Douglas Flemons

Contributed by Douglas Flemons

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Magazine Article

July 13, 2022

Cultivating Empathy

Do We Really Know How Our Clients Feel?

Rather than proclaiming that you understand a client's experience, you're far better off assuming that you don't have a clue what they're going through. Read More

A woman kneeling with a heart in the background

Magazine Article - Case Study

May 6, 2019

In the Aftermath of Suicide

The Long Journey to Healing

Rita Schulte & Douglas Flemons

In the wake of a loved one’s suicide, therapists must have the patience to sit with clients as the slow and painful process of healing unfolds. CASE COMMENTARY by Douglas Flemons. Read More

Magazine Article - In Consultation

September 5, 2013

Talking on the Edge

Assessing the Risk of Suicide

Douglas Flemons

Most clinicians already know the basic questions to ask about a client’s suicidality, but it’s important to go beyond a rote assessment to get a fuller picture of suicide risk. Read More

Magazine Article

June 30, 2010

Failure to Launch

The Struggle to Leave Home in the 21st Century

Terry Hargrave & Douglas Flemons

By longstanding American tradition, when kids reach a certain age, say 18, 20, 22, they're expected to fly the home coop and begin living their... Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

May 1, 2007

Finding Flow

Embracing your worst can bring out your best

Douglas Flemons & Dan Short

Learning to enhance performance by embracing doubt and fear. Read More

Magazine Article

May 1, 2004

The Tao of Therapy

Helping Clients Experience Their Inner Freedom

Douglas Flemons

Dualistic thinking separates us from our own experience and offers the illusion that we can achieve peace and pleasure by somehow casting out our problems. Read More

Magazine Article

January 1, 2003

The Psychology of the Sand-Pit

Clinical Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh

Douglas Flemons

Despite getting paid to guide them out of their sand pit, we at times succeed only at leading them right back into it. When this happens, it's possible to decide that they somehow "need" their problem, that they're "not ready" to change, or that we lack the skill to help them effectively. Alternatively, we can turn to A. A. Milne for inspiration on how to get unstuck, on how to change the way we're trying to help. Read More

Douglas Flemons, PhD, LMFT, lives and maintains a telehealth practice in Asheville, North Carolina. Professor Emeritus of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University, he’s coauthor of Relational Suicide Assessment, coeditor of Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy, and author, most recently, of The Heart and Mind of Hypnotherapy.