Clinical Practice & Guidance

The ways we disclose, read cues from our clients, and dialogue about what’s been divulged are the keys to whether therapist self-disclosure helps clients’... 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

Ever consider what would happen if your portable device—chock full of information about your clients—went missing? Read more

The hallmark of the therapeutic encounter is that the therapist is an expert, trained in a particular skill-set to conduct a rather odd, rarified conversation... Read more

For men who still consider entering couples therapy a stroll into a lion’s den of shame, humiliation and failure, a men’s groups can be both a crucial... 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

The SoLoMo revolution is transforming the way therapists can generate client referrals on the Internet. Read more

A Buddhist approach to enhancing self-esteem. Read more

The recent spate of negative research findings and unfavorable media coverage of antidepressant drugs have obscured some important clinical issues. Read more

Helping Fathers and Daughters Connect Read more

A Zen teacher describes the benefits and limitations of traditional meditation practice. Read more

While meditation is usually considered solitary, two therapists discover that the couples intervention they’ve been using for over 20 years is actually a... Read more

A primer on the specifics of incorporating mindfulness into therapeutic practice. Read more

As the writers in this issue powerfully demonstrate, medical science has made extended dying and its impact on relatives and loved ones—what psychologist... Read more

In these tough economic times, how do therapists distinguish between money troubles related to the recession and those that have psychological roots? Read more

Sometimes conversation isn’t the best way to communicate with clients. There are times when therapists must go beyond the words. Read more

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

Adult ADHD too often goes unrecognized. Read more

Our standard psychotherapeutic paradigm is unequal to the mammoth challenge of serving the troops who've served in Iraq and Afghanistan. What's needed is a... Read more

What civilian therapists need to know about military culture and life in a combat zone to best serve veterans struggling with war trauma. Read more

How the skills of the group therapist differ from those of the individually-oriented practitioner. Read more

While partners caught in the anger merry-go-round invariably blame the other, both typically pass the anger back and forth like a shared virus. Read more

A parent's failing health can stir up a hornet's nest of trouble among adult siblings. Read more

As therapists, we have an unquenchable desire to find happy ending for troubled clients, especially those weathering the crisis of infidelity. But what happens... Read more

Mindfulness offers tools for navigating the stormy seas of a troubled relationship. Read more

Without the emphasis at the outset on identifying, honoring, and sustaining the caregiver's mission, you're unlikely to ever progress. Read more

The difficulty young people have leaving home is producing confusion amongst parents and their children. Read more

My intent in sharing my story was to help therapists understand the needs of a trauma victim and to suggest techniques and strategies to meet these needs at... Read more

Shame is the least understood dimension of men's inner experience—by both men themselves and the people who live with them. This lack of understanding may be... Read more

Gender shapes relationship from the very first moment therapist meets client, especially when the client is male and the therapist is female. Read more