This month’s free practice tool is from David Kessler and offers clients a way to accept losses and express the unexpressed. Read more

If 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

As the bearers and protectors of people’s most intimate thoughts, journeys, and struggles, we notice the tremors of our time reflected in their fears, hopes... Read more

For therapists, doing something they love that challenges them—independent of their work with clients—can bring balance to their practice. Read more

Therapists may not don red capes, or travel faster than a speeding bullet, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t superheroes in our own right. We occupy a... Read more

The FEELINGS - ACTIONS - SENSATIONS tool from Thomas Doherty helps clients reach desired emotional states Read more

A client’s anger over his therapist’s environmental choices leads to an important turning point in their work. Read more

Opening up to the realities of climate change means opening up to feeling threatened. But while the situation is worse than many of us know, it’s also better... Read more

Are you matching your self-presentation and efforts with your clients' emotional capacity to respond? Read more

Longtime experts in the field offer tips on how to get the conversation going when your clients have nothing to say. Read more

This month’s selection is from Lindsay Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Guided Journal: Your Space to Heal, Reflect and Reconnect... Read more

Download a worksheet from this month’s selection: Nancy Johnston's "The Clinician’s Codependency Treatment Workbook." Read more

When we can explore our relationship to our own voice, we can harness one of the most direct paths to authenticity and connection. Read more

When it comes to self-talk, a therapist explores our tendency to be our worst enemy. Read more

This month’s selection is from Mariel Buqué’s, Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma. Read more

Tapping, a simple tool for self-regulation, can be surprisingly fun and easy to teach clients. Read more

This month’s selection is from Laura Copley’s, Loving You is Hurting Me: A New Approach to Healing Trauma Bonds and Creating Authentic Connection. Read more

Lofty visions of our capabilities as therapists can fuel us early in our careers, but at some point, we have to reckon with the reality that we can’t help... Read more

A therapist and client face unexpected dangers that reveal new facets of their humanity and vulnerability. Read more

As therapists, we get to explore the mysteries of being human for a living—and to apply what we learn to our own lives. How amazing is that? Read more

After 34 years in practice, a therapist offers advice on what to remember before seeing your first client. Read more

This month’s selection is from Alexandra Solomon’s, Love Every Day: 365 Relationship Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow and... Read more

Watch expert, Dr. Jill Stoddard, to discuss this extreme version of self-doubt with former Director of Psychotherapy Networker, Zach Taylor. Here, she... Read more

I've learned to not drown in my clients’ sorrow or hopelessness, but rather help them connect with their strengths and options to get the most out of our... Read more

Download free worksheets from Nedra Glover Tawwab’s "Boundaries Flip Chart: A Psychological Tool to Help Clients Set Healthy Limits, Develop Fulfilling... Read more

From her bestselling book, psychotherapist Whitney Goodman shares common examples of toxic positivity and why they hurt. Read more

This month’s selection is from Bree Turns-Coe’s "Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Were: Breaking Generational Patterns, Raise Thriving Kids." Read more

When mental health professionals compare their problems to that of their clients, they risk falling into the trappings of comparative suffering and missing the... Read more

A seasoned therapist discovers that the willingness to be a beginner again can sometimes have more value for clients than polished expertise. Read more

Practice Tools for the May/June 2023 issue are courtesy of Arielle Schwartz's book, "Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery." Read more