
Trends & Advances
The field’s latest innovations and hottest debatesReady or Not, AI Is Here
What If Therapy Bots Become Too Good?The Bot Will See You Now
My Illuminating Chat with PiIs the Soul of Therapy For Sale?
When Private Equity Infiltrates Our PracticeBabette Rothschild on What’s Missing in Trauma Work
Choosing the Tools that Fit Your ClientThe New Supervision
Are We Meeting the Needs of Today’s Therapists?The Long, Lonely Trek to Licensure
Is Becoming a Therapist Harder than Ever?Supercharging Art Therapy with AI
A Surprising New Tool to Enhance Trauma HealingUsing AI art therapeutically is still a novel idea in the field of art therapy. For clients wary of traditional forms of creative expression, it allows them to... Read more
The Client Who's Tried Everything
ACT and ISTDP Tackle One Challenging CaseHow do you approach a first session with a client who's tried all kinds of different therapies and yet continues to struggle? Steven Hayes, the cofounder of... Read more
9 Top Apps Therapists Recommend to Clients
From Mindfulness to Your Natal ChartDiscover the top therapist recommended apps to improve your mental health and well-being, including an app that rates mental health apps! Read more
An Unlikely Companion to EFT
How Can Psychedelics Enhance the Work?Talk therapy can help couples understand their negative patterns cognitively. Adding psychedelics to the work can help them feel it. Read more
5 Therapy Trends to Watch in 2025
The Future of Diagnosis, Trauma Treatment, Psychedelics, and MoreThese hot takes from Steve Hayes, Nadine Burke Harris, Ruth Lanius, and others will keep you informed and prepared for what's changing in the field of... Read more
Discerning Three Types of Anxiety
Improving Outcomes for Anxious ClientsWe can all get caught up in their “anxiety whirlwind” of dysregulation, distorted thoughts, and defensiveness. Understanding some of the most common ways... Read more
Rethinking Insecure Attachment
From a Fixed Model to a Fluid SpectrumA new framework for visualizing attachment turns a potentially pathologizing concept into a friendly clinical tool. Read more
When Clients Ask for Session Notes
Tips for Navigating a Legal Gray ZoneFew things can spook therapists as much as emails from former clients requesting session notes for a legal proceeding, but handling these requests thoughtfully... Read more
Taking the Blindfold off Couples Therapy
A Tool for Cultivating Emergent LoveHow might a panoramic view of a relationship at the start of couples therapy change what clinicians focus on? Read more
Tips to Tackle Taxes if You're in Private Practice
Simple Questions Every Therapist Should Be Asking Their CPATaxes, bookkeeping, and pretty much anything related to the financial side of your practice can feel complicated. Here are some simple ways to prep for your... Read more
Easing the Pain of Political Polarization
What Do We Worship as Therapists?Being in relationship with those who are different from us can be difficult, but it’s what we need to build bridges that support connection and unity. Read more
The Funny Therapist
Dismantling Stigma, One Joke at a TimeWhat do therapy and comedy have in common? Therapist and comedian David Granirer has spent over two decades helping aspiring stand-up comics—many in... Read more
Saving No-Fault Divorce
What's at Stake for Women in Abusive Marriages?The current political push to eliminate no-fault divorce is dangerous, particularly for women in abusive relationships. Read more
Facing Post-Separation Abuse
Sometimes the Breakup Isn't the EndPost-separation abuse can easily masquerade as a simple "bad breakup." Read more
Living with Narcissistic Abuse
How to Heal When Leaving Isn’t an OptionMaintaining a sense of well-being with a narcissist requires clarity, clear expectations, and self-compassion. Read more
When Your Client Goes to Family Court
The Truth about Documenting SessionsHow you document sessions with clients in emotionally abusive relationships can either help or harm them in family court. Read more
When Burnout Threatens Therapy with Survivors
Cultivating Your Stamina as a TherapistEven experienced clinicians can start to feel lost when helping people untangle the psychological effects of coercive control. Read more
Male Abuse Survivors
Bringing a Fuller Picture of Suffering to LightWhy aren't we doing more to support male survivors of intimate partner violence? Read more
Healing the Covert Narcissist
When Early Trauma Meets EntitlementEntitlement, the characteristic that best indicates when coercive control is narcissistically driven, makes treating perpetrators challenging—but not... Read more
Parenting with a Coercive Controller
Repairing Attachment When Children Get WeaponizedThe arrival of children in a coercively controlling relationship adds a complicated abuse accelerant. Read more
The Anxious Therapist
Harnessing Your Discomfort in SessionsWe can use our discomfort with clients to learn how to help them. Read more
Black Women and Intimate Partner Violence
When Seeking Help Isn’t SafeSeeking protection from a violent relationship is difficult enough on its own, but for Black women, the problem is compounded many times over. Read more
Reframing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Have We Overlooked the Gifts of OCD?Rather than a pure focus on relieving symptoms, researchers and clinicians would benefit from exploring the rich inner life of the OCD sufferer and its hidden... Read more
"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
Discarding the Binary
Talking Sex and Gender with My Ever-Changing ChildHis generation of kids almost had to be gender- and sexuality-questioning to be cool, right? Maybe he was just mirroring what was happening around him. Read more
The Video Game Therapist
A Creative Approach to the Male Friendship CrisisMaking friends isn’t easy. But amid unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and trauma, and in the middle of what the Department of Health and Human... Read more
The Esther Perel Phenomenon
Did Mental Health Become Entertainment?Therapy is having a moment right now, with clinicians filling our social media feeds, bestseller lists, and concert halls. How did we get here? And where are... Read more
Therapists Take the Stand
What You Need to Know about Being an Expert WitnessYou know your clinical expertise is of value to your clients, but it can also be important for judges and juries in court. 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 Climate Change an ACE?
The Global Neglect of Our Children’s FutureHow do we empower kids in the midst of big environmental challenges? Read more