Lisa Ferentz

Dissociation isn’t always maladaptive. We can help clients better discern when it serves them and when it doesn’t. Read more

Creating a safe space for clients to slowly re-evaluate some core religious teachings they’ve absorbed can be delicate and clinically necessary work. Read more

Are therapists equipped to support clients who want to reconnect with their spiritual faith? Read more

A client estranged from his mother for 15 years recently told his therapist he wants to reconnect with her. Here, five therapists weigh in. Read more

It’s important to honor all of your client’s inner parts in therapy. But accessing them to fully engage in healing work isn’t always easy. Here, trauma... Read more

Although binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia and bulimia, many people still don’t get the help they need for it. Read more

It’s not always easy to tell trauma survivors in the midst of deep suffering that one day they’ll find meaning in what happened to them. But according to... Read more

Lisa Ferentz uses creative therapeutic intervention to turn a client's expensive gift into a powerful lesson in self-worth and compassion. Read more

The self-assurance of practitioners who publicly present their work can lead others to believe that psychotherapy is a far more predictable than it actually is. Read more

In the early days of the trauma field, clients were seen as one-dimensional bundles of dysfunction and pain, who needed to relive their trauma before progress... Read more

Lisa Ferentz discusses how to effectively terminate therapy with a client. Read more

The key to working effectively with eating disorders is understanding that starving, bingeing, and purging aren't simply bad habits. For treatment to work, it... Read more