Clinical Skills & Experience

What does it take to be a confident therapist? To find out, a struggling therapist connects with experts Bill Doherty and Sabrina N'Diaye. Read more

Check out the March/April issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover. Read more

Five seasoned therapists share the graduate school rules they’ve broken—and why their clients are better for it. Read more

What does dissociation look like when it’s woven into everyday life—for therapists as well as clients? Read more

Two leading experts in trauma and dissociation have figured out what’s getting in the way of trauma recovery—and what to do about it. Read more

More and more therapists are helping clients examine the emotional benefits and potential pitfalls of a prenup agreement. Read more

We expect kids with ADHD and executive function challenges to change not just themselves but the world around them. No wonder everyone feels stuck. Read more

What if the administrative aspects of therapy so many therapists avoid are a key to healing? Read more

Creating safe therapeutic spaces for queer and marginalized people begins with acknowledging body-based oppression. Read more

Why do so many female clients feel lonely, resentful, and exhausted—and how can therapists help? Read more

Therapists working with marginalized couples often need to look beyond traditional couples therapy approaches. Read more

How can therapists stay authentic and empathetic when working with clients whose values deeply conflict with their own? Read more

What's really happening in "quiet" Brainspotting sessions? Read more

It can be embarrassing and a little scary when we find ourselves attracted to a client. What’s the best way to handle this surprisingly common clinical... Read more

Here are six hot takes on what’s in store for clinicians in 2026, from Matthias Barker, Linda Thai, Chinwé Williams, and more. Read more

Poetry has the power to move clients and therapists from cognition to resonance—and support rapid transformation. Read more

Many clients misuse clinical terms to win arguments and avoid blame. How do we support them without invalidating them? Read more

AEDP developer Diana Fosha and addictions specialist Claudia Black reveal how they’d work with a client struggling in a new relationship. Read more

If therapists can become culturally competent in the world of dating apps, exploring our clients’ profiles is an opportunity to deepen therapy. Read more

No one knows better than therapists that intimacy is a fundamental human need. In this issue, we explore bold, new perspectives on the current "intimacy... Read more

As a field, in our efforts to be neutral and nurturing, have we been unwittingly recreating the culture’s individualistic bias? Read more

Embracing friendship therapy as fully as we do couples or family therapy might help us shift friendship to its rightful place of clinical importance. Read more

Check out the January/February issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more

Therapists working with adolescents and teens don't need to be fluent in Gen-Alpha slang: they need to be curious without being theatrical. Read more

For adult children of addicts who've distanced themselves from their painful pasts, interventions that require them to show rather than tell can be... Read more

Many therapists confuse sacrifice with service. But when the impulse to care crosses into self-abandonment, no one wins. Read more

Parental guilt is often misunderstood by clinicians. The Change Triangle can bring this tricky emotion out into the open and help people work through it. Read more

Sex therapist Tammy Nelson and trauma specialist Frank Anderson take different paths to empower a client struggling with intimacy. Read more

Across all our therapeutic modalities, there are elements that most effectively create change. What do these elements have in common, and how can you integrate... Read more

Of all the David-and-Goliath matchups in psychotherapy, few have had as many twists and turns as the one unfolding between energy psychology and the APA’s... Read more