We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
Helping Clients Improve Their Mood with Food
How to Incorporate Nutrition into Therapy
I don’t have a degree in nutrition, but I think many of my clients would benefit from incorporating some basic ideas about healthy eating into their self-care to help improve their moods. How can I help them do this?
The Mindful Body: Communicating With the Body in Therapy
How a Transition to Mindful Body-Focused Therapy Enriched a Formerly Talk-Only Practice
It’s an article of faith among many somatically-oriented practitioners that the body knows more, knows it more directly, and expresses it more honestly than does the often muddled, deceitful, and fearful mind.
Bringing the Mind-Body Connection to Dharamsala
Helping Teenage Tibetan Refugees Find a Path to Peace
Recently, I was invited to Dharamsala by the Men Tsee Khang Institute, a school of traditional Tibetan medicine sponsored by the Dalai Lama, to give a talk on the scientific basis of the mind-body connection and the techniques of self-care and mutual help that my colleagues and I at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine are using with war- and disaster-traumatized populations.
Incorporating the Three-Step Somatic Process Into Your Practice
How to Easily Get Started With Mind-Body Techniques
I’m trained as a talk therapist but keep hearing about all these new somatic approaches being used today. What are some simple somatic tools I can integrate into my work?
Breathing To Balance The Stress Response System
Learn How To Use Breath Work To Alleviate Anxiety
One of the most effective practices to employ when working with clients who suffer from mood-related issues is also one of the simplest: Just breathe.
Bringing Stressed Clients Into The Present Moment
Elisha Goldstein On The “Mindful Check-In”
When working one-on-one with clients, the first step in every session is to get them into the present moment so that they can truly focus on the work you’re doing together.
How Addressing Nutrition Makes Talk Therapy More Effective
Leslie Korn On Nutrition’s Leading Role In Optimal Mental Health
Since psychotherapists are not routinely trained to factor in the role of nutrition, Leslie Korn’s focus on why and how to incorporate nutritional interventions is especially important and useful right now.
Jon Kabat Zinn on the Gorilla in the Room
Not so many years ago, few respectable therapists would have incorporated anything like “mindfulness” or a so-called “mind-body” approach into their practice. But today it’s an increasingly rare therapist who hasn’t at least considered bringing some form of a mind-body approach into his or her work.
Bringing The Mental Health Benefits Of Yoga To Your Clinical Practice
Amy Weintraub Demonstrates How Easily It’s Done
Depression, anxiety, and other stress-related disorders may be the most common mental health issues in the country, but the energizing news is how powerful mind-body techniques can be in their long-term resolution.
