raison d'être
/ˌrāzôn ˈdetrə/
noun
the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence.
The World is Amazing.
So are you.
Explore them both.
The Crane and The Bull’s purpose is educational services, namely, conducting classes, seminars, conferences, workshops, retreats, camps, and field trips in the field of mental health and distribution of training material in connection therewith.
Join us on retreat or in a virtual workshop to knock out CEs needed for licensure, explore new theories, and refine your greatest therapeutic skill - attunement.
Did you know?
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Providers “who share their clients’ experience and let themselves be touched by deep emotions, whether positive or negative, may better help their clients tolerate their own emotions and eventually attain better therapeutic outcomes (Atzil-Slonim et al., 2018, p. 62).”
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Awareness of an emotion, thought, and/or sensory experience is an elemental aspect for therapeutic change (Greenberg, 2012; Stein & Witkiewitz, 2020; Pompoli, 2018). Emotion that is viscerally experienced and in conscious awareness more readily bridges low-road (amygdala response) to high-road (via thalamus and neocortex areas) processing, which results in an affect-altering and pro-regulatory experience amenable to intentional, adaptive meaning-making (Greenberg, 2012).
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Awareness and attunement are marks of wellness (Snyder & Silberschatz, 2016). Providers that are doing well bring health into their most frequented arenas - home, family, and practice.
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Awareness is not just valuable for clinicians’ well-being (self) and client outcomes (others), but also is an undeniable component of competence and humility in a local community and global (world) context.
Per the APA's Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations (1990), providers require the ability to recognize cultural diversity and to understand what role culture and ethnicity play in the sociopsychological and economic development of culturally diverse populations.
Founders
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Co-FounderAshley Stephens is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical Social Work Supervisor, licensed in nine states. She is in progress to complete her doctoral degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Grand Canyon University. She earned her master’s in social work from East Tennessee State University and her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As a therapist, she provides compassionate and inclusive counseling services to those in need. Ashley has worked with severe and persistent mental illness, substance abuse, trauma, homelessness, and has trained in a variety of therapeutic styles. Whether the client needs more structured services or an accountability partner to get through to reach their goals, clients can expect to feel supported, listened to, and cared for. Feeling heard and understood is vital and the goal is to help individuals feel safe to explore their current barriers in order to progress past them and move forward to a better tomorrow.
As a consultant and trainer, Ashley has taught courses in cultural awareness and competency, mindfulness, brain injury, and leadership development. She has coached executive leaders, managers, and front-line employees, while providing opportunities for individuals to grow in the areas of organizational development, team building, executive development, and training. She looks forward to continuing to train and teach others.
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Co-FounderDr. Vanburg is a Licensed Psychologist with specialization in general mental health and trauma related disorders. She earned two B.A.s at The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Counseling at St. Edwards University. She received her doctorate at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas and completed internship and residency in trauma psychology at the South Texas Veteran's Health Care System (Audie L. Murphy VA). Dr. Vanburg works from a strengths-based, solution-focused orientation that celebrates collaboration, the inherent role of clients as the expert on their experience, and the importance of cultural humility. She is a practitioner and clinical researcher of mindfulness-based interventions and has authored protocols and presentations on the integration of interoceptive and cognitive-based interventions. Dr. Vanburg also currently holds certification in gold-standard trauma treatments Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure.
In her therapeutic work, Dr. Vanburg uses evidence-based interventions to build personalized, brief, solution-focused programs that encourage, empower, and embolden clients to make value-driven changes and live skillfully. She is honored to work with individuals who are curiously and courageously pursuing big changes and grateful for the opportunity to help them make it happen.
Upcoming events
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Self, Other, World:
A Cultural Immersion Intensive
September 16-19, 2024
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Crete, Greece
Mothers and Daughters:
A Celebration of Maternal Ancestry
May 7-11, 2025
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Crete Greece
Self, Other, World:
A Cultural Immersion Intensive
May 12 - 15, 2025
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Self, Other, World:
A Cultural Immersion Intensive
October 30 - November 2, 2025
