Anxiety & Depression

Therapy can be serious, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a joke here and there. Here, clinicians share how they used humor to help clients... Read more

Encouraging anxious clients to face their fears is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach for treating anxiety-related disorders, including OCD. But a... Read more

When the pandemic first struck, I was concerned about its impact yet able to handle the anxiety about infection pretty well. After all, managing anxiety is my... Read more

For a few years now, I’ve worked with groups around the world to address collective trauma. Our focus is usually on something that had happened elsewhere and... Read more

What can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in... Read more

Andrew has started showing symptoms of OCD. He’s struggled with anxiety for a while, but the pandemic seems to have been a tipping point for him. His... Read more

Many grief specialists talk about helping clients finding meaning after loss. But often, loss feels meaningless. One therapist working with grieving clients... Read more

Self-care has long been touted as a panacea for burnout. Emily Nagoski has a different solution. Read more

Meditation is generally considered one of the safest practices for our clients. But one organization says that’s not always the case. Read more

Therapists need to consider not only what diagnosis to give, but also the pain or hardship that can result from sharing it with a client. Read more

Integrating art therapy tools into your practice doesn’t have to be complicated, nor does it require artistic skill from you or your client. Read more

Are rage rooms a passing fad? Or a symptom of a larger issue? Read more

Over 40 years, a long-term client gives renowned trauma therapist Janina Fisher an opportunity to recover from clinical mistakes and apply new frameworks and... Read more

A client has a lot of regret about past decisions he’s made, and although his therapist has talked with him about them at length, the client still can't seem... Read more

The clinician and bestselling author discusses her new book and what it means to "alchemize" pain. Read more

Over the last year and a half, therapists have been pushed to the limit listening to clients worry, ruminate, grieve, and suffer in magnified ways. And we’ve... Read more

Bestselling author Brené Brown’s opening keynote address ignited the Symposium audience with its call to take risks and have the courage to be vulnerable. Read more

An encounter with a superstar teaches a young woman about courage. Read more

A psychiatrist questions taking her own medicine. Read more

In the throes of depression, a therapist searches for a magic bullet. Read more

When you do the work that we do, it’s important to find ways to take care of yourself. You can’t always carve out lots of time to devote to self-care, but... Read more

Sometimes, you need to go through a fiery furnace to arrive at a place of centeredness. Read more

Despite our best intentions, sometimes our problems grow so big that they slam into our work—and the result can be surprising. Read more

When a therapist finally confronts his tendency to dissociate, his work takes a life-changing turn. Read more

Many therapists wrestle with the same problems we help our clients tame. But the myth that therapists are masters of their own mental health makes it... Read more

Many therapists fear coming out about their own mental health struggles, even in front of colleagues. The heartening news is that it’s beginning to change. Read more

When therapy stagnates, sometimes it takes a mistake to catalyze change. Read more

It’s critical for clinicians to recognize anniversary reactions. When clients describe their experiences as depression, we naturally think of solutions like... Read more

As all of us in the United States move into the coming months, a full year into COVID life, our personal losses will come into focus. If we don’t process... Read more

When it comes to coping with suicide deaths, we therapists need to let go of our superhero expectations. Read more