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Livia Kent
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Table of Contents
Closing the Gap Between Authenticity & Technique
The Most Effective Skill You Were Never Taught as a TherapistMost therapists lean toward either clinical technique or relational warmth—but the most effective work requires both. How do you achieve that balance? Read more
From Wounded Healer to Integrated Therapist
Evolving Toward a Differentiated SelfA wounded healer’s gift is being deeply attuned to clients. Their challenge is staying grounded in a strong sense of self. Read more
The Self of the Therapist
Learning to Be in Relationship with Our IssuesThe wounds we work hardest to put behind us may be our most powerful clinical tools, if we’re willing to face them. Read more
The Courage to Confront
On Culture, Relational Recovery, & Speaking Truth to PowerHow do you speak truth to power in a therapy session when your history has taught you to either fight or go silent? Read more
The Fiction of the Self
The Paradox of Mindfulness in Clinical PracticeWhat if our therapeutic goals of building self-esteem and developing a coherent self are symptoms of delusion? Read more
Three Ways the Therapist's Self Shapes Therapy
Using Our Selves as Instruments to Catalyze ChangeHow much of what happens in therapy with our clients is shaped not by what we do, but who we are? Read more
A Therapist's Most Important Tool
Salvador Minuchin on What Today's Trainings Are MissingLong before “self of the therapist” was a clinical concept, the father of structural family therapy was teaching it by example. Read more
When Countertransference Hits Too Close
The Thin Line Between Empathy & ProjectionWhen a client’s story mirrors yours, the line between empathy and a clinical misstep can be thin and tricky. Read more
The Neuroscience of Empathy
How Somatic Resonance Shapes the Therapeutic RelationshipRecognizing the uncanny ways empathy arises in the body can shift how you deepen attunement with clients. Read more
Where You End & The Client Begins
Using Your Issues in Clinical Work Without Making It About YouWhat does it take to help clients untangle relational patterns that have long complicated your own relationships? Read more
The Ordinary Magic of Thriving
Making Resilience Accessible in the Therapy RoomDespite exposure to trauma, many survivors experience well-being. So why does everything we read suggest that healing from trauma is the exception? Read more
Extra Features
The Art of Confrontation in Therapy
6 Ways to Gain Traction with CouplesIn couples therapy, using confrontation isn’t conflict—it’s more like holding up a mirror to a system that’s malfunctioning. Read more
Can Being a Therapist Wear You Down?
The Occupational Injury No One Talks AboutIt's easy to interpret therapists over responsiveness as a personal flaw, but it's actually an occupational hazard. Read more
Departments
Borderline Personality Disorder, Revisited
Why Everything You've Heard about BPD is Probably Wrong
7 Benefits of Concurrent Couples Therapy
How Seeing Partners Separately Empowers Therapists
The Client on the Brink of Estrangement
Two Clinical Responses to the Question of Cutoffs
The Neuroscience of Habit Change
Using Reward-Based Learning to Transform Anxiety & Cravings
4 Clinicians Decode Films Every Therapist Should Watch
On the Psychology of Narcissism, Gaslighting, Attachment & Shame