The Lure of Self-Deception
Exploring How It Serves Our Clients
July/August 2021
To 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 minds that are prone to storytelling, symbols—and even self-deception.
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The Magic Dial
Reframing Cognitive Distortions
July/August 2021
Beyond identifying the distortions in negative cognitions, how can we help clients understand that negative thoughts and feelings aren’t the result of what’s wrong with them—but what’s right with them?
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The Myth of Infallibility
A Therapist Comes to Terms with a Client’s Suicide
July/August 2021
When it comes to coping with suicide deaths, we therapists need to let go of our superhero expectations and support one another as dedicated, fallible professionals and human beings.
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The Therapy Beat
The TikTok Therapist: Goodbye, Blank Slate
July/August 2021
For some therapists, using TikTok isn’t a marketing tactic, but a public service.
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You Can Do Anything
The Outsized Dreams of Adolescents
July/August 2021
What 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 and generative aspects of an adolescent’s alternative worldview?
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Bookmarks
The Anthropocene Dilemma: Can We Save Ourselves from Ecological Despair?
May/June 2021
It’s a truism that climate change has become an existential crisis. Can a new book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist help mitigate ecological despair?
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Family Matters
Relearning Parenthood: When Children Reach Adulthood, What Then?
May/June 2021
When our kids no longer need us to be problem solvers, what do we become?
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Point of View
Casting a Wider Therapeutic Net: Dr. Joy on Therapy for Black Girls
May/June 2021
The founder of a rapidly growing online community helps young Black women candidly discuss and destigmatize mental health issues.
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Practice Tools - May June 2021
Four Body Awareness Techniques from Manuela Mischke-Reeds' Bestselling "Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox"
May/June 2021
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Case Study
Evoking the Inner Artist: How to Replace Discomfort with Creativity
May/June 2021
Vulnerability, doubt, fear, and uncertainty—feelings most people try to avoid—are essential to cultivating creativity.
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Hip Hop Therapy
The Healing Power of Giving Kids the Mic
May/June 2021
The process of creating beats and lyrics is rooted in therapeutic practices. At one South Bronx high school, a school social worker has traded the therapy room for the music studio.
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In Consultation
Gender-Affirmative Therapy for Kids: What Parents Need to Know
May/June 2021
Supporting transgender children doesn’t always mean rushing toward medical intervention.
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Loving Ourselves into Safety
Resilience and Strength in Perilous Times
May/June 2021
A cancer diagnosis, while devastating, can be a powerful teacher. Through the fear and anxiety, we can discover how to reliably calm ourselves and ask for support.
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The Therapy Beat
Psychedelic Therapy and Racial Trauma: Offering Clients a Deeper Experience of Healing
May/June 2021
Can psychedelic therapy offer a faster, deeper way to heal the intergenerational effects of racial injustice?
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Access for All
Tackling Therapy’s Biggest Challenge
May/June 2021
Will screening peer counselors for empathy create an affordable, effective option for the tens of millions of Americans who can’t access therapy, or perhaps don’t want it?
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Community Wisdom
Walking in Balance with Indigenous Cultures
May/June 2021
In working with an Indigenous community, a therapist learns the importance of walking with his clients, not out in front of them.
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Courts of Dignity
Replacing Punishment with Compassion
May/June 2021
A movement to integrate trauma-informed care into our justice system aims to decriminalize mental illness and address a foundational cause of mass incarceration.
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Editor's Note
May/June 2021
I’m inspired by the courage of the therapists featured in this issue, who are stretching beyond their customary professional roles to apply their clinical skills in new ways. It takes commitment, an adventurous spirit, and often it’s a juggling act. But their common goal—and their passion—is to expand access to those too often shut out of the mental health system.
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Facing the Waves
Therapy in the Surf Circle
May/June 2021
Learning to surf requires awareness, focus, and flexibility—perhaps the most essential qualities for navigating the complexities of life. For some young clients, the ocean is proving to be a powerful co-therapist.
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Therapeutic Skills in the Workplace
Confronting Racial Wounds
May/June 2021
Just like families, coworkers often need help talking honestly and listening deeply, especially when it comes to issues around diversity, equity, and inclusion. How can therapists help?
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A Legacy of Living with Courage
Discovering the Watchful Heart
March/April 2021
The legacies of extraordinary people we’ve lost invite us to embrace the examples they’ve left behind. But how exactly do we do it?
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A Voyage Through Our Craft
Editor’s Notes and Symposium Intros from over the Years
March/April 2021
In his Editor’s Notes and Symposium speeches, Rich always told a story, one that drew from his own life while capturing a collective momentum in the field. This buffet of his writings from over the years showcases not only his unique insights, but the humor with which he offered them.
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Celebrating the Creative Journey
A Writer's Remembrance
March/April 2021
Even for seasoned writers, being edited by Rich wasn't an easy process, but it led them to the murky, half-buried thing waiting below the surface—the thing that actually mattered.
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