Clinical Skills & Experience

In this clip Janina Fisher talks about how years of experience do not guarantee easy clients and how she reacts when faced with a challenging case. Read more

To help depressed clients figure out what they need to heal, mindfulness specialist Elisha Goldstein has developed several effective self-compassion practices... Read more

Watch this clip to hear Bruce talk about a client unwilling to leave an abusive situation and the approach he uses to uncover the underlying reasons why. Read more

Diane Poole Heller talks about one of her therapy techniques: Corrective experiences. Read more

Courtney Armstrong discusses how she connected with some clients who weren't interested in traditional therapy approaches. Read more

Ann Randolph talks about one acting technique in particular that can easily be incorporated into therapy sessions to help clients express their emotions. Read more

Diana Fosha uses an example from her own practice of how therapists can begin to catch incongruity Read more

David Burns talks about how to set an agenda for therapy. Read more

Labeling behavior in fancy neurophysiological terms can make what we do sound more scientifically rigorous than the notoriously fuzzy language of... Read more

Learning even a little about nutrition and diet can greatly enhance therapists’ ability to help clients with mood problems. Read more

Therapists must offer abused children a different felt experience of who they are. Read more

Elisha Goldstein asks clients what they need in tough moments and explains why it helps them learn to trust themselves. Read more

Much can be made of the power of positive thinking, but the real question is, why do we tend toward the negative in the first place? Read more

Judith Beck talks about an intellectual technique that she uses when doing childhood work with adult clients suffering from depression. Read more

Susan shares the latest research that backs up the central principle of EFT Read more

David Burns discusses the key to reaching resistant clients—and it's not a new technique. Read more

Jeff Auerbach discusses the differences between therapy and coaching. Read more

Mary Jo Barrett talks about grounding during session to be in the moment. Read more

Mitch Handelsman explains integrating psychotherapy and ethics acculturation. Read more

Psychotherapy Networker Founder Rich Simon talks to Ken Hardy about how self-disclosure is part of the power structure in the therapy room. Read more

Lisa Ferentz discusses how to effectively terminate therapy with a client. Read more

When routines and habits become as lifeless as the manner in which one brushes one’s teeth, when the choreography of one’s existence resembles a... Read more

Making yourself profoundly unhappy takes tenacity and creativity. But the real art of it is to behave in ways that allow you to claim yourself to be an... Read more

How do you help 200 teenagers who’ve had to flee their country find a path to peace in a new place? A psychiatrist who’s traveled across the world to help... Read more

Frederic Reamer explains the importance of documentation and how it can save you from potential legal woes, even when you’re sure you’re in the right. Read more

Romantically infatuated with the idea of psychological revelation—aka the therapeutic “breakthrough”—therapists too often ignore the fact that a... Read more

Gary Greenberg deconstructs the DSM and how it affects the field and your practice. Read more

Most clinicians already know the basic questions to ask about a client’s suicidality, but it’s important to go beyond a rote assessment to get a fuller... Read more

When clients feel blocked, therapists can help them tap their inner artist and view feelings of vulnerability, doubt, and fear as part of a creative... Read more

Watch Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg demonstrate a therapeutic breathing exercise used to treat anxiety in session. Read more