Z. Hamilton Avery, LCSW, BC-TMH, CMT, CYT-1,000, TIYT
Psychotherapist • Coach • Educator • Speaker • Integrative Wellness Practitioner • Therapy with Z, LLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States •
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About
I bring more than 15 years of experience across mental health, healthcare, crisis services, coaching, education, and integrative wellness. My background spans psychotherapy, 911 emergency communications, mobile crisis response, integrated healthcare, hospice, yoga, meditation, and body-based practices, giving me an unusually broad perspective on how people experience stress, trauma, change, and well-being. I translate research and complex ideas into engaging, practical experiences that combine education, reflection, discussion, and guided practice. Audiences leave with more than information. They leave with tools and resources they can actually use.
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Signature Programs (13)
An interactive program exploring the psychological and physiological effects of stress and anxiety and practical strategies for regulation and resilience. Participants examine stress responses and experience approaches that may include breathing, grounding, mindfulness, relaxation, movement, sensory awareness, and emotional regulation. The program combines accessible education, reflection, discussion, guided practice, and practical resources participants can continue using afterward.
Key Takeaways
- Understand how stress and anxiety can affect the mind, body, behavior, and everyday functioning
- Recognize individual stress responses, patterns, and triggers
- Explore evidence-based strategies for grounding, regulation, relaxation, and coping
- Experience practical mindfulness, breathing, movement, and sensory-based techniques
- Identify strategies that can realistically be integrated into everyday life
- Leave with practical resources that support continued learning and practice
Audience
Healthcare and behavioral health professionals • Helping professionals • Educators and students • Workplaces and employees • Nonprofit and community organizations • Wellness communities • General audiences
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Delivery
A trauma-informed program exploring depression, suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, and practical strategies for safety, coping, and support. Participants examine warning signs, protective factors, reasons for living, safety planning, grounding, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, self-compassion, behavioral activation, problem-solving, and mindfulness. The program combines accessible education, reflection, discussion, experiential exercises, and practical resources participants can continue using afterward.
Key Takeaways
- Better understand depression, suicidal ideation, and significant emotional distress
- Recognize warning signs, risk factors, protective factors, and opportunities for support
- Explore practical approaches to safety planning and crisis response
- Practice grounding, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and coping strategies
- Examine behavioral activation, self-compassion, problem-solving, and reasons for living
- Develop more compassionate and effective ways to respond when someone is struggling
- Leave with practical resources that support continued learning and application
Audience
Healthcare and behavioral health professionals • Helping professionals • Educators and students • Nonprofit and community organizations • Caregivers • Workplaces and employees • General audiences
Format
Duration
30 minutes - 3 hours
Delivery
An accessible and experiential introduction to mindfulness, the science behind it, and its application to everyday life. Participants explore attention, awareness, automatic patterns, and the relationship between mindfulness and mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Guided practices may include breath awareness, sensory mindfulness, mindful movement, body awareness, and informal exercises that can be incorporated into ordinary activities. The program emphasizes practical experimentation rather than achieving a particular state of mind, giving participants multiple ways to develop a sustainable mindfulness practice.
Key Takeaways
- Understand mindfulness and the principles underlying mindfulness practice
- Explore research on mindfulness and mental, emotional, and physical well-being
- Recognize common misconceptions and barriers that can make mindfulness feel inaccessible
- Experience several forms of formal and informal mindfulness practice
- Identify practical ways to incorporate mindful awareness into everyday routines
- Leave with resources and practices that support continued exploration of mindfulness
Audience
Healthcare and behavioral health professionals • Helping professionals • Educators and students • Workplaces and employees • Nonprofit and community organizations • Wellness communities • General audiences
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