parenting that supports the development of a secure bond between the parent and child. Developing a secure bond is a process that can begin as early as birth and continues through the life span. Tools like natural childbirth, breast feeding, co-sleeping, baby wearing and infant massage facilitate a sensitive and attuned relationship between parents and their children. Attachment parented children are more likely to be sensitive, confident, empathic and interdependent; meaning they are independent but also know how to rely on others for support. She offers workshops and consultation to parents, preschools and day care centers on attachment theories.
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