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In response to the ever-growing incidences of gun violence targeting students, many schools have instituted active-shooter drills. How are therapists... Read more
How both therapy and the challenges adolescents face have changed in the digital age. Read more
Mondays With My Girls
Lessons in Being RealA group of preteen girls in a long-term shelter teach a budding therapist some unexpected lessons about the true meaning of resilience and the power of... Read more
Craving Device-Free Attention
Technoconflicts in Families TodayTherapists are used to adolescent girls grumbling about their hovering, overinvolved parents. But these days, many have a new complaint—technoference in the... Read more
Working with Difficult Men
Where’s the Leverage for Change?The conflict between an older, more traditional view of masculinity and a newer, more progressive one is the underlying issue in many marriages today. Helping... Read more
Therapists in a Fishbowl
The Challenges of Small-Town PracticeSome down-to-earth advice on practicing in a small town, where there’s no way to escape being seen and talked about. Read more
VIDEO: David Burns on Overcoming Resistance
Exploring Why Clients Might Not Want to ChangeDo you have a client who you can't seem to help, no matter what techniques you try? In this brief video, master clinician David Burns—one of the developers... Read more
The Vicious Cycle of Silence
How We Can Better Protect Victims of Domestic AbuseA new book explores the devastating patterns of fear, shame, and secrecy that perpetuate intimate partner violence and too often escalate to murder. Read more
The Last Joke
The Pathos of a May-December MarriageA shared sense of humor can help couples make heavy issues feel lighter. But what happens when there’s no one there to get the joke? Read more
Terminal Illness and the Choice to Die
What's the Therapist's Role?A number of states have passed legislation giving terminal patients the option of medical aid in dying. What therapists need to know about helping patients and... Read more
The Biotech Dragon
A Kid-Friendly Approach to Self-RegulationEngaging kids in talk therapy is often a frustrating struggle. So what happens when you introduce a video game and some cool bioresponsive tech? Read more
The Gay Man in the Straight Marriage
Exploring the Uncharted Territory of a "Mixed-Orientation Marriage""Okay, I'm gay, I'm married, I have three kids, and I'm not getting divorced." One therapist's approach with mixed orientation marriage. Read more
VIDEO: Is Therapy Really a Science?
...Or is It a Conversational Craft?What do the masters of truly good therapy have in common? According to couples therapist Bill Doherty, they know how to balance their desire to guide therapy... Read more
VIDEO: What Therapists Need to Know About Polyvagal Theory
...And How to Use Safe Touch in TherapyAlthough many therapists are wary of it, using touch in therapy can have a huge impact on your clients’ healing processes. Here, Deb Dana, author of The... Read more
VIDEO: Helping Kids Find the Answers Inside
Here's a Fun Exercise That Gets Your Young Clients InvolvedWouldn’t it be great if we had a magic therapy wand to wave in front of our young clients and give them all the answers they need? What if this magic wand... Read more
Is It Ever Okay to Break Confidentiality If I Know My Client Is Dating an Abuser?
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeDiedre was widowed about three years ago, but was excited to tell her therapist about a man she's started dating. She's very happy. As her therapist heard... Read more
When Straight Men Have Sex with Men
Understanding the Difference Between Sexual Identity, Preference, and FantasyWhen a male client in a heterosexual relationship confesses that he has sex with men, the therapist must understand he's not necessarily closeted. Read more
VIDEO: Building Inner Strength with Brain Science
Cultivating Positivity and Virtue in Yourself and Your ClientsAs a practicing therapist today, it’s easy to succumb to the allure of brain science, says neuropsychologist and author Rick Hanson. Mirror... Read more
VIDEO: What Therapy and Surgery Have in Common
Crafting the Right Language for the Right OutcomeWhat’s the best way to open and close therapy? It’s a question with many answers, but depending on your client, a particular... Read more
VIDEO: Helping Clients Envision Personal Transformation
...While Still Validating Their PainHow do you help clients access resourceful states when they’re feeling hopeless and helpless? In this short video, trauma specialist Courtney Armstrong... Read more
My Teenage Client’s Parents Say He’s Depressed, But He Disagrees
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeFourteen-year-old client Tyler’s parents brought him to therapy because they say he rarely engages with classmates or teachers, isn’t interested in... Read more
VIDEO: What Therapists Need to Know About Working with LGBTQ+ Clients
How We Think About Gender and Sexuality is Changing at "Warp Speed"Today’s LGBTQ+ community has exploded in size, and therapists working in progressive, urban communities will likely see clients whose approach to sex... Read more
An Apple Seed and Trained Monkeys
Growing Up Under the Influence of My Big Sister's ImaginationWhether as playmate, protector, or tormentor, a big sister looms large in the imagination of her younger sibling. Read more
Who Am I to Judge?
The Question of the "Good Enough" ParentA child-custody consultant wrestles with the question of what is a good enough mother. Read more
A Therapist Switches Chairs
From Clinician to Client to AuthorIn her latest bestselling book, Lori Gottlieb offers an unusually intimate look at her experience as both a therapist and a client. Read more
Getting "Ghosted" by Clients
Four Stories from Therapists, and What They Learned from Their ExperienceWe’ve all seen it happen. Maybe some of us are even guilty of it ourselves. When you get an email from that pesky neighbor, a text message from the boring... Read more
Truths and Consequences
Helping Teens Make Good DecisionsWhen it comes to high-risk behaviors, therapists can find themselves caught between boundary-testing teens and their concerned parents. Read more
Even as ketamine’s popularity continues to rise for depression treatment, it’s still fighting an uphill battle for clinical acceptance. Read more
The Inheritance Within
Coming Face to Face with Our AncestorsFor decades, Bert Hellinger and his Family Constellations approach have been a lightning rod for controversy. But the latest research on epigenetics and the... Read more
Suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge
BONUS Video: Watch Malcolm's full keynote from Symposium 2019In his many bestselling books, author Malcolm Gladwell has achieved renown for upending conventional thinking about the forces that shape people’s lives. His... Read more