2-4-6-8 This is How We Regulate! Play Therapy Interventions for Dysregulated Clients
Are your clients having anger outbursts, meltdowns, crying spells or long, intense moments of hyperactive joy? This is dysregulation, and it doesn’t feel... Read more
VIDEO: The Found and the Lost
A TransformationOf all the meaningful sessions that take place in a therapist’s office, certain ones stand out. In this Symposium storytelling highlight, couples therapist... Read more
What It Really Means to Apologize
…While Holding Wrongdoers AccountableWe’re all imperfect human beings, so the need to give and receive apologies is with us until our very last breath. Yet there’s no greater challenge than... Read more
Expressive Therapies for Kids
Expressive arts therapies can help children communicate problems, process emotions, and develop solutions, in a comfortable, non-threatening way. Expressive... Read more
The Depression and Bipolar Workbook
30 techniques to change the body and the brain in ways that medications can’t! The innovative and drug-free practices in this workbook guide you... Read more
VIDEO: Doing Your Best Work with LGBTQ Clients
The Myth of Sex Addiction, Common Mistakes, and MoreIs the sex addiction model doing more harm than good? What's the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity? And what are the most common... Read more
The Inner Selfie
A Technique for Guiding Young People Toward Self DiscoveryIt’s simply a way of talking about our internal sense of self, our inner strength and wisdom. It can help young clients down-regulate, guide them to inhabit... Read more
Ethics with Minors for Georgia Mental Health Professionals: How to Navigate the Most Challenging Issues
Those of us who treat minors and their families experience a flood of emotions. There is confusion over changing ethical codes and laws, fear that the... Read more
Stealthy Change, Healthy Change
Three Ways to Practice PresenceDuring my internship after graduate school, I worked as therapist at an intensive out-patient eating disorder (ED) clinic. One of the patients, Amber, was a... Read more
2-Day Intensive Workshop: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Transformational Approaches to Treating Complex Trauma
Because trauma lives in the body, traditional talk therapy cannot access the deeply rooted, pervasive wounds that complex trauma leaves behind. Many... Read more
2-Day Certification Course: Trauma and Attachment Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Becoming a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional will demonstrate your passion for and knowledge of treating traumatized children and... Read more
“You Should Know What I Need”
A Simple Exercise to Help Couples Avoid the Assumption TrapSatisfying our needs is a gift our partners give us. Being responsible calls for a willingness to ask clearly and vulnerably for what we want, and to tolerate... Read more
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on Restoring the Spark
Finding Your "Secure Base"Couples therapist Susan Johnson explains how, by establishing a "secure base," to restore both an emotional and physical spark in a relationship. Read more
The Wonder of an Unexpected Alliance
A Therapist's Surprise Connection with Her ClientBy Christina Emanuel - Ryan’s reputation arrived before he did: brilliant, oppositional, angry, a general pain in the butt, and autistic. Over the years, he... Read more
Attachment & Attuned Parenting: The Power of Showing Up
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of New York Times bestseller Aware and of The Power of Showing Up (January 2020), created this new two-hour presentation for... Read more
Death, Dying & Bereavement: New Strategies for Clients & Their Families to Find Meaning at the End of Life
Death is inevitable. Looking into the face of death is one of the scariest and most emotional battles that your clients will ever have to go through. Are... Read more
VIDEO: The Power of Predictability
The Cornerstone of a Strong Therapeutic AllianceProviding familiarity and predictability is one of our greatest tools in therapy, and can provide much-needed comfort to clients who aren't used to it... Read more
Addressing Vicarious Trauma
Five Clinicians Weigh InA new client who survived a harrowing car crash is going through a deep depression. When she recounts her story, her therapist feels unusually affected, as if... Read more
Ethics: Top 10 Mistakes Made by Mental Health Professionals
Some tough ethical situations can’t be taught in school. They can only be learned through personal experience or from hearing of others’ personal... Read more
Seeing Children through a Polyvagal Lens
A Different Approach to Challenging BehaviorsPolyvagal Theory widens the perspective on managing kids’ challenging behaviors. Read more
Couples Therapy Goes Public
A New TV Series Pulls Back the CurtainA bold new TV series captures the raw reality of couples therapy—for both clients and therapists. Read more
Our Calling
A Wounded Healer’s JourneyAs therapists, our job is to do our best for our clients. But even our best efforts can’t always ensure that therapy will help, or even that we don’t do... Read more
The Sabbatical
Discovering My Self on a Car LotAfter an unusual break from practice, a burnt-out young clinician learns to finally feel at home in the therapist’s chair. Read more
Meet You in McGinnis Meadows
Lessons in AttunementWhat horsemanship can teach us about making sure our clients feel seen, heard, and helped. Read more
Saving My Younger Self - January/February 2020
A Therapist Finds Her MissionAn urban school psychologist discovers the power of her own story of childhood trauma to inspire the kids she serves. Read more
Out of Sight
Are Prisons Modern-Day Asylums?Author Kenneth Paul Rosenberg explores the catastrophic inadequacies of our mental healthcare system that have led to “the greatest social crisis of our... Read more
Editor's Note - January/February 2020
The pace of our daily schedules can make it hard to look up from our appointment apps and ponder the bigger picture: Why are we doing this thing called... Read more



