Detoxifying Criticism
How to Help Clients Gain PerspectiveAn innovative way of working with people who are hypersensitive to criticism. Read more
New Technologies for Today’s Practitioners
Using Virtual Reality to treat PTSDThe increasingly accessible and inexpensive technology of virtual reality now enables us to incorporate digital Skinner boxes in our practices that can enhance... Read more
The Transgender Journey
What Role Should Therapists Play?Parents typically view their children in the largely gendered terms society lays out for them. Rearranging that internal mind map requires tremendous effort... Read more
The Aftermath of the Paris Attacks
Therapists reflect on the terror attack in Paris. Read more
VIDEO: Using Yoga to Calm the Revved-Up Client
The Yoga Breath’s Universal ApplicationRich Simon interviews Amy Weintraub about the use of yoga in therapy. Read more
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on Attachment Issues in the Bedroom
How to Help Couples Have "Hold Me Tight" ConversationsIn a brief video, Susan explains how to create moments of emotional sharing so deep that they automatically translate into couples' lives. Read more
Managing ADHD in School
Dr. Russell Barkley, internationally respected expert on ADHD, draws on his 40 years of clinical work with thousands of students, teachers and schools to... Read more
Clinical & Ethical Best Practices for High-Conflict Families: Child-First Strategies for Divorce, Custody, Coparenting, and Court
Professionals in the mental health field commonly work with children and families in crisis. With over half of all marriages in the United States ending in... Read more
The Art of Presenting
Understanding What Your Audience NeedsSome tips on the do’s and don’ts of giving a good workshop. Read more
The Mystery of Eroticism
Rethinking Conventional WisdomIt’s long been the conventional wisdom among couples therapists that if couples fix the emotional issues in their relationship, their sexual lives will... Read more
The Remarriage Triangle
Working with Later-Life Recouplers and their Grown ChildrenTherapists need to be prepared to go against the conventional clinical wisdom in helping later-life recouplers and stepfamilies handle the unique challenges... Read more
The Sex-Starved Marriage
A sex-starved marriage isn’t about the number of times per week or per month people are actually having sex. It’s one in which one spouse is longing for... Read more
Who’s the Grown-Up Here?
Helping parents abandon the “buddy” systemFamily physician and psychologist Leonard Sax insists that too many parents these days misunderstand the role they should play in their children’s lives. Read more
The Last Dance
Awakening a Mother’s Joyful SpiritToward the end of her life, a woman turns back the clock by performing the goofy ballet of her youth. Read more
Inside Hookup Culture
Are We Having Fun Yet?On college campuses across the country, hooking up has all but replaced traditional, old-school dating rituals. With its rawness and frantic incoherence... Read more
Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health: A Complete Guide to the Food-Mood Connection
Exploring the connection between nutrition and mental wellness so therapists can provide more effective, integrated treatment. Diet is an essential component... Read more
The Dance of Sex
The Way Back to EroticismIf you’re going to help a couple get closer and really learn to work harmoniously with one another, whether in bed or anywhere else, the key is helping... Read more
Losing Our War on Stress
It’s time to reconsider our approachPsychologist Kelly McGonigal believes that stress isn’t the public health menace it’s usually made out to be—our compulsion to avoid it is often the... Read more
The Unspeakable Language of Sex
Why Are We Still so Tongue-Tied?If you’re like most couples therapists, you know how to help partners communicate more clearly, handle conflict with less uproar, and connect more... Read more
Editor's Note - January/February 2016
I suspect that no matter how sophisticated we become about sex in the abstract, there’s some half-hidden, unacknowledged suspicion within most of us that... Read more
Transforming Sexual Narratives
From Dysfunction to DiscoveryTherapists too often ignore the importance of the longstanding, often unconscious stories that partners carry with them into their sexual relationship. Helping... Read more
The Case for Porn
Porn is polarizing. Porn is confusing. Porn can be alarming. For therapists, porn can push us out of our comfort zone and trigger negative countertransference... Read more
Advanced CBT Strategies for Chronic or Recurrent Depression & Anxiety
Effective strategies for relapsing clients Advanced & cutting-edge CBT techniques Case examples Join CBT expert and author, John Ludgate, Ph.D., and... Read more
In Search of the Big Story
Learning to Ask the Beautiful QuestionThis March, poet, storyteller, and philosopher David Whyte—this year’s Symposium keynoter—returns to Washington DC to share his wisdom. Whyte specializes... Read more
Be Mindful Card Deck for Teens
Reduce Stress, Improve Self-Care and Find Focus Be Mindful cards offer you 50 ways to be present to your life as it is actually taking place. These... Read more
The Secret to Helping Agitated Couples Reel in Emotional Arousal
How Oxytocin Stimulates Trust and Connection, and Helps Relationships HealWhen clients are emotionally worked up, caught in fight-flight-freeze mode, all their hard-earned skills in empathic listening and responsible (and responsive... Read more
Breaking the Chain of Resentment
How to Help Clients Move Past Old WoundsHow do you strike a balance between validation and empowerment in helping those afflicted with chronic resentment? Read more
Destigmatizing Autism
The Future of NeurodiversityAuthor Steve Silberman discusses what it means to view autistic people as individuals seeing the world in a different way, rather than just a checklist of... Read more