July/August 2022

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

Livia Kent introduces the July/August 2022 issue on grief and how therapists deal with it both personally and professionally.
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Is Prolonged Grief a Disorder?

Is Prolonged Grief a Disorder?

Exploring the New DSM Diagnosis

Frank Anderson David Kessler Donna Schuurman

According to grief experts, does a new diagnosis in the DSM pathologize a critical component of the human experience? Read More
Attachment Grief

Attachment Grief

Living with the Loss of a Child

Dana Lerner

For someone who has survived the death of their child, describing grief as a journey perpetuates the myth that, eventually, there’s an end point. Read More
A Therapist Confronts Cancer

A Therapist Confronts Cancer

Finding a Way through the Abyss

Anna Lock

No one can prevent the horrors of cancer, but processing this particular experience of loss with a therapist who's been through it may stave off the trauma of treatment. Read More
Shattered by Suicide

Shattered by Suicide

Helping Families in the Aftermath

David Treadway

Suicide isn't simply the tragedy of someone taking their own life: it's also the long, excruciating nightmare of being left behind. Read More
Moving Through Grief

Moving Through Grief

An Emotionally Focused Approach

Leanne Campbell

Once blocks to the organic grief process are identified and removed, how can therapists choreograph corrective emotional experiences? Read More
Inheritance of Loss

The Inheritance of Loss

A Therapist and Client Grieve Together

Galit Atlas

While grief can be a familiar creature that lives inside us, we often treat it as a stranger Read More

Extra Feature

Cultivating Empathy

Cultivating Empathy

Do We Really Know How Our Clients Feel?

Douglas Flemons

Rather than proclaiming that you understand a client's experience, you're far better off assuming that you don't have a clue what they're going through. Read More

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Practice Tools

Practice Tools July August CBT Deck

Practice Tools

Practice Tools - July/August 2022

Discover the best therapeutic tools from across the field of psychotherapy

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