Disrupting Rumination: Changing the Cognitions that Underlie Anxiety and Depression
Overactive brain circuitry can trap clients in cycles of rumination that can keep them anxious and depressed. Letting go of ruminating worries, or banishing... Read more
Brain Care: Applying the Neuroscience of Well-Being
Even as we look to the latest brain research for techniques to apply in our therapeutic work, we too often neglect the damaging impacts of stress, poor... Read more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): Powerful Approaches to Integrate into Your Practice
Watch Gina Biegel, creator of MBSR-T, as she kicks judgments, worries, daily to-do lists, and everyday stressors to the curb. You will learn a variety of... Read more
Harnessing the Polyvagal System to Help Clients with Anxiety, Depression, and Anger
We all know therapists who seem magically able to establish a powerful sense of trust and connection with even the most distrusting clients. In this workshop... Read more
Mindful Aging: Finding Fulfillment, Purpose, and Joy in Later Life
More than 100 million Americans are over the age of 50 today, and while research concludes we can grow and enhance our lives at every age, stereotypes about... Read more
Putting Positive Psychology into Practice
Although the field of mental health has traditionally aimed to “fix what’s wrong,” the newer subfield of positive psychology instead helps us... Read more
VIDEO: Tara Brach on Awakening from the Cybertrance
Dealing with the Challenges to Mindfulness in a Digital WorldIt should come as no surprise that, in our culture, immersion in cyber activities far outpace the interest in mindfulness. But how do you deal with the... Read more
When Money Comes Up in Therapy
Two Ways to Make Your Fee Policies Clear and Easy to Talk AboutMost therapists were never coached about how to reconcile the closeness of the therapeutic encounter with the fact that therapy is also a business. Read more
The Power of Apologizing
What It Takes to Really Be SorryUnlike the faux public apologies from men accused of sexual misconduct that 2017 will likely be remembered for, our private apologies have the potential to... Read more
Art and Trauma
Accessing Creative Paths to HealingA leader in expressive arts therapy explains why it’s increasingly being used to help combat vets find relief from trauma. Read more
Life After Extremism
What It Takes to Renounce HateReview: Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into—and Out of—Violent ExtremismA look at how to help former skinheads, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and... Read more
Second Adolescence
An Alternative to the Midlife CrisisInstead of viewing midlife as a time of emotional unraveling, therapists can see it as an opportunity to help clients gain a fuller sense of purpose in... Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2018
Increasingly, therapists are becoming important players in a new era of more conscious aging, as more people make their way to our offices with issues related... Read more
Occupational Wisdom
What Therapists Can Teach Us about Growing Old GracefullyDoes being a therapist give us an edge in coping with the inescapable phenomenon of aging? Three prominent psychotherapists—Irvin Yalom, Joan Klagsbrun, and... Read more
A New Stretch of the River
Navigating Life’s Final StagesAs we age, our bodies and relationships change, and the pace of change accelerates. At 70, we’re unlikely to be able to function as we did in our 50s. We... Read more
Making Mindfulness More Racially Sensitive
A push to make mindfulness practices more racially sensitive. Read more
Priming Clients for Taking New Practices Home
Four Keys to Enhancing EngagementFour steps to help clients take new practices learned in the consulting room back into their everyday lives. Read more
Living Backward and Forward
In Search of the Stories that Bind UsIn search of the stories that can bind a family together. Read more
Brain-Based Strategies for Children and Adolescents: Anxiety, ADHD, Emotion Regulation, Executive Function and Other Challenging Behaviors
Watch Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, international speaker and co-author with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. of The New York Times bestsellers The Whole-Brain Child and... Read more
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children & Adolescents: 2-Day Intensive Training
“Fix my kid.” This is the desperate cry of parents and caregivers who walk into your office seeking help. You start the therapeutic process with... Read more
Transformative Care
Authored by experts in the field of Trauma therapy, this groundbreaking book defines a new paradigm for helping others in the 21st century. It is designed as... Read more
How To Stop Couples Conflict Before It Even Starts
...And the Five Life Factors That Contribute to Intensifying Anger ArousalTherapy often involves entirely too much talking about new skills the client should put into place, but not enough rehearsing. Just as exposure training... Read more
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook
"Dr. Laura Markham's book is an extremely useful guide for parents in connecting with their children's emotions. It is highly gratifying to... Read more
The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook, 2nd Edition
The newly updated workbook companion for putting the top anxiety management techniques into practice. Brimming with exercises, worksheets, tips, and tools... Read more
The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques, 2nd Edition
A much-anticipated update to the classic personal road map, full of strategies to understand, manage, and conquer your stress. Do you feel a tightness in your... Read more
