Behind the Pursuer–Distancer Dynamic
Encouraging Men to Face Their Hidden FearsHow to help men face the hidden fears that keep them stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns. Read more
Drowning in Debris
A Daughter Faces Her Mother’s HoardingWhen a hoarding mother won’t face her illness, what choice does a daughter have? Read more
Are We Treating Binge Eating All Wrong?
Removing the Shame and Building Self-TrustBinge-eating disorder is the most common eating disorder, but it’s also the most underdiagnosed and misunderstood. Read more
Orchestrating Wonder
Can We Invite More Awe into Our Lives?It takes a lot of courage and creativity to research one of the most compelling and ineffable human experiences, but Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner has... Read more
The Social Roots of Trauma
Staci Haines on Where Our Bodies, Culture, and Healing IntersectTherapists may feel overwhelmed by how little it seems they can do for clients suffering within large, oppressive systems. Read more
Medicare Reimbursement for Counselors and MFTs
The Legislation Finally PassesAfter more than three decades of advocacy, counselors and MFTs are finally celebrating a landmark piece of legislation permitting them to receive Medicare... Read more
Editor's Note: March/April 2023
The Narcissism SpectrumHow did narcissist get to be such a buzzword in our culture? Read more
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) for Addictions
So often, addiction is viewed as a disease or an uncontrollable habit that signals a lack of willpower. In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for... Read more
March/April 2023: The Narcissism Spectrum: Myths vs. Reality in the Therapy Room
This issue examines the many facets of narcissism, both its hidden gradations and the distinctive challenges of doing therapy with people on different points... Read more
Drama Free
From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles – and living your life, your... Read more
Practice Tools: March/April 2023
The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!Practice Tools for the March/April 2023 issue are courtesy of Paris Goodyear-Brown’s new book, "Big Behaviors in Small Containers." Read more
Decolonizing Practices for Mental Health
Although many mental health professionals have received training on Western forms of well-being that center individual perspectives, these modalities may not... Read more
Ethical Standards for Culturally Competent Practice
Mental health professionals have an ethical responsibility to make every reasonable effort to reduce bias, prejudice and discrimination based on a variety of... Read more
Culturally Responsive Treatment Strategies for Asian Pacific Islander Clients
According to the 2020 Census, 20.6 million people in the U.S. identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander, making up 6.2% of the nation's... Read more
Imposter Syndrome and the BIPOC Experience: How Culture, Stress and Self-Doubt Impacts Clients
Imposter syndrome. The legacy of a lifetime of societal messages telling BIPOC they don’t belong. That their accomplishments were only the result of... Read more
Clinical Supervision: Training the Next Generation of Culturally Responsive Therapists
Supervisors play a key role in the improved and intentional cultural responsiveness training of the current and future generation of clinicians. In this... Read more
Navigating Racist Comments in Therapy
“Did you really just say that?” When racist comments are spoken in a psychotherapy session it can throw us off guard, leave us unsure of what to... Read more
Anti-Racist Clinical Care Work at the Intersection of Two Pandemics
Discrimination, violence and the COVID pandemic…your BIPOC clients are caught in the middle of a collision of racial health disparities, overt racist... Read more
Privilege, Oppression and Power Dynamics
Power and privilege are inherent in every relationship, including the therapeutic relationship. Experiencing racism, ableism, ageism, homophobia/heterosexism... Read more
Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse: Working with Survivors of Adverse Religious Experiences
Religion can be a powerful and supportive experience. But some of your clients experienced something quite different. Exposed to rigid, toxic and controlling... Read more
Tools for Identifying Implicit Bias & Expanding Self-Awareness
Aversive racism not only negatively impacts treatment of BIPOC clients but may also cause harm. Often, it is the implicit biases of practitioners lying... Read more
The Loss Factor: A Clinical Understanding of the Impact of Migration Stressors
More people than ever before live in a country other than the one in which they were born. But so many are left feeling split between here and there; wounded... Read more
The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists
There is nothing in the world quite like the feeling that someone, somewhere, finally gets it. Adult children of narcissists have been conditioned to... Read more
An Integrative Approach to Overcoming ‘Stuckness’ With Complex Trauma Clients
Almost all therapists experience stuckness in working with clients with complex trauma. This course will teach therapists how to approach stuckness to... Read more