New York Elder Law 2021: The Complete Guide to Legal, Financial and Care Needs of Geriatric Patients
You’re on the front lines with elderly patients and their families. And you want to feel confident in your ability to provide the best advice and... Read more
15 Must-Have Mindfulness Techniques for Clinicians
From depression and anxiety to stress and trauma, mindfulness has demonstrated its ability to help reduce suffering. But there are hundreds of mindfulness... Read more
15 Must-Have Mindfulness Techniques for Clinicians: Skills to Transform Your Treatment Plans for Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Trauma, Guilt and Shame
From depression and anxiety to stress and trauma, mindfulness has demonstrated its ability to help reduce suffering. But there are hundreds of mindfulness... Read more
The Meth Epidemic: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Dangerously addictive, meth is a drug that ends lives. It’s literally a substance so volatile it puts holes in the human brain. But it harms those far... Read more
The Clinical Impact of Marijuana: When the Use of Marijuana Has Gone Too Far
As a mental health clinician, you’re more likely than ever before to have clients who use marijuana and cannabis products. And while the last decade has... Read more
The Clinical Impact of Marijuana: When the Use of Marijuana Has Gone Too Far
As a mental health clinician, you’re more likely than ever before to have clients who use marijuana and cannabis products. And while the last decade has... Read more
The Meth Epidemic: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Dangerously addictive, meth is a drug that ends lives. It’s literally a substance so volatile it puts holes in the human brain. But it harms those far... Read more
Identifying and Treating the 1 in 5 students with ADHD and Learning Disabilities who are Returning to School Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood
We are all aware that the pandemic of 2020 brought to light inequities in education that have persisted for the past 20 years. Our challenge now is that the... Read more
Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Solutions for Trauma Recovery
Sometimes talk therapy just isn’t enough, especially for trauma clients. Have you tried working with clients in a new or different way outside of... Read more
Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Solutions for Trauma Recovery
Sometimes talk therapy just isn’t enough, especially for trauma clients. Have you tried working with clients in a new or different way outside of... Read more
A Cacophony of Opinion
Can We Trust "Expert" Judgment?Why is it that two or more experts in a given field can look at identical case histories and data and come up with broadly differing assessments and... Read more
Something Close to Warmth
A Daughter's Search for MeaningFinding solace after the death of an absent father. Read more
The Angry Therapist
Transparency as a Therapeutic ToolJohn Kim believes that a therapist’s own vulnerability helps clients feel comfortable enough to bare their own souls—and he practices what he preaches. Read more
"I'm Not That Guy"
Navigating the New Couples ConversationDiscovering how ghosts and global issues have permeated relationship bonds in new ways. Read more
The Threat Response of Appease
Do You Know It When You See It?How can therapists address historical trauma and the common threat response of appeasement? Read more
The TikTok Therapist
Goodbye, Blank SlateFor some therapists, using TikTok isn’t a marketing tactic, but a public service. Read more
The Myth of Infallibility
A Therapist Comes to Terms with a Client’s SuicideWhen it comes to coping with suicide deaths, we therapists need to let go of our superhero expectations. Read more
Conspiracy Theories in the Therapy Encounter
Conspiracy theories might be considered a dangerous kind of delusion. So how do you address them when they show up in the therapy room? Read more
Dispatches from the Yellow Brick Road
A Journey Through Delusion and BackA terrifying journey shows just how much psychotic delusions are embedded in the unquestioned essence of a person’s thinking—as true as ocean, ground, and... Read more
The Magic Dial
Reframing Cognitive DistortionsBeyond identifying the distortions in negative cognitions, how can we help clients understand that negative thoughts and feelings aren’t the result of... Read more
Strengthening Connection and Community: Mindfulness Practices for Professionals, Educators, and Families
After over a year of distance and uncertainty brought on by COVID-19, disconnection and autopilot have become means of survival for many, and especially for... Read more
You Can Do Anything
The Outsized Dreams of AdolescentsWhat if we stopped looking to modify the unique functioning of the teenage brain—delusional though it may be at times—and did more to foster the creative... Read more
The Fox and the Hedgehog
Flexibility and Focus in the Therapy RoomAs a therapist, is it better to adapt an eclectic approach or specialize in the one you believe in most? Perhaps the answer isn’t as simple as it seems. Read more
The Lure of Self-Deception
Exploring How It Serves Our ClientsTo create a world that produces the best in us, we must certainly be informed by reason, rationality, and science, but we must also deploy the aspects of our... Read more
Editor's Note: July/August 2021
The Necessity of IllusionsWhat functions do illusions serve for our clients? Some may be harmful, but there might be occasions when the benefits of self-deception justify the costs. Read more
Whole-Client Anxiety Treatment: Somatic and Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Defuse Anxiety, Deactivate Panic and Manage Bodily Sensations
Muscles tensing, stomachs dropping, and hearts pounding…many of your anxious clients are uncomfortable in their own skins. And while cognitive... Read more
Whole-Client Anxiety Treatment: Somatic and Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Defuse Anxiety, Deactivate Panic and Manage Bodily Sensations
Muscles tensing, stomachs dropping, and hearts pounding…many of your anxious clients are uncomfortable in their own skins. And while cognitive... Read more
