VIDEO: Richard Schwartz on Healing Our Wounded Inner Parts
The Originator of IFS on Helping Clients Awaken Self-Healing
Internal Family Systems (IFS) has allowed therapists to awaken the capacity for deep self-healing within even their most troubled clients. In this video clip from his 2015 Symposium keynote, Richard Schwartz, the originator of IFS, explains the transformative power of connecting with our wounded inner parts.
When Your Client Drops a Last-Minute Bombshell
Four Common Scenarios and How to Handle Them
By Daniela Gitlin - When clients drop “bombshells” in the last few minutes of a session, it can be hard to end on time. Here's a framework for not only handling these unexpected moments, but welcoming them.
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November Quandary: How Do I Bring Up My Client’s Rigid Perfectionism?
Five Clinicians Weigh In
By Chris Lyford - A client sees his perfectionism as an advantage, even though it ramps up his anxiety, exacerbates his sense of shame, and keeps him living a very rigid life. He brushes off his therapist every time she brings it up. Five therapists weigh in with how they'd respond.
Selfcarefully
Self-Care Shifts toward Authenticity
By Gracy Obuchowicz - In my years of working with myself and my clients around self-care, I’ve learned that there is no such thing as perfect self-care. Instead, I’ve found authentic self-care, which is anything but perfect.
VIDEO: Jack Kornfield on True Healing
Creating an Invitation for Connection
In this clip from his Networker Symposium keynote address, Jack Kornfield shares how to embody a fuller spiritual wisdom in your work with clients to heal difficult emotions, create calm focus, and connect deeply with others.
VIDEO: Gabor Maté on Expanding Our Vision for Mental Health Care
Treating a Social Malaise
According to physician and author Gabor Maté, too many healthcare professionals take a biological, individualized approach to treating mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, and addiction, that fails to account for myriad environmental factors. In this clip from his Networker Symposium keynote address, he makes the case for a more expansive form of care.
Creating Parent Communities
A Group Therapy Approach for Struggling Parents
By David Flohr - With my ParentCircle therapy model, I help parents find a “place of their own,” where they can learn about themselves and their children, get active support, and slowly be reminded of their natural connection with other adults.
Therapy with Teenage Girls
The Seven Transitions into Adulthood
By Ryan Howes - In the following interview, New York Times columnist and author Lisa Damour gives us a glimpse at the map she’s developed for both therapists and parents trying to help teenage girls make their way through the treacherous, often bewildering landscape of adolescence in today’s world.
Helping People Pleasers Set Boundaries
…And What to Do When It Backfires
Alicia Muñoz - Boundaries bind. They limit, stop, and inhibit. But they also free people up to be themselves. In couples where one partner is a people-pleaser, things can get even more complicated.
