Research shows that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works for up to 80 percent of children and adolescents diagnosed with separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, phobias, social anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder---the most common mental health problems in this population. However, many therapists need to enhance

With more people living into their eighties and beyond, more boomer-aged retirees are finding themselves taking on the new and challenging job of caring for aging parents. This workshop presents a comprehensive view of how to help your clients address the impact that becoming the caregiver for an aging parent can have on their own physical and emotional health,

In the late 1960s, Salvador Minuchin and his team trained local community members in an unconventional therapeutic approach to working with troubled inner-city families, revolutionizing the psychotherapy field. Now, 40 years later, in much tougher economic

A child’s imagination is a powerful weapon against anxiety, sadness, anger, fear, grief, conflict, and failure, if he or she knows how to make the most of it. In this experiential workshop, we’ll discuss ways of helping children use their imaginations to overcome fears, deal with insomnia and other bedtime issues, cope with death and divorce, handle anger or frustration,

Foster and adoptive parents often are unprepared for the enormous demands that can accompany kids who’ve experienced multiple layers of trauma, loss, and family disruption. This workshop will present a fresh look at the intricacies of foster and adoptive family systems. You’ll learn specific strategies for addressing issues

The term “blended family” leaves many unprepared for the profound challenges to attachment and intimacy that stepfamily structure often creates. Just when the adult stepcouple is expecting to lean into their newfound closeness and stepchildren most need secure connection to manage a major transition, the often underestimated

Warp-speed cultural and economic changes have increasingly led today’s parents to question their own authority like never before. Having rejected the top-down hierarchy and clear boundary lines that characterized earlier generations, they feel helpless to assert control, especially in an electronic age in which teen behavior isn’t easily monitored---

Families in which a spouse, sibling, parent, or child suffers from a chronic or life-shortening illness have to cope not only with the medical issues involved, but also with the emotional complexities of the situation and the frustrations of dealing with our increasingly convoluted healthcare systems. This workshop will focus on the multidimensional role therapists can play in