Facing the Challenge
Psychotherapy Responds to the PandemicIf ever a conference devoted to “The Art of Healing in an Anxious Time” was needed, this is that time. Read more
The Audition
From Our Symposium Storytelling EventWhat do you do when you're wrong for the part? Read more
Editor's Note - May/June 2020
The stories in this issue are notable not only for their therapeutic wisdom, but also for their authors’ capacity to connect with us in a time of... Read more
The Aging Brain: Assessments, Treatments & Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias
Individuals with dementia interact with a variety of professionals including nursing staff, psychologists, counselors, social workers, OTs, PTs, SLPs, home... Read more
Telehealth for Teens, Parents and Groups: Art Therapy Techniques to Reduce Anxiety and Depression
Join Pamela Malkoff Hayes, who has over 15 years of experience with teletherapy, to learn simple and approachable art therapy techniques to assess and treat... Read more
Radical Compassion in Challenging Times
Handling Worry with RAINAt times, when things fall apart, as they are in our world right now, each of us has an essential medicine to offer. So the inquiry—Who do you want to be... Read more
Left Behind
Counselors Seek Medicare ReimbursementThe long, hard fight to fix a legislative gap. Read more
Playing Together Apart
Figuring Out Teletherapy for KidsWithout a well-researched paradigm for reaching young children who might need teleplay therapy in an uncertain time like this, therapists are forging ahead... Read more
Isolation and Self-Care
Singing from the BalconiesEven in a restrictive time like this, when so many of us are divorced from the ordinary structures of our lives, there are practical things we can do to... Read more
“Break Through” Self-Regulation Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD, Sensory or Emotional Challenges
Message from Your Presenter Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L… No one ever said that working with children with autism, ADHD, or sensory disorders is easy... Read more
Listening to Suicidal Clients
How to Get Beyond our FearsA suicidologist opens up about her personal struggles and what actually helps when working with suicidal clients. Read more
Two Scoops of Vanilla
“I think I broke my therapist”When a challenging clients brings out our true inner colors. Read more
The Healthy Mind Platter
Giving PresenceOur minds are more than what happens inside our skulls, and even in our bodies. They’re fully embodied, and they’re fully relational. Here are seven daily... Read more
May/June 2020 Where Are We Going?: Finding Our Way in a New Reality
This issue explores the new clinical reality many therapists are facing in light of the coronavirus pandemic. It also examines the challenges and opportunities... Read more
Broken Mirrors
From Storytelling 2020When we can acknowledge the dark forces that reside within us. Read more
“Break Through” Self-Regulation Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD, Sensory or Emotional Challenges
Message from Your Presenter Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L… No one ever said that working with children with autism, ADHD, or sensory disorders is easy... Read more
The Body as Ally
Finding a Sense of SafetyOne of our biggest challenges is to realize that physical isolation doesn’t automatically mean emotional disconnection. We still have choices that enable us... Read more
The Aging Brain: Assessments, Treatments & Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias
Individuals with dementia interact with a variety of professionals including nursing staff, psychologists, counselors, social workers, OTs, PTs, SLPs, home... Read more
My New Normal, Part 2
Therapeutic Discoveries in the Time of CoronavirusThe COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted how almost every therapist works nowadays, in ways both expected and unexpected. Although we’re all in this... Read more
VIDEO: How Therapists Can Help Anxious Clients During a Pandemic
The Two Key IngredientsThe covid-19 pandemic is causing almost everyone anxiety. But for therapy clients who were already anxious, it's making symptoms much worse. Therapist and... Read more
Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children & Adolescents: Non-Medication Approaches for the Most Challenging Behaviors
Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger's, anxiety, mood, and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical and parenting challenges. Watch this... Read more
Turning Points in Our Therapy Careers
Becoming the Change We Want to SeeWhat is a turning point, exactly? And how do you know when you've reached one in your career as a therapist? Whether it's a devastating illness, or a few... Read more
2-Day: Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional: A Trauma-Focused Certification Course
For clinicians working with clients who also abuse substances or suffer from process addictions, treatment can be really hard. If you... Read more
What We Need is Awe
Cultivating Wonder in a Time of LockdownFeelings of awe can have strongly prosocial effects and provide us with an existential and lasting sense of calm. Building our capacity for awe could not only... Read more
Living Our Lives as Fully as We Can
The Need for Humor and Self-CarePart of our lives is being a therapist, but it's not the whole thing. Now and looking beyond coronavirus times, how do we make sure we're doing the things we... Read more
Psychopharmacology Update: Medications, the Brain, and Behavior
Does this sound familiar? Your clients are taking multiple psychotropic medications prescribed by different healthcare professionals. You discover that they... Read more
My New Normal
How Our Work Has Changed Since CoronavirusThe COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted how almost every therapist works nowadays, in ways both expected and unexpected. Although we’re all in this... Read more