Love and the Therapeutic Alliance: Deepening our Work with Clients and Ourselves
In his classic work The Road Less Traveled, Scott Peck described psychotherapy as “an act of love.” Yet therapists often receive (and express... Read more
The Modern Abolitionist
Somatic abolitionist. It’s how Resmaa Menakem, popular trainer, speaker, and bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands, defines himself... Read more
The New Rules of Therapy: Ethics in the Modern World
No therapist wants to end up needing legal defense, but earning your ethics CEs doesn’t have to be a bore! In this recording, you’ll dig into the... Read more
Getting Your Book into Print: Writing and Publishing for Psychotherapists
If everyone has one good book in them, therapists should have at least that many! Compelling stories, a creative sensibility combined with innovative ideas... Read more
The Power of Humor
Five Ways Therapists Put This “Best Medicine” to UseTherapy can be serious, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a joke here and there. Here, clinicians share how they used humor to help clients... Read more
Where Are You Right Now?
Setting Boundaries in TeletherapyDuring the pandemic, many of us have realized how convenient teletherapy can be for us and our clients. But is the flexibility of teletherapy leading to more... Read more
Fifty Years of Wisdom
Lessons from a Retired TherapistI practiced for almost 50 years, and just retired with a feeling of satisfaction. Here’s what I’ve learned in my journey to contentment. These are my tales... Read more
The Therapy Mistake That Changed Me
Three Stories of Professional GrowthThree therapists share their stories about the learning experiences and “happy accidents” that helped make them better clinicians. Read more
Building Distress Tolerance
Strategies for Working with Clients with OCDEncouraging anxious clients to face their fears is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach for treating anxiety-related disorders, including OCD. But a... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss? (Part 2)
Four More Therapists Weigh InOur last Clinician’s Quandary on helping clients—and ourselves—navigate grief work received an overwhelming number of responses. So many, in fact, that... Read more
Two Years In, This Therapist is Angry
Addressing the Anxiety UnderneathWhen the pandemic first struck, I was concerned about its impact yet able to handle the anxiety about infection pretty well. After all, managing anxiety is my... Read more
Covid Comes to Therapy
Navigating Collective TraumaFor a few years now, I’ve worked with groups around the world to address collective trauma. Our focus is usually on something that had happened elsewhere and... Read more
Dealing with Jealousy in Open Relationships
Finding CompersionMany people assume that an open relationship will cause jealousy in both partners. Historically, it has been assumed that pair-bonded individuals who are... Read more
Special Education Law in New Hampshire: Skillfully Navigate Cutting-Edge Legal Issues for the 2022 School Year!
While schools regain normalcy, the impact of COVID-19 will be felt in special education long after schools return to regular class schedules. Are you prepared... Read more
Special Education Law in New Hampshire: Skillfully Navigate Cutting-Edge Legal Issues for the 2022 School Year!
While schools regain normalcy, the impact of COVID-19 will be felt in special education long after schools return to regular class schedules. Are you prepared... Read more
COVID Trauma
The Invisible PandemicWhat can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in... Read more
The Living Legacy of Trauma Flip Chart
Therapist Approved! Psychoeducational flip charts are a unique and reusable in-session therapy tool that bring clinical concepts to life. Buy it once... Read more
March/April 2022: Reimagining Psychotherapy: New Possibilities for New Times
This issue looks at how therapists around the country, and the world, are reimagining their work, using new strategies that are making psychotherapy more... Read more
Havening Techniques® for Treating Trauma, PTSD and Anxiety: NEW Strategies for Overcoming Fear and Building Resilience
What do you do when a patient is hijacked by their emotional brain? When no amount of talking and thinking will unwind their cycling thoughts and... Read more
Bringing Men to the Table: Effective Interventions for Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns in Males
Males, long thought to make up just 1 in 10 eating disorder cases, require help in ever greater numbers. Latest research indicates males represent up to a... Read more
Body Forgiveness: The Intersection of Forgiveness and Self-Compassion in Positive Body Image and Eating Disorder Recovery
Recovery from disordered eating and body image issues is often solely focused on behavior change. Rarely are clinicians informed about the... Read more
Tips for Moving Forward in Your Practice
In this session, you will: Understand and overcome challenges to working with body image concerns and disordered eating Gain practical tips and concrete... Read more
Eating Disorders Treatment: Applying a Social Justice Lens for Healing and Liberation
Body dissatisfaction is a primary driver of eating disorders, and when eating disorders occur in marginalized individuals, related dynamics are increasingly... Read more
Fostering Connection with Specific Interventions: Treating the LGBTQ+ Client Through Their Eating Disorder
Emerging research suggests that individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ may be at higher risk of experiencing body image concerns and disordered eating alongside... Read more
Self Leads the Way: Using IFS Therapy Interventions for Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Complex Trauma, and Body Shame
The experience of complex trauma significantly contributes to binge eating disorder (BED) and body dissatisfaction. If you treat trauma, you treat BED. Sadly... Read more
ACT for Body Acceptance: Help Clients Confront the Barriers that Stop Them from Living the Life They Value
Clients are swimming upstream when it comes to positive body image. Hounded with unattainable white western standards about what constitutes an acceptable... Read more
Intuitive Eating: Healing Clients’ Relationship with Food
Healing body image is important work for our clients. As they engage in that healing, we also need to provide tools to help heal their relationship with food... Read more
Untangling Weight and Health: A Physician's Perspective
Though we may have become aware of the harms of diet culture, many of us still worry about the negative impacts of weight on health. We may actively promote... Read more
Sizing Up Our Strategies: Best Practices to Treat Body Shame and Chronic Dieting
Diets and weight loss talk are normative in our culture, and this preoccupation with body size and food has a profound effect on the mental and physical health... Read more