Since it was introduced as an anesthetic in the 1970s, ketamine has occupied an uncertain pharmacological status. It’s been used as both a Vietnam-era... Read more

Dan and Tina talk about their workbook: A Personalized Workbook to Help You Deepen, Reflect On, and Apply Whole-Brain Principles Daniel J. Siegel and Tina... Read more

Sorting through his mother’s personal files in the wake of her dementia, a son discovers more than he expected. Read more

Susan Johnson, developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, discusses what the science of love says about what couples can expect when they rebel too much... Read more

Throughout history, for most people it was just expected that work was a difficult, tedious, underpaying, and often soul-killing grind. But in today’s world... Read more

How to speak the language of medical necessity. Read more

Jessica, a counselor in her mid-30’s, works at a large, public mental health clinic in a major metropolitan area. Her workday begins early, the alarm... Read more

Many common self-care practices feel like an additional burden to those struggling with burnout. Micro self-care practices, which cost nothing and take... Read more

A critic of one of our central cultural obsessions goes too far Read more

After a brutal winter that would’ve given Ernest Shackleton pause, more than 3,700 therapists welcomed the opportunity to escape cabin fever, get out of the... Read more

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A book for clinicians and clients to use together that explains key concepts of body psychotherapy. The body’s intelligence is largely an untapped... Read more

A concise guide to shaking things up in therapy. Courtney Armstrong’s The Therapeutic “Aha!” explores the thrilling and rare moment when a... Read more

Today I attended a workshop called “Working with Black Couples: Overcoming Myths and Stereotypes,” led by Dr. Christiana Awosan. Being an African American... Read more

It can be hard to get around your young clients’ defense systems so that the good, therapeutic information gets through. Charlotte has a way to get around... Read more

Includes Bonus Talk by Esther Perel - The New Rules of Love & Commitment John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman, world-renowned for their work on marital... Read more

A definitive new text for understanding and applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Offers evidence-based yet flexible approaches to integrating DBT... Read more

As therapists, we must recognize the complexity and ambivalence at the core of human experience. People run into problems when their lives are dictated by... Read more

Shame is an emotion that isn’t healthy. Unlike guilt–which causes remorse for something you did wrong–shame can cause someone to feel as... Read more

According to Patrick Dougherty, the biggest problem men have in psychotherapy isn’t that intimacy and the language of emotion is such foreign territory, but... Read more

While the number of people in psychotherapy keeps declining, surveys reveal that potential clients would still rather talk to a therapist than fill a... Read more

Seven myths about meditation for clinicians to ponder. Read more

Manualized psychotherapy is squeezing out people on the margins of mainstream society. Read more

It’s time we address the psychological toll of the daily bombardment of information that permeates our lives. Read more

In our profession, it’s often more alluring to explore new gimmicks than to acknowledge that our success largely hinges on simple, commonsense factors. Read more

Therapists are far more impressed with clinical fads than they should be. Read more

To move forward, our profession needs a more consistent message about what we have to offer. Read more

To stay relevant in a changing world, we need to address the engagement styles of today’s prospective clients. Read more

Irv Yalom explores what it means to be honest with a client in session, even when that means processing your clients' fears of your death. Read more

When a client has been sexually abused, it can be difficult to find the balance between creating safety and challenging old patterns. Read more