Latest

2199 Results
Article December 2, 2024

A Diary of Precious Time

When Even Good News Is Hard News

When cancer recurs, there's no easy way to cope with the sense of loss that accompanies a growing awareness of mortality. Read more

Article November 26, 2024

Easing the Pain of Political Polarization

What Do We Worship as Therapists?

Being in relationship with those who are different from us can be difficult, but it’s what we need to build bridges that support connection and unity. Read more

Article November 25, 2024

6 Podcasts Therapists Are Listening To

New Perspectives from Comedy to Psychiatry

We can all derive mental health benefits from podcasts. We asked a handful of therapists which mental health podcasts like best and why—here’s what they... Read more

Article November 19, 2024

The Funny Therapist

Dismantling Stigma, One Joke at a Time

What do therapy and comedy have in common? Therapist and comedian David Granirer has spent over two decades helping aspiring stand-up comics—many in... Read more

Article November 11, 2024

4 Things Therapists Should Consider About Political Polarization

Maintaining Client Trust in a Divided Nation

Unless we want to let down our clients and lose public trust, therapists need to figure out how to navigate a politically polarized world. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

FREE Clinical Worksheets

Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering Love

This month’s free practice tool is from David Kessler and offers clients a way to accept losses and express the unexpressed. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Saving No-Fault Divorce

What's at Stake for Women in Abusive Marriages?

The current political push to eliminate no-fault divorce is dangerous, particularly for women in abusive relationships. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Facing Post-Separation Abuse

Sometimes the Breakup Isn't the End

Post-separation abuse can easily masquerade as a simple "bad breakup." Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Living with Narcissistic Abuse

How to Heal When Leaving Isn’t an Option

Maintaining a sense of well-being with a narcissist requires clarity, clear expectations, and self-compassion. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

When Your Client Goes to Family Court

The Truth about Documenting Sessions

How you document sessions with clients in emotionally abusive relationships can either help or harm them in family court. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

When Burnout Threatens Therapy with Survivors

Cultivating Your Stamina as a Therapist

Even experienced clinicians can start to feel lost when helping people untangle the psychological effects of coercive control. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Male Abuse Survivors

Bringing a Fuller Picture of Suffering to Light

Why aren't we doing more to support male survivors of intimate partner violence? Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Soothing Dysregulation in Couples Therapy

The One Thing We Should All Do First

Is teaching partners to join forces against their stress where all couples work should begin? Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Grandma Chin's Funeral

Reflections on Grief and Belonging

A bicultural daughter of immigrants struggles to make sense of her identity as she mourns a grandmother she barely knew. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Just because a relationship isn't physically violent doesn't mean emotional abuse won't turn violent. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is My New Therapist

The Podcast That Changed Me

In 'Wiser Than Me,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus's podcast, accomplished older women generate a free-floating sense of shared sisterhood—like an all-girls slumber... Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Healing the Covert Narcissist

When Early Trauma Meets Entitlement

Entitlement, the characteristic that best indicates when coercive control is narcissistically driven, makes treating perpetrators challenging—but not... Read more

Article November 7, 2024

When Your Client Prefers Chitchat

Finding Meaning in Unlikely Places

If a client can't stop talking about the plot twists of a banal TV show, should you try to change the clinical channel? Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Parenting with a Coercive Controller

Repairing Attachment When Children Get Weaponized

The arrival of children in a coercively controlling relationship adds a complicated abuse accelerant. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

The Neurofeedback Question

100-Year-Old Miracle or Runaway Train?

Many people who've tried neurofeedback say it's the closest thing therapy has to a silver bullet. So why aren't more therapists using it? Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Shaping Consensual Nonmonogamy Agreements

The Five Steps Therapists Need to Consider

When opening a relationship, the agreement-making process is far more important than the agreements themselves. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

The Anxious Therapist

Harnessing Your Discomfort in Sessions

We can use our discomfort with clients to learn how to help them. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Editor's Note: November/December 2024

Facing the Realities of Emotional Abuse

The more informed we are about narcissistic abuse and coercive control, the more we can support survivors of intimate partner violence on their road to healing. Read more

Article November 7, 2024

Black Women and Intimate Partner Violence

When Seeking Help Isn’t Safe

Seeking protection from a violent relationship is difficult enough on its own, but for Black women, the problem is compounded many times over. Read more

Article November 6, 2024

Terry Real Responds to Trump’s Reelection

Facing the Reality of Patriarchal Dominance

The Founder of Relational Life therapy Terry Real offers his reflections on how to make sense of Trump's reelection, and what we can do to promote an... Read more

Article November 6, 2024

Beliefs and Misbeliefs

Countering the Illusion of Explanatory Depth

Understanding what's at the root of dangerous misbeliefs like conspiracy theories is the key to countering them. Read more

Article October 31, 2024

Therapist Self-Care During Tense Times

Five Ways to Tend to Ourselves

As we approach the upcoming election, I write to you as one who feels, as many of you do, the tension around what’s at stake. As the bearers and... Read more

Article October 24, 2024

Showing Your Clients You Care

Can Therapists Be Affectionate Without Crossing Boundaries?

We wouldn’t be good therapists if we didn’t care about our clients. But beyond a warm greeting and an offering of effective clinical strategies, how do we... Read more

Article October 22, 2024

The Art of Detaching from Results

How We Measure Our Competence Matters

For therapists, doing something they love that challenges them—independent of their work with clients—can bring balance to their practice. Read more

Article October 16, 2024

Reframing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Have We Overlooked the Gifts of OCD?

Rather than a pure focus on relieving symptoms, researchers and clinicians would benefit from exploring the rich inner life of the OCD sufferer and its hidden... Read more

1 2 3 4 ... 74