Therapist Peer Groups, the "Emotional Lifeboat"
Doing Self-Care by Yourself Isn't Always Enough
By Patrick Dougherty - In the sea of trauma that surrounds us in our daily lives and in our offices, self-care is a life jacket. But collective trauma needs a collective response. Being part of a group of therapists dedicated to talking about vicarious trauma and sharing their own experiences is more than a life jacket—it's a human lifeboat, one with more resilience than we could ever generate alone.
Daily Blog
Therapy Tools That Last a Lifetime
Three Simple Breathing Techniques and How They Work
By Patrick Dougherty - When clients focus on their own breathing, they're making the most fundamental mind-body connection. Regardless of what they're talking about—childhood trauma, a painful marriage, or just the struggle to be open with you in the session—breathing can help them get in touch with their immediate experience and be fully present, for the moment, in their own lives.
Daily Blog
Facing Disaster in Your Own Backyard
Sometimes the Best Intervention is Not Intervening at All
By Patrick Dougherty - I went to the TV and turned it on. There to my horror was a bridge that I'd crossed hundreds, maybe thousands of times, and it was sprawling in a twisted heap. My clients were handling what was happening as well as they could. I didn't see any need to "help" anybody. In fact, I realized that the best help I could give was staying out of the way.
Daily Blog
In Consultation
The Heart Speaks: Does Love Have a Role in Psychotherapy?
Does love have a role in the therapeutic relationship?
Magazine Article
The Bridge
Facing disaster in your own backyard
When disaster strikes close to home, the emotional shock waves make business as usual impossible for both therapists and clients.
Magazine Article
Breathing Lessons
Getting Beyond the Limits of Talk Therapy
I'm a traditional talk therapist, who'd like to explore using mind-body techniques to help clients calm down, but I don't know how to begin. What can I do that doesn't involve learning a whole new set of esoteric skills?
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Therapist Peer Groups, the "Emotional Lifeboat"
Doing Self-Care by Yourself Isn't Always Enough
By Patrick Dougherty - In the sea of trauma that surrounds us in our daily lives and in our offices, self-care is a life jacket. But collective trauma needs a collective response. Being part of a group of therapists dedicated to talking about vicarious trauma and sharing their own experiences is more than a life jacket—it's a human lifeboat, one with more resilience than we could ever generate alone.
Daily Blog
Therapy Tools That Last a Lifetime
Three Simple Breathing Techniques and How They Work
By Patrick Dougherty - When clients focus on their own breathing, they're making the most fundamental mind-body connection. Regardless of what they're talking about—childhood trauma, a painful marriage, or just the struggle to be open with you in the session—breathing can help them get in touch with their immediate experience and be fully present, for the moment, in their own lives.
Daily Blog
Facing Disaster in Your Own Backyard
Sometimes the Best Intervention is Not Intervening at All
By Patrick Dougherty - I went to the TV and turned it on. There to my horror was a bridge that I'd crossed hundreds, maybe thousands of times, and it was sprawling in a twisted heap. My clients were handling what was happening as well as they could. I didn't see any need to "help" anybody. In fact, I realized that the best help I could give was staying out of the way.
Daily Blog
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In Consultation
The Heart Speaks: Does Love Have a Role in Psychotherapy?
Does love have a role in the therapeutic relationship?
Magazine Article
The Bridge
Facing disaster in your own backyard
When disaster strikes close to home, the emotional shock waves make business as usual impossible for both therapists and clients.
Magazine Article
Breathing Lessons
Getting Beyond the Limits of Talk Therapy
I'm a traditional talk therapist, who'd like to explore using mind-body techniques to help clients calm down, but I don't know how to begin. What can I do that doesn't involve learning a whole new set of esoteric skills?
Magazine Article
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Patrick Dougherty, MA, LP, is a psychologist in private practice with over 40 years of clinical experience. He has been studying Eastern philosophies and practices for over 25 years and integrating them into his clinical work. He served in the Marine Corps infantry in Vietnam and leads an international group working with the collective trauma of armed violence, genocide, and war and its impact of communities. He is the author of Qigong in Psychotherapy: You can Do So Much by Doing So Little and A Whole-Hearted Embrace: Finding Love at the Center of it all.
