The Brains Inner Compass: (Therapist Edition): A Visual Guide to Attention, Emotion, Memory & Regulation

THE BRAIN’S INNER COMPASS

Therapist Practice Edition

✨ A Visual Guide to Attention, Emotion, Memory & Regulation

Help clients understand how the brain notices cues, assigns meaning, connects experience with memory and context, senses what is happening inside the body, and moves toward regulation and intentional choice.

This professionally designed, three-page digital resource translates complex brain-based concepts into accessible language, practical therapist prompts, a focused-attention exercise, and a reusable client worksheet.

✅ WHAT’S INCLUDED

🧭 A visual map of eight important brain systems

🧠 Accessible explanations of the:

• Orienting system

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Insula

• Prefrontal cortex

• Brainstem and autonomic centers

• Cerebellum

🔄 THE COMPASS LOOP

A memorable framework for understanding how attention can become meaning—and how meaning can become choice:

• Catch the Cue

• Orient

• Mark Meaning

• Pair With Context

• Attend Inward

• Slow and Update

• Select a Response

🌿 PRACTICAL THERAPIST TOOLS

• A 60-second focused-attention pause

• Curiosity-based therapist prompts

• Activation ratings before and after the exercise

• A reusable My Inner Compass Map worksheet

• A closing orientation exercise

• A therapist practice license

• Immediate PDF access following purchase

👥 WHO IS THIS FOR?

This resource is designed for mental health therapists, counselors, clinical social workers, psychologists, consultants, supervisors, interns, and other helping professionals who want an attractive and practical way to support brain-based education, focused awareness, nervous-system regulation, and client reflection.

🔐 THERAPIST PRACTICE LICENSE

Purchase grants one licensed mental health professional permission to print or digitally provide this resource to their own individual clients for therapeutic or educational use.

The resource may not be shared with colleagues, uploaded to shared drives or organizational resource libraries, modified for resale, redistributed, sublicensed, or resold.

Clinics, group practices, training programs, and organizations require a separate multi-user license.

📥 PRODUCT DETAILS

Format: Digital PDF

Length: Three pages

Edition: Therapist Practice Edition

Delivery: Immediate digital download

Price: $14.99

⚠️ EDUCATIONAL NOTICE

Brain functions are simplified for learning and operate as interconnected networks. This educational resource does not diagnose or treat any condition, establish a specific neural mechanism, or replace individualized mental health treatment, crisis care, or medical advice.

Because this is an immediately delivered digital product, purchases are nonrefundable except where required by law.

✨ Created by MindContinuum by Dr. David MacIntyre Consulting LLC

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