In The Therapy Room
True tales and lessons from the therapist’s chair"The Piece of Supervisor Advice I Still Use"
Four Exceptional Suggestions for Today’s TherapistsIt’s no surprise that a supervisory relationship can often be enlightening and steadying for both new and experienced therapists. But some therapists have... Read more
"I Just Want Your Advice!"
Four Top Responses to a Common Client PleaIf there’s ever been a professional stance that we thought most therapists shared, it’s that therapy is not about giving advice. And yet, how many times... 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
Love, Loss & Retraumatization
Preventing PTSD in GriefA personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more
The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room
Unboxing Anger as a Path to VulnerabilityA client’s anger over his therapist’s environmental choices leads to an important turning point in their work. Read more
Is Existentialism the Approach of Our Time?
Awakening to Mortality and Responsibility in TherapyA millennial therapist believes that for clients to find true freedom and meaning in the midst of crisis, we need to help them face inescapable questions about... Read more
The Restorative Power of Birding
The Wild, Beautiful Healers in Your Own BackyardThe mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more
Awakening to Eco-Therapy
Practical Tools to Help Clients Unearth Hope in a Global CrisisOpening 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
The Cultural Competence Dilemma
How Much Can We Rely On a Shared Identity with Clients?Black Men Heal’s therapy outcomes are defying the odds—and raising questions about what it means to be truly culturally competent. Read more
“Gentle Parenting” a Fierce & Feisty Kid
When One-Size-Fits-All Scripts Don’t WorkThe prescriptive, one-size-fits-all version of “gentle parenting” promoted on social media may work with many kids, but for parents of “big reactors,”... Read more