Life after Trauma
What are the possibilities for post-traumatic growth?The new emphasis on the transformative power of trauma can be a template for false assumptions about the “gift” of suffering and the meaning of recovery. Read more
Inside the Heart of Healing
When Moment-to-Moment Awareness Isn't EnoughAs the mindfulness movement sweeps through our field, many therapists are discovering that traditional contemplative practices grounded in detached... Read more
Moments of Meaning
Unexpected Lessons from PracticeThree clinicians share stories of challenging cases that show how the most surprising outcomes often have nothing to do with therapeutic brilliance or... Read more
The Emotional Emancipation Movement
After the unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore, the Emotional Emancipation movement offers a different way to address racial issues in the African American... Read more
VIDEO: The Mindful Path Out Of Depression
Zindel Segal on Helping Clients Take The First StepWhat’s happening when a client suffering from symptoms of depression is willing to follow the therapist’s voice with eyes closed? According to Zindel... Read more
VIDEO: Changing the Brain to Take In the Good
Rick Hanson on 5 Simple Steps to Use Right AwayIn this brief clip, Rick walks us through surprisingly simple steps that can shift our memory systems to internalize positive experiences and states with equal... Read more
VIDEO: Four Steps To Get Potential Clients To Contact You Now
Joe Bavonese on how to make your website a magnet for new clientsWhat if you could immediately to make your website more compelling and more effective in helping potential clients connect with you? Joe Bavonese, marketing... Read more
VIDEO: The Rewards of More Direct Contact with Potential Clients
Lynn Grodzki On An Opportunity Presented From Tough TimesIn this quick clip, Lynn Grodski invites us to think entrepreneurially about how to make the most of just one of the new opportunities she sees in today’s... Read more
VIDEO: Why Clients Will Pay More For An Intensive Session
Casey Truffo On Structuring A Therapeutic IntensiveWith some clients, issues, or circumstances, an hour is not quite enough time to dig in. That’s why it’s great to have an “Intensive Option.” Think of... Read more
Personality and Habit Change
Are You an Upholder, Obliger, Questioner, or Rebel?In her first book, The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin tried to answer the question “How do I become happier?” With her new book on changing the habits... Read more
Writing on Water
A Diary of Riding Out the StormDecember 29, 2013. It was still dark as I was walking the unlit path to my friend’s house for our weekly meditation meeting. Suddenly, my feet went out... Read more
Editor's Note - July/August 2015
At this moment in history, we seem to be in a divorce-busting mode, relatively speaking, and so fewer therapists are likely to tacitly encourage divorce as... Read more
The Intentional Divorce
Helping Couples Let Go with DignityThe therapist's job is to help client couples close one door and open another. Read more
When a Partner Has Alzheimer’s
Alternatives to Toughing it OutHelping the traditionalist generation care for their aging partners. Read more
Therapists without Borders
Fifteen years ago, psychotherapist Jeffrey Kottler never imagined he’d be stuffing nine duffel bags full of antibiotics and suture kits for a return trip... Read more
Rowing to Nowhere
When is Enough Enough?A therapist shares how to walk with a client couple through to their divorce and then let them go. Read more
We’ll Never Be Here Again
Stopping to Listen on a Late-life PassageJim and I just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary by taking a trip to the Pacific Northwest. We travel differently than many of our friends, avoiding... Read more
The Challenge of Open Relationships
Can They Ever Work?While many therapists are skeptical of open relationships, some believe that, with the right couple, they can work. Read more
Solutions for Moving Beyond the Therapeutic Impasse
Three Strategies for Making Progress with Stuck ClientsWhen clients get immersed in their problems, they often suffer from a kind of tunnel vision, focused on a small range of experiences, with their bad feelings... Read more
How Psychotherapy Helps Us Recover the Beauty in Our Lives
Questions for Helping Therapy Clients Reclaim MeaningMany walk into the therapist's consulting room exactly at the moment that they have been stripped to the core of their being. While not at the physical... Read more