In The Therapy Room

True tales and lessons from the therapist’s chair
Article October 1, 2024

"The Piece of Supervisor Advice I Still Use"

Four Exceptional Suggestions for Today’s Therapists

It’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

Article September 6, 2024

"I Just Want Your Advice!"

Four Top Responses to a Common Client Plea

If 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 August 28, 2024

Video Intervention Therapy

Using Client's Home Videos as a Clinical Tool

What 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

Article August 28, 2024

Love, Loss & Retraumatization

Preventing PTSD in Grief

A personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more

Article August 28, 2024

The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room

Unboxing Anger as a Path to Vulnerability

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

Article August 28, 2024

Is Existentialism the Approach of Our Time?

Awakening to Mortality and Responsibility in Therapy

A 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

Article August 28, 2024

The Restorative Power of Birding

The Wild, Beautiful Healers in Your Own Backyard

The mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more

Article August 28, 2024

Awakening to Eco-Therapy

Practical Tools to Help Clients Unearth Hope in a Global Crisis

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

Article June 28, 2024

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

Article June 28, 2024

“Gentle Parenting” a Fierce & Feisty Kid

When One-Size-Fits-All Scripts Don’t Work

The 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

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