Mastering Differential Diagnosis with the DSM-5-TR™: A Symptom-Based Approach
A recent study found that more than a third of all diagnoses assigned to individuals with severe mental disorders include errors, and over half of clients with... Read more
Pediatric Chronic Pain: Powerful relief for kids and teens through ACT, CBT, somatic therapy, and interdisciplinary care
Nothing makes us feel more helpless than seeing kids suffer and not being able to help. Yet many of the conditions causing chronic pain in children and teens... Read more
Janina Fisher on Treating the Parts of Attachment Trauma
Taking Apart Self-HatredJanina Fisher explores how to help your clients heal the parts of self-hatred and treat attachment trauma. Read more
Trauma Processing with Neurodivergent Youth: Adaptive strategies to support communication, sensory needs, cognition and more
Each child’s path to healing is as unique as their fingerprint. But when kids with autism, ADHD, and developmental delays are also facing trauma, the... Read more
Rewire the Anxious Brain: Neuroscience-Informed Treatment of Anxiety, Panic and Worry
Watch neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Catherine Pittman, and learn her keys for successful anxiety treatment. Dr. Pittman integrates brain-based... Read more
Beyond Cancer
A Story of Resilience, Growth, and Mental HealthA therapist reflects on her cancer journey and what her diagnosis meant for not only the rest of her life but also her mental health. Read more
Reproductive Trauma and Attachment: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals and Couples Facing Infertility and Pregnancy Loss
When clients’ reproductive stories don’t go according to script, it’s hard to know how to best support them. That’s especially the... Read more
Editor’s Note: January/February 2024
AI and the TherapistThis issue explores our work as therapists in the shadow of AI as well as how professional and personal lives collide. Read more
From Grind Culture to Work Malaise
The Cultural Trends Driving Our Clients' CareersWhat are the cultural messages feeding younger generations’ ambivalence and anxiety about their professional lives? Read more
Shame and Blame in Couples Therapy
A Therapist's Misstep Sparks RepairA clinical rupture becomes an opportunity to help a couple move beyond the pursue-withdraw cycle. Read more
Tapping Our Way into Healing
A Simple, Empowering Tool for Self-regulationTapping, a simple tool for self-regulation, can be surprisingly fun and easy to teach clients. Read more
Is Honesty the Best Policy?: A Review of 'You Hurt My Feelings'
A New Film on Flattery, White Lies, and Nondirective TherapyA wry exploration of how we handle challenges to our egos, even in therapy Read more
Existentialism for a New Era
The Millennial Therapist on Self-CreationSara Kuburic, the Millennial Therapist, invites new clients to take a deep look at age-old existential concerns. Read more
Organizational Management at Home
An Interview with Eve Rodsky on Workplace Tools for CouplesThe business world has well-honed tools for making sure employees feel valued and fulfilled. Can they be used to solve a core issue that brings many couples to... Read more
Wrestling with a Daughter's Faith
An Agnostic Mother Learns the Challenge of True AcceptanceA family with stark religious differences finds its way. Read more
Ready or Not, AI Is Here
What If Therapy Bots Become Too Good?A clinician on the precipice of launching his own AI therapy bot—HIPAA-compliant, infused with personal warmth, and based on thousands of hours of therapy... Read more
Releasing Guilt in Grief
The Vital Shift from Prevention to PostventionWhen preventing death or tragedy is no longer an option, we need to enter a radically different headspace. Read more
Saying Goodbye to Work You Love
How Do Therapists Know When It's Time to Retire?The uniqueness of a psychotherapist’s job can make it hard to let go of. Read more
The Bot Will See You Now
My Illuminating Chat with PiWhen it comes down to it, what do human therapists really have over artificially intelligent ones? Read more
Turning the Spotlight on Brainspotting
Did an Unexpected Discovery Reveal a Quicker Path to Healing?A look at the rise, mysteries, and controversies of Brainspotting, David Grand’s popular trauma-processing technique. Read more
Work Issues at the Heart of Couples' Conflicts
Exploring Our Relationships with Our JobsThe move beyond “Where do you work?” “How much do you work?” and “How’s it going?” is long overdue in couples therapy. Read more
Are ACEs as Determinative as We Think?
Two Trauma Experts on Connection, Community, and the Tyranny of DiagnosisTwo leading trauma experts discuss the power of enduring relational work and how our current medical model creates a moral injury for therapists. Read more
Is the Soul of Therapy For Sale?
When Private Equity Infiltrates Our PracticeBig business and private investment firms have turned their attention to our field, and they’re not above poaching clients, underpaying clinicians, and... Read more
Can AI Make Us Better Therapists?
Using New Technology for SupervisionAI is already being used to create treatment plans, track client change, and detect empathy. How else could it help therapists? Read more