Alison Sullivan, an integrative mental health therapist in Fredericksburg, VA, has a discussion about  professional identity in general and how trauma can impact that with Valerie Ashley, a trauma-focused career counselor based in Philadelphia, PA.

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319: My Story- Trauma & Professional Identity with Valerie Ashley

Bonus Episode of Integration Nation where Fredericksburg’s Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Valerie Ashley, Career Therapist, dive into COVID-19 and the stages of trauma associated with job loss.

318: Bonus Episode; Working People In Grief With Valerie Ashley

In this special live recorded episode Alison Sullivan, LCSW & Alana Weathersbee of Dragonfly Yoga Studio host a Meditation Happy Hour where they discuss the impacts of this global crisis on individual lives and provide meditation and deep relaxation exercises to manage stress.   *We are committed to the mission of Integration Nation, building community through education about integrative mental health concepts and practices and seek to deliver the highest level of content possible. Due to recording live we were unable to use specific audio equipment leading to a few audio issues. We’ve done our best to reduce the impact of the audio difficulties on the content and believe that the content of this conversation far outweighs the minor audio issues we experienced. 

317: Meditation Happy Hour With Alana Weathersbee

In this series of mini episodes, Alison Sullivan, LCSW of  Fredericksburg VA, talks about mindfulness based concepts to provide you with additional insight into tools that will help you do the identity work that we talk about in our full length episodes from season 3.

316: Self-Reflection

In this new series of mini episodes Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Fredericksburg VA, talks about mindfulness based concepts to provide you with additional insight into tools that will help you do the identity work that we talk about in our full length episodes from season 3.

315: Self-Inquiry

Alison Sullivan, an integrative mental health therapist in Fredericksburg, VA, has a discussion about parenting & domestic violence with Paige Flink, CEO of The Family Place. The two discuss how domestic violence can impact parenting, family, and a person’s identity.

314: My Story- Parenting & Domestic Violence with Paige Flink

Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Fredericksburg VA, discusses what psychological self-care looks like and how to apply it in one's own life and daily practices. A great way to care for yourself and your mental health in an integrative approach.

Episode 313: Psychological Self-Care

Our very first guest on the podcast EVER, Alana Weathersbee of Dragonfly Yoga Studio, returns in this episode to have a conversation with Alison, LCSW about our breath. Alana & Alison talk about our relationship with our breath and its impact on our mental, physical and emotional health. This conversation also addresses how our relationship with our breath impacts our intersectional identity. 

Episode 312: My Story- Our Breath with Alana Weathersbee

In this not so short mini Alison Sullivan, Fredericksburg local Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has a conversation with the practice’s very own Marketing Director & Podcast Producer, Haley Mills. Haley and Alison talk about Floundering- the stage of transition, most acute in young adulthood that has characteristics of doubt, comparison, anger, and can be an important time of self-growth, & identity development.

311: My Story- Floundering with Haley Mills

Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Fredericksburg VA, discusses what financial self-care looks like and how to apply it in one's own life and daily practices. A great way to care for yourself and your mental health in an integrative approach.

Episode 310: Financial Self-Care

Our relationship with nutrition largely impacts our physical, mental, & emotional health and well-being. In this episode Alison Sullivan, an integrative therapist based in Fredericksburg, VA, has a conversation with world-renowned nutrition expert Dr. Leslie Korn on our relationship with nutrition and its holistic impact.

309: My Story- Nutrition with Dr. Leslie Korn

Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker from NOVA, discusses what physical self-care looks like and how to apply it in one's own life and daily practices. A great way to care for yourself and your mental health in an integrative approach.

308: Physical Self-Care

Alison Sullivan, an integrative mental health therapist in Fredericksburg, VA discusses what emotional self-care looks like and how to apply it in one's own life and daily practices. A great way to care for yourself and your mental health in an integrative approach.

307: Emotional Self-Care

Privilege racism, sexism & more are discussed by Alison Sullivan, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, & Caressa Cameron-Jackson, former Miss America and local wedding planner in Fredericksburg, VA, in this episode. Alison & Caressa talk about how racism and privilege impact identity, connection, relationships and community.

Episode 306: My Story- Privilege & Isms with Caressa Cameron-Jackson

Alison Sullivan, an integrative mental health therapist in Fredericksburg, VA, has a discussion about domestic violence with Julie Owens, who is a world renowned domestic violence expert & survivor. The two go in depth sharing their personal domestic violence experiences, address the different types of domestic violence and what it looks like, and how to safely handle domestic violence situations.

305: My Story- Domestic Violence with Julie Owens

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