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Unshed Tears
Helping Kids Work through Unresolved GriefMany of the ways that children grieve differently from adults can go unrecognized and unprocessed. Read more
Agitated Kids, Dangerous Punishment
Rethinking the Policy of Seclusion and RestraintSeclusion and restraint is a rare but extreme response to students deemed unruly. One parent, backed by some clinical allies, is drawing attention to its... Read more
Do I Have to Forgive You?
Loosening the Grip of Obsessive Anger and PainThe hardest part of letting go of anger can be accepting that the offending party is never going to apologize, never going to see themselves objectively, and... Read more
Healing in the Outback
An Outdoor Therapist Reconceives His RolePsychotherapy needs alternatives to the century-old approach of sit and talk. When you’re open to the spirit of adventure, you never feel stuck. Read more
Relational EMDR Therapy
Showing Up for Our ClientsBeing an expert in your method is only part of the work. Sometimes our clients need us to go beyond administering a protocol. Read more
Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide
Time to Address Unchallenged PrejudicesIn Hammerfest, Norway, known as the northernmost town in the world, a therapist is challenging geographical narcissism. Read more
Cognitive Processing Therapy in Action
Treating Trauma From the Top DownWhen it comes to designating best practices for treating trauma, where does the research stand? And where is the field going? Read more
Humility First
Avoiding Transcultural OverreachThere’s no recipe book when it comes to working with another culture. Read more
Couples Therapy Around the World
Putting EFT to Work in Two CulturesWith its Western focus on secure emotional bonds and demonstrative, healthy attachment in couples, how does Emotionally Focused Therapy fit into ancient and... Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2022
Reimagining PsychotherapyA readiness to revise and reimagine is central to a therapists’ work. Read more
Getting at the Heart of Affairs
How to Help Clients Examine Ethical DilemmasA seasoned therapist discusses the ethics around consulting with couples impacted by infidelity. Read more
The Power of Humor
Five Ways Therapists Put This “Best Medicine” to UseTherapy can be serious, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a joke here and there. Here, clinicians share how they used humor to help clients... Read more
Where Are You Right Now?
Setting Boundaries in TeletherapyDuring the pandemic, many of us have realized how convenient teletherapy can be for us and our clients. But is the flexibility of teletherapy leading to more... Read more
Fifty Years of Wisdom
Lessons from a Retired TherapistI practiced for almost 50 years, and just retired with a feeling of satisfaction. Here’s what I’ve learned in my journey to contentment. These are my tales... Read more
The Therapy Mistake That Changed Me
Three Stories of Professional GrowthThree therapists share their stories about the learning experiences and “happy accidents” that helped make them better clinicians. Read more
Building Distress Tolerance
Strategies for Working with Clients with OCDEncouraging anxious clients to face their fears is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach for treating anxiety-related disorders, including OCD. But a... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss? (Part 2)
Four More Therapists Weigh InOur last Clinician’s Quandary on helping clients—and ourselves—navigate grief work received an overwhelming number of responses. So many, in fact, that... Read more
Two Years In, This Therapist is Angry
Addressing the Anxiety UnderneathWhen the pandemic first struck, I was concerned about its impact yet able to handle the anxiety about infection pretty well. After all, managing anxiety is my... Read more
Covid Comes to Therapy
Navigating Collective TraumaFor a few years now, I’ve worked with groups around the world to address collective trauma. Our focus is usually on something that had happened elsewhere and... Read more
Dealing with Jealousy in Open Relationships
Finding CompersionMany people assume that an open relationship will cause jealousy in both partners. Historically, it has been assumed that pair-bonded individuals who are... Read more
COVID Trauma
The Invisible PandemicWhat can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in... Read more
My Client Needs Help with Something That Isn’t My Specialty
Five Clinicians Weigh InAndrew has started showing symptoms of OCD. He’s struggled with anxiety for a while, but the pandemic seems to have been a tipping point for him. His... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss?
Helping Our Clients and Ourselves Navigate Grief WorkMany grief specialists talk about helping clients finding meaning after loss. But often, loss feels meaningless. One therapist working with grieving clients... Read more
My Biggest Challenge as a Therapist
The Hardest Things About PracticeTherapy is hard work. But what are therapy’s biggest challenges, and how do therapists overcome them? Here, five therapists share the clinical challenge that... Read more
Mental Health or Marxism?
Therapists on the Fight over Social Emotional Learning in SchoolsSocial-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... Read more
Four Simple Ingredients
Lessons on Baking with MatthewFour simple ingredients will become bread, whether you do everything right or not. The result may not be perfect, but it doesn’t have to be. Read more
Suicide as a State of Being
One Man's Ongoing StruggleA new memoir from celebrated writer Donald Antrim reflects on the nature of suicide. Read more
Burnout and the Body
Emily Nagoski on Naming the Real EnemySelf-care has long been touted as a panacea for burnout. Emily Nagoski has a different solution. Read more
Bursting the Bubble of Individual Therapy
The Need to See Your Clients in a Relational ContextAs the years pass, is it possible that the more we work with long-term clients, the more we might overlook bigger issues that aren’t being addressed? Read more
When Therapists Blame Themselves
Using Regret to Deepen Our WorkMost therapists struggle with guilt and self-blame related to their work. Thankfully, there are ways to leverage these feelings so we can grow from them. Read more