Group Counseling for Students: A Complete Framework for Building Healthy Relationships in School and Life
Large caseloads, lack of time, an overwhelming number of students who struggle to form positive relationships... Sound familiar? You’re in good... Read more
Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
“I’m too fat.” “I’m on a diet.” “Today is a cheat day.” Once I lose weight, I’ll be happier.&rdquo... Read more
2-Day Neuroscience Masterclass for Clinicians: Brain-Body Interventions for Trauma, Anxiety, Substance Use and More
With physical health, we know that if a bone breaks you cast it, keep it immobilized and give it time to heal properly. But when it comes to mental health... Read more
A Diary of Precious Time
When Even Good News Is Hard NewsWhen cancer recurs, there's no easy way to cope with the sense of loss that accompanies a growing awareness of mortality. Read more
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
6 Podcasts Therapists Are Listening To
New Perspectives from Comedy to PsychiatryWe 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
Implicit Bias for Clinicians: Transformative Strategies to Enhance Cultural Humility and Improve Client Outcomes
We all have unconscious biases. The problem isn’t that we have them… ..It’s that, unexamined, they can negatively impact our... Read more
Medical Trauma: Clinical Tools for Treating PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression Following a Health Crisis
Your clients with medical trauma know that a health crisis can upend life at any moment. And they know that crisis doesn’t end when the physical body is... Read more
A Complete Guide to Ethical & Legal Technology Challenges for Mental Health Professionals
The challenges you face are clear … If you are going to be successful in your practice, you need to adapt to your clients’ growing expectations of... Read more
The Funny Therapist
Dismantling Stigma, One Joke at a TimeWhat 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
Toxic Productivity
For decades, societal pressures have had us scrambling to do more, achieve more, overcome more, BE MORE – all with the promise that we’ll feel... Read more
The Family Scapegoat Treatment Guide: Tools to Release Self-Blame, Reclaim Self-Worth and Heal Attachment Wounds
Not good enough, not worthy of love or acceptance, and trapped in a cycle of seeking approval that never comes, the family scapegoat carries the burden of the... Read more
Reunification Therapy Specialist Training
Families facing divorces, disputes, and the profound impact on children are in desperate need of expert reunification therapists. The courts often fall short... Read more
Helping the Anxious Generation: A Power-Packed Menu of Evidence-Based Interventions to Ease Anxiety and Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults
There’s no doubt that a record number of teens and young adults are on the brink of crisis. But it takes a special skillset to help this hurting and... Read more
4 Things Therapists Should Consider About Political Polarization
Maintaining Client Trust in a Divided NationUnless 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
FREE Clinical Worksheets
Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering LoveThis month’s free practice tool is from David Kessler and offers clients a way to accept losses and express the unexpressed. Read more
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
Living with Narcissistic Abuse
How to Heal When Leaving Isn’t an OptionMaintaining a sense of well-being with a narcissist requires clarity, clear expectations, and self-compassion. Read more
When Your Client Goes to Family Court
The Truth about Documenting SessionsHow you document sessions with clients in emotionally abusive relationships can either help or harm them in family court. Read more
Facing Post-Separation Abuse
Sometimes the Breakup Isn't the EndPost-separation abuse can easily masquerade as a simple "bad breakup." Read more
When Burnout Threatens Therapy with Survivors
Cultivating Your Stamina as a TherapistEven experienced clinicians can start to feel lost when helping people untangle the psychological effects of coercive control. Read more
Assessing the Physical Dangers of Emotional Abuse
When to Create a Safety PlanJust because a relationship isn't physically violent doesn't mean emotional abuse won't turn violent. Read more
Male Abuse Survivors
Bringing a Fuller Picture of Suffering to LightWhy aren't we doing more to support male survivors of intimate partner violence? Read more
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is My New Therapist
The Podcast That Changed MeIn '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
Soothing Dysregulation in Couples Therapy
The One Thing We Should All Do FirstIs teaching partners to join forces against their stress where all couples work should begin? Read more
Grandma Chin's Funeral
Reflections on Grief and BelongingA bicultural daughter of immigrants struggles to make sense of her identity as she mourns a grandmother she barely knew. Read more
Healing the Covert Narcissist
When Early Trauma Meets EntitlementEntitlement, the characteristic that best indicates when coercive control is narcissistically driven, makes treating perpetrators challenging—but not... Read more