How Do You Know if You're a Culturally Responsive Therapist?
Measurement-Based Care with Diverse ClientsEvidence-based tools can help us embrace our clients' feedback, greatly increase our cultural competence. and improve therapy outcomes. Read more
A Diary of Precious Time
When Even Good News Is Hard NewsWhen cancer recurs, there's no easy way to cope with the sense of loss that accompanies a growing awareness of mortality. 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
6 Podcasts Therapists Are Listening To
New Perspectives from Comedy to PsychiatryWe can all derive mental health benefits from podcasts. We asked a handful of therapists which mental health podcasts like best and why—here’s what they... 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
4 Things Therapists Should Consider About Political Polarization
Maintaining Client Trust in a Divided NationUnless we want to let down our clients and lose public trust, therapists need to figure out how to navigate a politically polarized world. Read more
FREE Clinical Worksheets
Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering LoveThis month’s free practice tool is from David Kessler and offers clients a way to accept losses and express the unexpressed. 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
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
Facing Post-Separation Abuse
Sometimes the Breakup Isn't the EndPost-separation abuse can easily masquerade as a simple "bad breakup." 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
Assessing the Physical Dangers of Emotional Abuse
When to Create a Safety PlanJust because a relationship isn't physically violent doesn't mean emotional abuse won't turn violent. 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
Soothing Dysregulation in Couples Therapy
The One Thing We Should All Do FirstIs teaching partners to join forces against their stress where all couples work should begin? Read more
Grandma Chin's Funeral
Reflections on Grief and BelongingA bicultural daughter of immigrants struggles to make sense of her identity as she mourns a grandmother she barely knew. Read more
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is My New Therapist
The Podcast That Changed MeIn 'Wiser Than Me,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus's podcast, accomplished older women generate a free-floating sense of shared sisterhood—like an all-girls slumber... 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
When Your Client Prefers Chitchat
Finding Meaning in Unlikely PlacesIf a client can't stop talking about the plot twists of a banal TV show, should you try to change the clinical channel? Read more
Shaping Consensual Nonmonogamy Agreements
The Five Steps Therapists Need to ConsiderWhen opening a relationship, the agreement-making process is far more important than the agreements themselves. Read more
The Neurofeedback Question
100-Year-Old Miracle or Runaway Train?Many people who've tried neurofeedback say it's the closest thing therapy has to a silver bullet. So why aren't more therapists using it? Read more
The Anxious Therapist
Harnessing Your Discomfort in SessionsWe can use our discomfort with clients to learn how to help them. Read more
Editor's Note: November/December 2024
Facing the Realities of Emotional AbuseThe more informed we are about narcissistic abuse and coercive control, the more we can support survivors of intimate partner violence on their road to healing. Read more