Recovery Essentials: Releasing Resentments and Developing the Observer

*This presentation is no longer eligible for the 1 CE credit*

This webinar will cover the impact of resentments, provide participants with a resentment assessment, and offer an unusual perspective on the purpose of emotions. Gretchen will also discuss why the Observer Self is so critical in the recovery process and its correlation with self-compassion.

Presenter:
Gretchen Stecher, MA, EMDR Trained

A 20+ years 12 Step recovery veteran, Gretchen has worked in the mental health field providing co-occurring trauma and addiction recovery for more than 15 years. She served as adjunct faculty in the Graduate School of Psychology at Naropa University, is a certified somatic trauma specialist, and is trained in EMDR. Certified in 2001 as a sexual assault and domestic violence counselor, Gretchen’s MA is in Somatic Counseling Psychology, and she is a published author featured in the 2015 Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Journal, Vol. 33(2). Her expertise is helping women in long-term recovery from trauma and addictions grow self-esteem, release resentments and create serenity in all their relationships.