Parenting through the Lens of IFS Therapy: From Tears to Transformation
For all its joys, parenting is often a roller coaster of challenges. Even when parents are at the top of their game, the most routine... Read more
Tips and Tactics for Talking about Race: A Toolkit for Therapists
Racial injustice remains an important issue in all aspects of our society, and the world of therapy is no exception. But despite the omnipresence of race in... Read more
Low-Sex and Sexless Couples: The Rediscovery of Pleasure
How do you help couples in low-sex and sexless relationships? This recording will uncover where lack of desire originates and how to treat desire discrepancy... Read more
Therapists as Agents of Hope: Our Role in a Game of Thrones World
In the toxic polarization of our society, most of us try to stay focused on our traditional work of personal healing, trying to steer clear of the struggles in... Read more
Mindfulness as Exposure Therapy: Avoiding the Avoidance Trap
Mindfulness is a popular intervention these days, well-supported by clinical research and brain-scan studies. But many well-meaning clinicians use mindfulness... Read more
Safe and Sound: How Your Voice Can Contribute to Healing Trauma
Can the way we use our voice actually help change a person’s nervous system? Polyvagal Theory provides a neurologically based understanding of how human... Read more
The Biology of Loss: How to Foster Resilience When Attachments Are Impaired
Bestselling author Gabor Maté has become a leading voice for the destigmatization and compassionate treatment of mental health and addiction... Read more
Taming the Amygdala: A Brain-Based Approach to Anxiety
New understandings in neuroscience have highlighted the central role the amygdala plays in anxiety. But how many of us can talk with our clients about the... Read more
Transforming Resistance: What to Do When Therapy Gets Stuck
Most therapists think of “resistance” as the main obstacle to therapeutic progress. But whether it manifests as a passive-aggressive response to... Read more
Couples Therapy Meets Sex Therapy: Toward an Integrated Approach
You can’t help couples really achieve more intimacy without exploring the sexual dimension of their relationship. But generally, clinicians who focus on... Read more
Preventing Childhood Anxiety and Depression: How to Expand Our Paradigm
Given the increasing rates of child and adolescent anxiety and depression, it’s clear our current treatment paradigm isn’t working to proactively... Read more
A Journey into Transgender Mental Health: Transcending the Binary
When seeking care, nothing is scarier to transgender individuals than a provider who’s poorly informed about the issues facing their community. From... Read more
The Dating Crucible: Navigating the Common Challenges
With more and more people choosing to marry later in life and sometimes not at all, knowing how to date well in today’s fast-paced world is essential... Read more
Guilt, Shame, and the Traumatized Client: Finding Release from Toxic Emotions
Although trauma can affect clients’ inner lives in countless ways, most survivors grapple with deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame. Until these... Read more
Polyvagal Theory in Action: Harnessing the Healing Potential of the Autonomic Nervous System
At its most basic level, human communication is one nervous system responding to another, searching for signals that it’s safe to connect and flooding us... Read more
Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Sensorimotor Approach to Change
The very nature of depression often thwarts efforts to treat it. After all, it’s difficult to change when you have no energy, no hope, and no capacity to... Read more
Exploring IFS Therapy in Action: Leading Clients to Self-Leadership
Healing is a word derived from the German hailjan, meaning “to make whole.” To truly heal isn’t easy, since it involves reconnecting with... Read more
The Ethical Dilemmas in Today’s Therapy: Clarifying Boundaries
The ethical rules for therapists used to be straightforward and unambiguous: no gifts, no dual relationships, and no out-of-session contact. But with the ease... Read more
The Living Legacy of Trauma with Janina Fisher, PhD: Tangible Tools to Transform Clinical Practice
After the overwhelming experience is over and they have survived, traumatized individuals are left with only a fragmented, confusing sense of what... Read more
The Living Legacy of Trauma with Janina Fisher, PhD: Tangible Tools to Transform Clinical Practice
After the overwhelming experience is over and they have survived, traumatized individuals are left with only a fragmented, confusing sense of what... Read more
Autism Intervention Using a Trauma-Informed Lens: Creating a Foundation of Safety & Trust to Promote Self Awareness & Problem Solving
Since the Covid-19 Pandemic began, children across the country and the world have experienced significant changes within their homes, schools, and communities... Read more
Psychopharmacology in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are on medications that are not supported in the literature as being effective in treating symptoms of... Read more
Social Skills Intervention for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Helping Clients Overcome Today’s Obstacles in Social Skills
In this video session, autism expert Jay Berk, PhD, will provide valuable insight into the unique social skills challenges faced by children, adolescents, and... Read more
Art Therapy Interventions for Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Addictions
Are you looking for new ways to help your clients combat negative self-talk to push through fears and anxiety, and turn away from self-destructive isolating... Read more
Art Therapy Interventions for Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Addictions
Are you looking for new ways to help your clients combat negative self-talk to push through fears and anxiety, and turn away from self-destructive isolating... Read more
Social Skills Intervention for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Helping Clients Overcome Today’s Obstacles in Social Skills
In this video session, autism expert Jay Berk, PhD, will provide valuable insight into the unique social skills challenges faced by children, adolescents, and... Read more
Autism Intervention Using a Trauma-Informed Lens: Creating a Foundation of Safety & Trust to Promote Self Awareness & Problem Solving
Since the Covid-19 Pandemic began, children across the country and the world have experienced significant changes within their homes, schools, and communities... Read more
Psychopharmacology in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are on medications that are not supported in the literature as being effective in treating symptoms of... Read more
Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, and Clinical Virtual Reality (VR): New Technologies for Treating Sensorimotor Impairments
Virtual Reality (VR) has now emerged as an efficacious tool in many areas of assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation in children and adults! Join Albert... Read more