Narcissism and Intimacy: Coming Down from Grandiosity and Up from Shame
People think narcissism is a disorder of too much self-love; actually it’s too little. Lacking self-esteem, narcissists filter their sense of wellbeing... Read more
Boundary Setting Strategies: How Your Clients Can Reclaim Emotional Autonomy
Attempts to set boundaries with toxic and emotionally manipulative people are often met with demeaning abuse designed to instill guilt, shame, fear, and... Read more
Trauma Bonds to a Violating Partner: How Neurobiology Can Work Against Victims of Narcissistic Abuse
Even when they want to leave, the trauma bond ignites regions of the brain that cause clients to feel out of control and tied to their abusive partner. They... Read more
Safely Leaving the Abusive Relationship: Do’s and Don’ts for Therapists
Leaving a toxic relationship isn’t easy. Manipulation, coercion, shame, self-doubt, and a sense of losing oneself can keep clients trapped in the abuse... Read more
The DBT Advantage: An Integrative Skill-Building Approach
Why do so many clients get stuck—unwilling or unable to move forward with their lives? Often it’s because therapists haven’t learned the... Read more
Psychoeducation and Narcissistic Abuse: Different Types – Different Experiences
With different presentations, risk levels, typologies and survivor experiences, a “one-size-fits-all” approach to managing the patterns of... Read more
Rebuild Clients’ Healthy Instincts and Restore Their Trust in Themselves after Manipulation
After prolonged exposure to manipulation and narcissistic abuse, clients struggle to develop healthy and accurate instincts, often leading them to repeat... Read more
Gaslighting: Recognition and Recovery for Manipulated and Controlled Clients
Gaslighting tactics leave victims questioning their reality and trapped in a web of manipulation and control. Its insidious nature makes it tough to spot. But... Read more
Grief and Narcissistic Relationships: Clinical Skills to Process Past, Present and Future Losses
From grieving a childhood of neglect, to mourning the loss of the rosy-colored glasses that kept them in a cycle of abuse as adults, grief echoes through the... Read more
After Self-Betrayal: Strategies to Help Clients Find Their Authentic Selves
Complete loss of self and engagement in behaviors that betray themselves, perpetuates the shame that can keep clients stuck in abusive relationships... Read more
Disarming the Narcissist in Couples Therapy
Is successful couples therapy even possible when one of the partners won’t admit their flaws or reflect on how their behavior impacts the other... Read more
The Panic Deck
Created by anxiety expert Dr. Elena Welsh, The Panic Deck contains proven therapeutic tools to reduce panic. Now you can use the same tools Dr. Welsh... Read more
Overcoming Hopelessness: Working with Low- and No-Motivation Clients
One of the greatest challenges a therapist can face is when a client feels hopeless about the possibility of change. But whether this sense is due to doubts... Read more
Deactivating the Polyvagal Response to Racial Trauma
Good intentions are not enough to heal generational wounds incurred by racial trauma and decades of systematic racism. It requires refined knowledge and... Read more
Deactivating the Polyvagal Response to Racial Trauma
Good intentions are not enough to heal generational wounds incurred by racial trauma and decades of systematic racism. It requires refined knowledge and... Read more
2-Day Family Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Clinical Interventions That Move Children, Teens and Their Families Toward Hope and Change
When children and adolescents are exposed to trauma it affects everyone in the family. And without addressing the entire family system in treatment, the... Read more
2-Day Family Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Clinical Interventions That Move Children, Teens and Their Families Toward Hope and Change
When children and adolescents are exposed to trauma it affects everyone in the family. And without addressing the entire family system in treatment, the... Read more
Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma
Shame often prevents your traumatized clients’ recovery and hampers their ability to find relief and perspective despite effective treatment. Feelings of... Read more
Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma
Shame often prevents your traumatized clients’ recovery and hampers their ability to find relief and perspective despite effective treatment. Feelings of... Read more
The Critical Art of Responding to Postpartum Disorders: Tools for Holding Perinatal Distress
Despite an increase in awareness of maternal mental health, postpartum disorders continue to afflict our clients, many of whom still feel silenced and... Read more
A Guide to Integrating Spirituality into Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns
For many of our clients, to ignore the spiritual is to ignore their sense of the very essence of who they are. Use of clients’ spiritual beliefs in the... Read more
Body Image and Sexuality: Befriending the Sexual Self After Trauma
Sexual trauma can set off body hatred and create a distancing from the body, particularly the sexual body, in order to feel safe again. In this session... Read more
Treating the Whole Person: A Transdiagnostic CBT Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Emotional avoidance is a distinguishing feature of eating disorders as well as many other clinical conditions, including anxiety and depression which often... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss?
Helping Our Clients and Ourselves Navigate Grief WorkMany grief specialists talk about helping clients finding meaning after loss. But often, loss feels meaningless. One therapist working with grieving clients... Read more
My Biggest Challenge as a Therapist
The Hardest Things About PracticeTherapy is hard work. But what are therapy’s biggest challenges, and how do therapists overcome them? Here, five therapists share the clinical challenge that... Read more
Mental Health or Marxism?
Therapists on the Fight over Social Emotional Learning in SchoolsSocial-emotional learning isn’t entirely new, but as more districts emphasize the curricula in the wake of COVID, confusion from parents appears to be on the... Read more
3-Day Advanced Grief Counseling Certification Course: Interventions to Move Clients Toward Healthy Grieving, Growth and Meaning After Loss
A wave of grief and loss has impacted millions of people and more clients than ever before are seeking the help of professionals. But if you’re like... Read more