Insights from DIRFloortime
Lauren Dockett • 5/12/2022
Is there an alternative to applied behavioral analysis for children on the spectrum?
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Avoiding Transcultural Overreach
Lauren Dockett • 3/17/2022
There’s no recipe book when it comes to working with another culture.
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Putting EFT to Work in Two Cultures
Lauren Dockett • 3/11/2022
With its Western focus on secure emotional bonds and demonstrative, healthy attachment in couples, how does Emotionally Focused Therapy fit into ancient and collectivist cultures?
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Therapists on the Fight over Social Emotional Learning in Schools
Lauren Dockett • 12/17/2021
Social-emotional learning isn’t entirely new, but as more districts emphasize the curricula in the wake of COVID, confusion from parents appears to be on the rise. And in some communities, parents are doing much more than weighing this new reality: they’re staging entire revolts.
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Tackling Therapy’s Biggest Challenge
Lauren Dockett • 5/3/2021
Will screening peer counselors for empathy create an affordable, effective option for the tens of millions of Americans who can’t access therapy, or perhaps don’t want it?
Magazine Article
A Paean for Psychotherapy Networker’s Epic Sweetheart
Lauren Dockett • 3/29/2021
Funny and flagrantly caring in a way the muttering writers and editors around him can only marvel at, Mike’s long been the company’s warmest heart, always offering us a space to unload our worries and bathing us all in a glow that’s felt like the comfort of family.
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Helping Relieve Today’s Parents & Kids
Lauren Dockett • 12/30/2020
The pandemic has created an emotional petri dish for kids and parents who are stuck in place, terribly stressed, and feeling alone. How are families supposed to survive—much less thrive—under these unprecedented, pressure-cooker conditions?
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Tackling a Teachable Moment on Race
Lauren Dockett • 8/26/2020
In the days after George Floyd’s murder, and amidst their work to address gang-related trauma and violence, a white therapist and her Black cofacilitator wrestle with the nuances of privilege and relationship.
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My Journey into Family Constellations
Lauren Dockett • 8/21/2020
By Lauren Dockett - Many therapists know their way around family systems. But what if they could create three-dimensional experiences to help clients shed the pain of lingering traumas that can get passed down through generations? As research into the epigenetics of trauma develops, a reporter looks into an unusual approach to healing.
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An Interview with Gabor Maté
Lauren Dockett, Rich Simon • 7/10/2020
By Lauren Dockett and Rich Simon - Over the years, physician Gabor Maté has challenged his audiences to stop asking “why the addiction?” and start asking “why the pain?” Here, he explains his view of how addictive patterns of behavior are rooted in alienation and emotional suffering.
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