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Wave Till You Can’t See Me
Lessons in Fear and SafetyLessons for a parent in fear and safety. Read more
VIDEO: Gabor Maté on Making Sense of Our Pain
Finding a Pathway to Compassion for Ourselves and OthersWhat can we do to do to address the overwhelming anxiety in our lives right now? What can we do to be kinder to ourselves, to be in a better position to effect... Read more
White Therapists, Here’s What Your Black Colleagues Want You to Know
20 Therapists of Color on Race-Based TraumaFor people of color, the murder of George Floyd reignites centuries of collective grief and trauma. Here, the two founders of Clinicians of Color share some of... Read more
A Therapist’s Response to Social Injustices
A Call to See, Feel, ActMore than ever, therapists can use their role as helping professionals to contribute to positive change in their communities. Here are three important ways we... Read more
My Journey to Become a Therapist
Three Stories about Following a CallingWhat does it mean, exactly, to have a professional calling? When does it develop? How does it evolve as we live and grow? As these personal accounts show, a... Read more
VIDEO: How Can White Therapists Be Better Allies?
Deepening the Conversation around Race-Based TraumaWhat does it mean to be an ally to people of color? What steps can therapists take to heal race-based trauma and deepen the conversation around racial... Read more
The Green Sweater
A Lesson on Listening and PrivilegeA white therapist recalls a moment from early on in his training, where a misplaced sweater and the open dialogue with a Black colleague that ensued lead to a... Read more
Nurturing Resilience Now
Even On ScreensGiven the confluence of challenges we’re collectively facing these days, developing resilience has become more crucial than ever. We now need to ask, how can... Read more
Some Days Are Too Much
A Therapist Gets Real about Families Struggling to Cope in QuarantineSome clients in quarantine with their families report a constant feeling of being out of control. That danger lurks around the corner of every family... Read more
VIDEO: Accessing Self-Compassion in a Pandemic
What Polyvagal Theory Can Teach Us about Navigating Tough TimesLife in quarantine is testing our relationships with family members and romantic partners. It's also impacting our nervous system, says therapist Deb Dana. She... Read more
Regardless of training, the most important thing a therapist can have is the strong belief that clients can get better, despite life circumstances. Read more
One of the major contributions that the psychotherapeutic community could make now is to begin to engage with racism as a social disease that affects everybody... Read more
My Client Says Teletherapy Isn’t Helping
Five Therapists Weigh InA therapist is offering teletherapy during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's working well for most of her clients. But her anxious client Sam has repeatedly... Read more
VIDEO: Nine Sensorimotor Strategies for Depression
Trauma Expert Janina Fisher Breaks Down Her Key InterventionsWhat strategies do psychotherapy's most effective therapists use to treat depression? Trauma expert and bestselling author Janina Fisher breaks down nine... Read more
My name is Anita Mathilda Abram Mandley. That’s me peeking out from the lower left-hand corner of the picture. I’m with my great grandfather, great-great... Read more
Couples Therapy During Coronavirus
Challenges and OpportunitiesA clinician who's spent almost two years doing online couples therapy shares the tips and strategies she's found especially helpful. Read more
VIDEO: Esther Perel on Working with Couples in Quarantine
What They Need Most Right NowPartners in quarantine are facing distinct challenges, says couples therapist and bestselling author Esther Perel. Here, she breaks down the patterns she's... Read more
The Surprising Intimacy of Phone Sessions
Video Chat Isn’t Necessarily BetterIn an unexpected twist, one therapist is finding phone sessions more effective than video sessions. Here's why. Read more
The Mentor Who Changed My Therapy Practice, Part 2
Wisdom, Revelations, and Journey-MakingNo person is an island. And surely enough, no therapist hones their craft without a lot of learning and inspiration from others. Three clinicians share the... Read more
My Client Gets Distracted During Teletherapy, Part 2
Five More Clinicians Weigh InClinicians weigh in on how to keep therapy work on track during the telehealth sessions. Read more
VIDEO: Peter Levine on Finding Inner Balance with Ourselves and Others
Staying Connected While Separate During Times of UncertaintyPeter Levine, Somatic Experiencing pioneer, shares what it means to stay connected and courageous during the coronavirus pandemic, in this clip from the 2020... Read more
What Self-Care Means to Me
Therapists on Boundaries, Outlets, and MoreAs any therapist will tell you, self-care is an integral part of our work. When we take care of ourselves, we take care of our clients. But what does... Read more
VIDEO: Janina Fisher on How Trauma Gets Stored in the Body
What It Can Teach Us About Navigating Covid-Related StressResearch shows us that trauma is stored in the body. But how does this happen, and why? Here, trauma expert Janina Fisher explains, and shares how this... Read more
How I Start My First Session
Icebreakers, Alliance-Building, and MoreFirst introductions with clients can be make-or-break moments that influence therapy sessions to come. In a first meeting, how do you break through a... Read more
Shedding Tears in Video Sessions
Why Have Our Clients Stopped Crying?I’m not a therapist who judges the value of a session by the presence or absence of tears. But now that we’re a few months into the pandemic and meeting... Read more
VIDEO: Esther Perel on Our Shared Trauma
Navigating the "Parallel Process" Covid-19 Has CreatedIn the midst of covid-19, therapists and clients are sharing many of the same anxieties. As a therapist, how do you talk about it? In this clip from her 2020... Read more
My Client Gets Distracted During Teletherapy
Five Clinicians Weigh InMarcia's therapist has switched to doing teletherapy. But as a single mother of two adolescent girls all quarantining in a small apartment, sessions have... Read more
Dating at Midlife
A Road Map for Newly Single ClientsHelping clients who find themselves single again in midlife navigate a new world of dating. Read more
How to Find the “Can” in “Can’t”
Getting Creative with CBTIt takes creativity to apply basic therapy tools, especially when depression has set in and negative cognitions have taken over. Read more
Listening to Suicidal Clients
How to Get Beyond our FearsA suicidologist opens up about her personal struggles and what actually helps when working with suicidal clients. Read more