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IFS and Addictive Processes
Bridging the Gap Between Psychotherapy and RecoveryWhen therapists fail to recognize that the primary goal of addict parts is to protect clients, they may end up getting sidetracked—or worse, causing... Read more
Pulling Our Teens Back from Internet Addiction
A Family's Nightmare Search for HelpA family confronts the reality that parents alone are ill-equipped to protect their children from online dangers. Read more
Can True Love Be Designed?
Transforming How We Experience and Express LoveDiscover two models of love and how distinguishing between them can help therapists support clients in designing a conscious relationship. Read more
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The Client Who's Tried Everything
ACT and ISTDP Tackle One Challenging CaseHow do you approach a first session with a client who's tried all kinds of different therapies and yet continues to struggle? Steven Hayes, the cofounder of... Read more
9 Top Apps Therapists Recommend to Clients
From Mindfulness to Your Natal ChartDiscover the top therapist-recommended apps to improve your mental health and well-being, including an app that rates mental health apps! Read more
The Trauma of Parental Abandonment
Helping Survivors Feel Safe, Minimize Shame, and Heal Old WoundsHere's a five-step process for working with survivors of parental abandonment that helps mitigate self-blame and build trust with the therapist. Read more
Editor's Note: January/February 2025
Spirituality and PsychotherapyMany therapists have been trained to avoid exploring people’s religious or spiritual beliefs, lest they accidentally question them or unknowingly pull at the... Read more
Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Codependency
When Helper’s High Goes Too FarMany therapists believe their intense care and concern for clients is a form of selfless love. Maybe it’s time to rethink that. Read more
The Beauty of Longing and Melancholy
Susan Cain Celebrates the Sensitive Client"Bittersweet" invites us to better understand and celebrate the wistful, sensitive people in our lives—and in our therapy practices. Read more
Reimagining God in Therapy
When a Parent’s Critical Voice Is AlmightyCreating a safe space for clients to slowly re-evaluate some core religious teachings they’ve absorbed can be delicate and clinically necessary work. Read more
Three Blocks to Processing Trauma
Getting to the Pain Behind Spiritual BypassHow do you navigate toxic positivity, and other forms of spiritual bypass, when it’s a block to processing trauma? Read more
The Sacred Work of Heartbreak
Relinquishing the God-like Fantasy of LoveIn a society where most people spend more time on dating apps than in places of worship, the pursuit of a romantic partner has become a holy quest. Read more
An Unlikely Companion to EFT
How Can Psychedelics Enhance the Work?Talk therapy can help couples understand their negative patterns cognitively. Adding psychedelics to the work can help them feel it. Read more
Treating the Trauma in Religious Trauma
Body-Based Healing for Faith-Based HarmHigh-control religions can disconnect people from themselves—and somatic therapies are the key to helping them heal. Read more
The Spiritual Therapist
Healing and the Secular PriesthoodMost therapists don’t shy away from discussing charged topics like sex and drugs. But religion and spirituality? That’s a different story—one that a... Read more
Discerning Three Types of Anxiety
Improving Outcomes for Anxious ClientsWe can all get caught up in their “anxiety whirlwind” of dysregulation, distorted thoughts, and defensiveness. Understanding some of the most common ways... Read more
Rethinking Insecure Attachment
From a Fixed Model to a Fluid SpectrumA new framework for visualizing attachment turns a potentially pathologizing concept into a friendly clinical tool. Read more
Listening as the Ultimate Spiritual Act
From Passive Process to Active PracticeHow do we change our habit of defensive listening and make emotional presence our practice? Read more
Helping Clients Find Rituals that Heal
Offerings from a Spiritual TherapistA Sufi therapist invites all clients to find their unique spiritual path through their current struggles. Read more
God, Grief and Therapy
The Quest for Meaning after LossRenowned grief expert David Kessler shares what can grief work teach us about the role of religious beliefs in therapy. Read more
Teaching Practical Wisdom
Helping Clients Build Up Their Own Inner ResourcesWhat if wisdom—the elusive prize so many of us strive for—is actually a practical skill clients can gain in the course of everyday therapy sessions? Read more
Tips to Tackle Taxes if You're in Private Practice
Simple Questions Every Therapist Should Be Asking Their CPATaxes, bookkeeping, and pretty much anything related to the financial side of your practice can feel complicated. Here are some simple ways to prep for your... Read more
How Do You Know if You're a Culturally Responsive Therapist?
Measurement-Based Care with Diverse ClientsEvidence-based tools can help us embrace our clients' feedback, greatly increase our cultural competence. and improve therapy outcomes. Read more
When Your Client Prefers Chitchat
Finding Meaning in Unlikely PlacesIf a client can't stop talking about the plot twists of a banal TV show, should you try to change the clinical channel? Read more
Editor's Note: November/December 2024
Facing the Realities of Emotional AbuseThe more informed we are about narcissistic abuse and coercive control, the more we can support survivors of intimate partner violence on their road to healing. Read more
Video Intervention Therapy
Using Client's Home Videos as a Clinical ToolWhat if you and your clients could play back their everyday interactions outside of therapy, moment by moment, to uncover blind spots and reimagine family... Read more
The Hidden Trauma of Childhood Neglect
What to Make of Too Much of NothingThe way neglect can shape a child’s brain is often misunderstood. Read more
Editor's Note: September/October 2024
The Most Important Issue No One Wants to ReadIn a recent meeting with several therapists, I shared my plans for upcoming magazine issues. When I talked about exploring new perspectives on coercive... Read more
Sexual Fantasies in Couples Therapy
The Art of Encouraging Erotic ImaginationIt takes practice and courage to attune to a couple’s sensitivities and insecurities regarding sexual fantasies, but the payoff can be worth the clinical... Read more