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"The Piece of Supervisor Advice I Still Use"
Four Exceptional Suggestions for Today’s TherapistsIt’s no surprise that a supervisory relationship can often be enlightening and steadying for both new and experienced therapists. But some therapists have... Read more
Therapists Are Superheroes
Seven Ways We Go Above and BeyondTherapists may not don red capes, or travel faster than a speeding bullet, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t superheroes in our own right. We occupy a... Read more
Discarding the Binary
Talking Sex and Gender with My Ever-Changing ChildHis generation of kids almost had to be gender- and sexuality-questioning to be cool, right? Maybe he was just mirroring what was happening around him. Read more
The Video Game Therapist
A Creative Approach to the Male Friendship CrisisMaking friends isn’t easy. But amid unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and trauma, and in the middle of what the Department of Health and Human... Read more
"I Just Want Your Advice!"
Four Top Responses to a Common Client PleaDo your therapy clients ask you for advice? We asked 5 top therapists what they do when clients say, “Just tell me what to do!” Read more
Video Intervention Therapy
Using Client's Home Videos as a Clinical ToolWhat if you and your clients could play back their everyday interactions outside of therapy, moment by moment, to uncover blind spots and reimagine family... Read more
The Esther Perel Phenomenon
Did Mental Health Become Entertainment?Therapy is having a moment right now, with clinicians filling our social media feeds, bestseller lists, and concert halls. How did we get here? And where are... Read more
FREE Download - Sept/Oct 2024
Get this issue's free clinical tool to use with your clientsThe FEELINGS - ACTIONS - SENSATIONS tool from Thomas Doherty helps clients reach desired emotional states Read more
“Reservation Dogs” Redefines Time and Trauma
A Binge-Worthy Series About Indigenous HealingThe stories of four teenagers in the Muscogee Nation illustrates the power of community, myth, and spirituality in healing trauma. Read more
The Hidden Trauma of Childhood Neglect
What to Make of Too Much of NothingThe way neglect can shape a child’s brain is often misunderstood. Read more
Therapists Take the Stand
What You Need to Know about Being an Expert WitnessYou know your clinical expertise is of value to your clients, but it can also be important for judges and juries in court. Read more
Love, Loss & Retraumatization
Preventing PTSD in GriefA personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more
The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room
Unboxing Anger as a Path to VulnerabilityA client’s anger over his therapist’s environmental choices leads to an important turning point in their work. Read more
Is Existentialism the Approach of Our Time?
Awakening to Mortality and Responsibility in TherapyA millennial therapist believes that for clients to find true freedom and meaning in the midst of crisis, we need to help them face inescapable questions about... Read more
Personal Boundaries vs. Environmental Concerns
An Interview with Nedra Glover Tawwab: When Differing Values Create Interpersonal ConflictsDo interpersonal conflicts about environmental choices require a unique approach to boundary setting? Read more
Is Climate Change an ACE?
The Global Neglect of Our Children’s FutureHow do we empower kids in the midst of big environmental challenges? Read more
Will Space Aliens Get Therapy?
A Cosmic Perspective on HomeMaybe it’s time for therapists and planetary scientists to hang out more. Read more
Guardians of the Aquifer
Moving from Despair to AdvocacyIn the face of environmental anguish, a therapy icon turns to grassroots activism and finds hope, healing, and connection. Read more
The Restorative Power of Birding
The Wild, Beautiful Healers in Your Own BackyardThe mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more
A Global Case of Mistaken Identity
An Interview with Dan Siegel: Can Expanding Our Sense of Self Save Our World?The way we think about connection and relationships can play a pivotal role in reverse-engineering the climate crisis— and therapists need to help. Read more
Awakening to Eco-Therapy
Practical Tools to Help Clients Unearth Hope in a Global CrisisOpening up to the realities of climate change means opening up to feeling threatened. But while the situation is worse than many of us know, it’s also better... Read more
Editor's Note: September/October 2024
The Most Important Issue No One Wants to ReadIn a recent meeting with several therapists, I shared my plans for upcoming magazine issues. When I talked about exploring new perspectives on coercive... Read more
Top 6 Books Therapists Recommend to Clients
From Self-Help to Graphic NovelsTherapists share the books they've been recommending to clients for inspiration, entertainment, and healing between sessions. Read more
Esther Perel on Working with Sexuality to Transform Relationships
And Busting Myths about Today’s RelationshipsObserve relationship expert Esther Perel in action as she helps couples navigate infidelity, incompatibility, and the impacts of childhood trauma. Read more
Facing the Past as a Parent
How Our Worst Moments Can Stop Intergenerational TraumaFor one trauma therapist, parenting turned out to be the ultimate trial by fire—and a path to healing and wholeness. Read more
The Cultural Competence Dilemma
How Much Can We Rely On a Shared Identity with Clients?Black Men Heal’s therapy outcomes are defying the odds—and raising questions about what it means to be truly culturally competent. Read more
“Gentle Parenting” a Fierce & Feisty Kid
When One-Size-Fits-All Scripts Don’t WorkThe prescriptive, one-size-fits-all version of “gentle parenting” promoted on social media may work with many kids, but for parents of “big reactors,”... Read more
The Surrogacy Partnership
Navigating a Complicated, Intimate ArrangementBuilding a trusting relationship with a surrogate requires a wide array of interpersonal and self-regulation skills— and can be the ultimate exercise in... Read more
Countering the Mommy Brain Stigma
The Benefits of Maternal Neuroplasticity at WorkRather than a deficiency, “mommy brain” is an asset—and therapists can help their clients embrace it in the workplace. Read more
An Autobiography of Trauma
The Developer of Somatic Experiencing Releases His Own “Body Memory”When the world-renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing begins feeling persistent disturbing sensations come up from childhood, he realizes it’s time to... Read more