Whether you need therapy, a life coach, a motivational lift, clinical supervision, peer support, trainings for CEUs, occupational development, business plan implementation, conference speaker/facilitator, or something to educate and empower you or your agency, you have come to the right place.
More Than Therapy is a program of the non-profit The Frederick A. Edgerton, Jr. Foundation, founded in 2016
"Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning "humanity". It is often translated as "I am because we are," and also "humanity towards others", but is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity"."
We are a team of professionals with various backgrounds such as mental health clinicians, addiction counselors, social workers, vocational counselors, peer supports, advocates, and educators. Through such collective experiences in the human services field we work to address recognized needs for those who work in this field and offer the support needed for all of us to succeed.
We are here to be a pillar of support as you work to assist those in need and in doing so avoid burnout. When you are adequately supported and attend to your own wellness, you can be optimally beneficial to the population you serve.
An eclectic but evidence based approach to address mental health and addiction issues.
Offering in-house or community based services.
Whether through supervision, trainings, curriculum development or by other means, we offer support for human service professionals and more.
Support can be classified as formal or informal and assessed to meet the needs of the consumer.
One in ten people who lose a loved one will not find their way back to ordinary living without help. But what if the real obstacle isn't the absence of the person, but the moral sentence you’ve passed upon yourself?
In Navigating Life After Grief, Felipe Khristopher Blue, a clinician who survived the senseless murder of his brother and the subsequent collapse of his marriage, breaks the silence on the "double loss": the great trauma followed by the great consequence.
A Guide for Both Grievers and Clinicians
Whether you are drowning in "if onlys" or you are a therapist sitting across from someone immobilized by self-blame, this personal and clinical manual provides:
Narrative Interventions: Tools to externalize the "inner prosecutor" and reauthor your story.
Somatic & Compassion Protocols: Practical steps to quiet the body’s physical verdict of shame.
The Path to "Ubuntu": Moving from paralyzing self-blame to a place of compassionate self-acceptance where a meaningful life is finally possible.
This edition features a complete set of specialized worksheets to guide you through:
Traumatic & Acute Grief
Disenfranchised & Collective Grief
Ambiguous Loss & Anticipatory Grief
You are not broken. You broke open.
