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497 Ria Flanagan: The ” Happiness Is An Inside Job Playbook”

Join Ria Flanagan, Clinical Supervisor at Rise Up Recover, as she dives into healing from addiction, trauma, and mental health struggles. Discover her unique approach using EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and more. Watch now to explore betrayal trauma, love addiction, and finding recovery with her new “Happiness is an Inside Job” playbook!

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Ria Flanagan (she/her/hers) is the Clinical Supervisor at Rise Up Recover, LLC. She also provides Workshops 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. Her new “Happiness is an inside job playbook” helps everyone to gain deeper insights into ways of becoming a better human.
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, and 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 publishing her first book, Happiness is an Inside_Playbook, through Balboa Press.
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