ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens
Congratulations to Debra Burdick and ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens on winning the gold medal at the 2017 IBPA... Read more
Multicultural Counseling Workbook
Cultural competency begins with knowing who you are. Interactive, engaging and fun -- this workbook is filled with valuable exercises, worksheet, games and... Read more
Schema Therapy: Proven Techniques to Treat Your Most Challenging and Resistant Clients
Anxiety Chronic Depression Eating Disorders BPD Substance Abuse Narcissism Schema therapy is an innovative, integrated therapeutic approach... Read more
Pornography on the Rise: A Growing Mental Health Problem
Wendy Maltz on the Need to Address Porn Addiction as a Public Health ThreatNearly 40 million Americans visit Internet porn sites at least once a month. Not surprisingly, concerns about the effect of porn on individuals and... Read more
A Brain Science Strategy for Overwriting Traumatic Memories
Creating Juxtaposition Experiences to Relieve Trauma SymptomsBrain science offers powerful guidance for freeing clients from the distress triggered by disturbing implicit memories. Read more
VIDEO: Moving Forward When Treatment Seems to Make a Problem Worse
Chris Germer on shifting the focus from fixing a problem to embracing it with compassionWhat someone resists persists. It’s a paradoxical dynamic that you’ve probably seen in the course of your own clinical work. In this video, Chris explains... Read more
A Diet-Free Way to Help Clients with Eating Problems
Judith Matz on Abandoning Weight Loss as a Marker for SuccessMost therapists have been taught that if we can help clients understand the emotional triggers of their overeating, they’ll be able to control their behavior... Read more
Functional Family Therapy: A New Road Map for Behavioral Change
Using FFT to Get Parents and Kids Motivated, Allied, and Committed to ChangeOver the years, I’ve found that I’ve needed a solid, research-backed clinical model, which would guide me in sessions and keep me grounded during... Read more
VIDEO: Overcoming Barriers to Self-Compassion
Tim Desmond on Self-Compassion in TherapyIn this video, Tim walks us through his process for engaging a client who’s resistant to self-compassion. It’s a great step-by-step example that will give... Read more
The Healing Power of Emotion
New Perspectives. New Approaches.Emotion shapes and organizes our experience and connection to others. It readies us for specific actions and motivates us to change—research now confirms all... Read more
What the Financial Crisis Reveals About Our Psyche and Values
Confronting our Definitions of Wealth in the Therapy RoomThe current economic crisis may be no more than a rather large bump in the golden road of endlessly self-renewing American prosperity. Still, it's hard not to... Read more
Putting Clients with Asperger's Syndrome on the Path to Success
How Adding Brain Science to Therapy Normalizes Living with Asperger'sAdults with Asperger's syndrome often behave as if they were confused actors walking onto a stage and being the only ones who don't know the lines or the plot... Read more
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook
Congratulations to Daniel J. Fox and his book, Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook, for winning a gold medal at the 2016... Read more
America’s Opportunity Chasm
A Noted Scholar Documents Our Decline in Social MobilityRobert Putnam documents the myriad psychological, health, and political consequences of the ever-growing disparities between rich and poor in America today. Read more
Reflections on the Divorce Revolution
Assessing Our ImpactAre you a therapist that's "marriage friendly?" It's the inclination towards helping clients in good relationships stay together. Read more
The Body Keeps The Score
#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its... Read more
VIDEO: Treating Anxiety
David Burns on the Paradox of ResistanceDavid Burns explains how he addresses outcome and process resistance in a way that quickly leads to meaningful and lasting change with clients. Read more
A Palm under the Moon
A grandpa’s love storyA young child’s bedroom is a place for magic and enchantment. Read more
IFS for Self-Compassion
Some Forms of Self-Love Are Harder than OthersIFS founder Dick Schwartz believes a genuine state of self-compassion entails a journey into multiple parts of yourself that may include the good, the bad, the... Read more
Don’t Hit Your Sister!
Understanding the Complexities of Moral DevelopmentHow to help the concerned parents of aggressive kids understand the complexities of moral development. Read more
The 5 Myths of Self-Compassion
What Keeps Us from Being Kinder to Ourselves?Research proves false many of the common myths about self-compassion that keep us trapped in the prison of relentless self-criticism. Read more
Smart Growth
Developing a mindset for lifeA conversation with motivation expert Carol Dweck on the importance of the “growth mindset” and how to enhance people’s ability to tackle adversity and... Read more
Editor's Note - September/October 2015
Over the course of their careers, most psychotherapists discover that to be genuinely helpful they must learn to do something more than simply wield a set of... Read more
It’s Not about the Diet
Building a healthy relationship with foodToo often both clinicians and clients fall into the trap of pursuing weight loss as a therapeutic goal. Read more
VIDEO: Depression Is Not a Disease, It’s a Wake-Up Call
James Gordon on Healing without AntidepressantsDepression is not a disease, so the promise of antidepressants as a cure just doesn’t hold water. That’s the assessment of James Gordon, M.D. and he should... Read more