Beyond the Borderline Label
Most therapists understand that the extreme behaviors of people with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis are often strategies for survival... Read more
Healing Affairs and Repairing Attachment Injuries
Recent surveys suggest that almost half of all couples can expect to face challenges associated with extramarital affairs (sexual and emotional) at some point... Read more
Healing Trauma through Connection
Although trauma often has the greatest impact our most intimate relationships, research shows that finding comfort in loved ones has the potential to undo much... Read more
The Modern Landscape of Love
In a world of dating apps that present seemingly limitless romantic possibilities, our clients often get stuck in “low accountability” intimate... Read more
Helping Clients Who Can’t "Feel"
Nothing defeats a therapist more than a client who’s numb or disconnected. When you ask why they’ve come for help, they may say, “I’m... Read more
Compassionate Inquiry
By separating mind from body and the individual from the social environment, we limit our ability to address the roots of many of the emotional and physical... Read more
Ethics in a Different Key
Ethics training can be dull. But this workshop, using The Musical of Snow White as a framework, embodies the idea that when you’re having fun, the... Read more
The Power of the Felt Sense
Do you have clients who seem to live in their heads and have a hard time sensing inside themselves? Focusing is a process that helps clients speak from their... Read more
Vision Techniques for Eye Movement Disorders Associated with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia & Other Neurological Disorders: Hands-on Assessments and Treatments for Children and Adolescents
Do you work with children with ADHD, dysgraphia, dyslexia, letter reversals and reading problems that do not respond to typical treatments? Are you frustrated... Read more
VIDEO: When Our Clients Help Us Overcome Our Greatest Fears
A Therapist Shares Her Most Memorable Clinical ExperienceLynn Lyons shares a moving, often hilarious, story about how her young client helped her become a stronger person and a better therapist. Read more
Dragon Worriers
Conquer your fears, the Dragon Worriers are here! In this entertaining workbook, national anxiety expert Dawn DePasquale, LMHC, leads children and the people... Read more
My Clients Are Asking Personal Questions
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeA therapist works from his home office, which means clients sometimes observe elements of his personal life. He's had clients ask about his electric car... Read more
1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective & Happy Parenting
“My child is out of control and never listens to anything I say” “I’ve tried yelling, timeouts, that counting thing, and nothing works... Read more
Kindling the Spark
The Healing Power of Expressive ArtsAliveness is not an experience we think or talk ourselves into; it’s a state of being we feel in our bodies. An expressive arts therapist shows how... Read more
ACEs and a New Vision for Healthcare
Bringing Therapists and Physicians TogetherWhen it comes to addressing the profound impact of trauma, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is calling for primary care physicians and therapists to develop... Read more
The Shopping Trip
Showing Up Is Its Own RewardSometimes you learn your most important life lessons from the person who most frustrates and disappoints you. Read more
Storm Damage
Angry Words Can Sink a RelationshipEven though partners may forgive each other after a heated argument, the hurtful words that were hurled can be haunting nonetheless. Read more
ASMR Videos
A New Tool for Therapists?Videos designed to elicit ASMR, a physiological state some people find soothing, get millions of views online. Now clinicians are debating whether they could... Read more
Welcome to Holland
When Life Takes a DetourWhat do you do when your life’s expectations get turned upside down? Read more
An Interview with Peter Levine
Turning Psychotherapy Bottom UpPeter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing, takes us inside his seemingly intuitive approach and reveals the guiding principles that inform his work. Read more
The Touch Taboo
Are We Missing a Vital Source of Healing?Polyvagal Theory offers a new kind of somatic road map for guiding both therapists and clients toward safety and connection. It can also empower therapists to... Read more
Dying Well
Humanizing Our Overmedicalized SystemHospital protocols have replaced the time-honored customs that once enabled the dying to be lead actors in their life’s final drama. Why do we spend so much... Read more
Character Work
What Therapists Can Learn from ActorsTherapists can flop in their “performance” with clients, coming off as inauthentic or over the top. One former actor discovers how to embody the kind of... Read more
Tips for a Sedentary Profession
Sitting Up!Therapists spend much of the day sitting in a chair. But most don’t consider how the way they sit affects the therapy experience for both them and their... Read more
Disarming the Verbal Bully
Four Ways to Push PauseAt a time when verbal bullies seem to feel increasingly empowered, here are four offbeat ways to push pause on their toxic verbiage. Read more
Where the Trauma Never Ends
Inside Chicago’s Urban War ZonesChicago’s inner city has long been termed an “urban war zone.” A new book by acclaimed journalist Alex Kotlowitz reveals the personal stories of trauma... Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2019
For many years after, body therapy remained a semi-underground movement within the field. Now increasing numbers of clinicians are utilizing highly... Read more
From Margin to Mainstream
Peter Levine’s Bottom-Up Approach to HealingBody psychotherapy, once shrouded in controversy, has gained growing acceptance in the wider field. So how do these popular bottom-up approaches actually work? Read more
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Power of Emotion in Couples Work
The Behavior Patterns That Kill Romance, and How to Beat ThemSusan Johnson explains how attachment science can help couples discover a pathway to optimal lovemaking. Read more

