Further Learning
Resources to support your understanding of the modalities I work with, to help you on your healing journey
Out of Control Sexual Behavior resources
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SASS Assessment
The Sexual Assessment Symptoms Scale (SASS) is designed to support individuals with compulsive behavior in distinguishing the difference between thoughts, urges, and actions.
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Hypersexual Behavior Consequence Scale
The Hypersexual Behavior Behavior Consequence Scale is an assessment tool used to measure the negative consequences experienced by individuals with out-of-control sexual behavior.
Out of control sexual behavior interviews
In this audio, Doug Braun-Harvey, one of the developers of the sexual health model Cassandra uses (OCSB) explains more about the foundations of the approach.
Trauma Therapy Resources
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Felt Sense Words
Interoception is the ability to feel into the sensations of one’s body. Developing this sense is associated with an increase in self-awareness, regulation capacities, and better health. This document provides words to support you in beginning to identifying and strengthening your felt sense.
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Window of Tolerance
The “Window of Tolerance” is the ideal state of fluctuation between activation and deactivation in an autonomic nervous system. Living one’s life outside the window of tolerance is associated with trauma and chronic stress. This document displays symptoms associated with different states of nervous system arousal.
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Triune Brain
We cannot simply “think” out way out of a body that has experienced trauma and/or chronic stress. Understanding the evolutionary development of the human brain allows us to better understand how to best approach healing trauma. The “Triune Brain” is one simiplistic way to understand why we experience states of overwhelm and frequent disconnect between what happened then and how our minds and bodies are reacting now.
Trauma Resolution Videos & Podcasts
How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction
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Trauma and the Nervous System
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Somatic Experiencing Therapy for Trauma & PTSD
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Sex Therapy Resources
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Circles of Sexuality
A tool for understanding & exploring the array of aspects associated with human sexuality.
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Sexual Temperature Questionnaire
A short questionnaire to help identify your unique make-up of inhibitors & activators with sexual arousal.
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Wheel of Consent
A seemingly simple but actual complex and important way to deepen the practice of giving & recieving.
Cassandra's Book Recommendations
