Erving Polster talks about the concept of creativity how he sees it and how it is applied to the work we do with our clients. Read more

Gestalt Therapy pioneer Erving Polster is recognized as a master at bringing a quality of immediacy and connection into his work. Here’s a video clip that... Read more

K. Anders Ericsson’s work on deliberate practice and client feedback explains studies showing that most of us grow continually in confidence over the course... Read more

Using humor to help clients reconstruct their problems, even to the point of making parodies of their own dilemmas, can help some them get distance from their... Read more

When we find ourselves haunted by a particular case, it may mean that we’re more invested in the client making changes than the client is himself. Read more

Watch this clip to hear Courtney Armstrong talk about a specific client she saw who needed guidance more than she needed understanding. Read more

In this clip Stephen Gilligan talks about one of the techniques he employs to help new clients be more specific in setting their therapy goals. Read more

In this clip Janina Fisher talks about how years of experience do not guarantee easy clients and how she reacts when faced with a challenging case. Read more

Courtney Armstrong discusses how she connected with some clients who weren't interested in traditional therapy approaches. Read more

Diana Fosha uses an example from her own practice of how therapists can begin to catch incongruity Read more

David Burns discusses the key to reaching resistant clients—and it's not a new technique. Read more

Psychotherapy too often fails to help clients like myself make changes in their lives because of the blind spot at its core—it undervalues the central role... Read more

Making yourself profoundly unhappy takes tenacity and creativity. But the real art of it is to behave in ways that allow you to claim yourself to be an... Read more

How do you help 200 teenagers who’ve had to flee their country find a path to peace in a new place? A psychiatrist who’s traveled across the world to help... Read more

Most therapeutic progress comes from the painstaking process of continual practice that reinforces some behaviors while actively discouraging others. Read more

To have real therapeutic impact, we need to help clients learn to relate to themselves and the world in entirely new ways. Read more

With all the recent developments in research, theory, and practice, we have more treatment options to choose from than ever before. Why then do so many... Read more

When we’re spinning our wheels from one session to the next, the key to progress often lies in shifting the therapist-client relationship. Read more

When therapy gets stuck, here are key questions therapists can ask themselves to broaden their vision and open clients to new possibilities. Read more

Actively cultivating creative power can be a revelation. It changes your brain, your outlook, your perception, and your problem-solving ability. Read more

Noticing a client’s nonverbal shifts isn’t enough. You must know what these shifts mean. Read more

Frederic Luskin has spent the last 20 years studying forgiveness and why achieving it can be so difficult. Read more

A therapist uses a Hollywood analogy to help a client learn an important lesson about distinguishing behavior from identity. Read more

Tens of thousands of miles away from his practice, a therapist accidentally discovers a new sense of purpose, unable to distinguish the act of giving from the... Read more

You never get a second chance to have a first session, so it's important to make the most of it. Read more

In this era of medical necessity, it’s easy to lose sight of a basic truth: We heal not through prescriptions and procedures, but through talking and... Read more

When we trust in ourselves to follow the signals of life that the patient emits in seemingly casual conversation, we increase chances of stepping outside the... Read more

With stalemated cases in which the task of self-acceptance feels impossible, the therapist needs to offer more than compassion and encouragement. Read more

Resonating with clients’ inner experience is key to working effectively with emotion in therapy. With traumatized and shutdown clients, however, it is easy... Read more

Does love have a role in the therapeutic relationship? Read more