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The Accidental Sex Therapist
Helping Clients Get “Dumb and Happy”You may not be a certified sex therapist, but that doesn’t mean you have to shy away from helping clients with their sexual issues. Read more
Weiwei and the Spider
Translating Problems into Skills to LearnAn approach that emphasizes acquiring skills rather than focusing on problems helps a young boy in China tackle his problems at school. Read more
Theater as Therapy
Can Shakespeare Heal the Trauma of War?Stephen Wolfert’s De-Cruit program is giving vets a chance to heal the trauma of war in creative ways. Read more
The Scourge of Opioids
A Close-Up Look at the EpidemicA new book takes a close-up look at the opioid epidemic in America. Read more
The Freedom Machine
Learning to Leave the NestWhen you’re young, a car isn’t just a car—it can be a freedom machine. Read more
The Masculinity Paradox
An Interview with Esther PerelThe #MeToo movement has returned the field to many of the issues feminists raised decades ago. This time, however, there’s a new focus on avoiding... Read more
VIDEO: Doing Self-Care Right
Sabrina N'Diaye on Tapping Into Your Innate WisdomIncreasingly, therapists are looking for alternatives to the office-bound rigidity of traditional private practice. In the following interview, The Center for... Read more
Putting an End to the Blame Game
A Tool for Helping Partners See Both SidesGiving up being right doesn’t mean you give up your convictions. It means honoring a multiplicity of viewpoints. Rumi says, “Somewhere beyond right and... Read more
VIDEO: Michael Alcée on Doing Therapy with Introverts
What Works and What Doesn'tPsychologist and speaker Michael Alcée says therapists need to pay more attention to the introverts in their practice, to help them manage their anxiety and... Read more
My Client Hasn’t Paid Me but Still Wants to Meet
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeShould you do when your client is behind on their session payments? Five clinicians weigh in on this Clinician's Quandary. Read more
Breaking The Trauma Myth
The Way We Treat Sexual Abuse is Failing Survivors. Here's Why.Today, after more than twenty-five years, predictions based on the trauma model have not proved accurate. A growing number of scholars in the sexual abuse... Read more
VIDEO: Bill Doherty on Becoming a "Citizen Therapist"
How to Have a Conversation About Politics in TherapyIn the following clip from his Symposium Keynote address, William Doherty offers an expanded vision of therapy and explains why clinicians are uniquely suited... Read more
Does Your Child Need Moral Guidance?
The Four Components of ConscienceBy Lawrence Cohen - A great deal of parental worry comes from not realizing that the aspects of a healthy conscience develop unevenly and that the road to... Read more
VIDEO: Peter Levine's Somatic Tools for Self-Soothing
Creating a Path to Client IndependenceOften, traumatized clients find that they become dependent on their therapists to help them handle their extreme emotional states. But according to Peter... Read more
VIDEO: Addressing Political Stress in the Consulting Room
Reevaluating What's Appropriate to Discuss in TherapyIt's no surprise that, with all the political infighting going on, many people are anxious about the direction of our country. But is there room to discuss... Read more
What Basketball Taught Me About Therapy
Learning to Stay in the Game with Challenging ClientsBasketball has taught me many lessons. I learned about trust, relationships, and teamwork. I learned the power to regulate feelings. It would shape my... Read more
Past and Future
A Family Dinner Leads to Reflecting on a LegacyTo my mother, who inherited the holiday after my grandmother's death, producing the seder was nothing short of a colossal chore—a feeling she'd communicate... Read more
VIDEO: Esther Perel on the New Rules of Love and Commitment
How Boomers Shaped Millennial RomanceCouples therapist Esther Perel has been recognized as one of the world’s most original and insightful thinkers about couples, sexuality, and the peculiar... Read more
Here, we focus on today’s young adults (many of whom bristle at the label millennials). Not only have they ushered in many of the changes taking place in the... Read more
The Millennial Effect
How Young Clients Are Leading Therapists to New PlacesAs they’re about to surpass baby boomers as the largest generation, millennials are coming to dominate the population of therapy consumers. But their impact... Read more
Confessions of a Millennial Therapist
Finding My #DreamjobAfter careful review of the usual stereotypes—technologically adroit, social media fixated, with a touch of narcissism—one 30-something therapist belatedly... Read more
Bumps in the Road
Accompanying Young Clients Through Life’s TransitionsMany young people transitioning into the uncertainties of adulthood today are feeling more scared and alone than ever. One therapist has discovered that a key... Read more
Listening to the Next Generation
Are We Hearing What They Have to Say?Admitting her bafflement with some of her millennial clients, a veteran therapist accepts her ignorance and gets advice from some of the young people in her... Read more
The Secret of Getting Through
A Profile of an Impressively Unimpressive TherapistA quick glance a therapist whose young clients rave about her. Read more
The Man Who Became an Adjective
No One Writes about Psychology Like Malcolm GladwellNo one writes about psychology with more irresistible readability—and book sales—than 2019 Symposium featured speaker Malcolm Gladwell. Read more
The Podcast Boom
Is It for You?Podcasts have exploded in numbers and popularity. What do mental health professionals need to know about this way of expanding their audience and their... Read more
Health Comes in All Sizes
The HAES Approach to Countering Weight StigmaA paradigm shift around weight and wellness is taking on old stigmas. Read more
“Nobody Knows!”
Helping Introverts Appreciate Their StrengthsA young introvert in college learns to embrace her temperament as a gift, rather than a problem. Read more
Resisting Matrimania
A Conversation with Bella DePauloAuthor and researcher Bella DePaulo says it’s time to start seeing the growing population of single adults as something more than just people unable to find... Read more
Generations in Jail
When Crime Is a Family ValueA new book explores how criminal behavior gets handed down in families from one generation to the next. Read more