Emotions Are Not The Enemy - Brainz Magazine Exclusive Interview With Ria Flanagan

Ria Flanagan (she/her/hers) is the Clinical Supervisor at Rise Up Recover, LLC and CEO of IWWC, LLC. Ria provides workshops, coaching, course creation, supervision, and counseling services to individuals struggling with the effects of addiction, trauma, and mental health issues. Her experience includes working with people struggling with addiction, trauma, and co-occurring issues: PTSD, depression, anxiety, sex addiction, Love addiction/Love avoidance, pain management, combat trauma, betrayal trauma, codependency, intimacy issues, couple's coaching, grief counseling, and process addictions. Her perspective is to view the person from all angles and address family of origin issues, spirituality, and mental and physical health. Ria is an eclectic practitioner using diverse modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Post Induction Therapy (PIT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and uses a person-centered approach, meeting the client where they are and providing a safe space to move forward into recovery.

Before opening Rise Up Recover, Ria worked as a Clinical Director for PHP, Residential treatment, IOP, and a Detox Center and has experience providing therapy to first responders, nurses, doctors, CEOs, artists, ex-gang members, military. Ria is comfortable working with many individuals to provide support and tools to thrive. Ria is an AZ Board Certified Clinical Supervisor, Rainbow educator, and advocate, providing services to the LGBTQ+ community. Ria collaborates with other organizations as a consultant and educator. Her recent collaboration was with Ethical Narrative, uniting documentary film and experiential process to deepen the viewer's experience. She is currently publishing her first book, Happiness is an Inside_Playbook, through Balboa Press.

In this episode, we discover the following:

1. Emotions are not the enemy.
2. How we can increase our happiness.
3. How to become more true to ourselves.
4. What are the best things we can do for ourselves when dealing with trauma?

With podcast host: Mark Sephton

Hope you'll enjoy the episode!

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