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Money Matters

Getting Clear with Ourselves and Our Clients

Knowing your financial worth as a therapist can model self-care and self-respect for clients. Read more

Exploring the Inner Selfie

Digital Zen for Young Clients

Our teen clients know a lot about connecting with others online, but they still need our wisdom about connecting with their core inner selves. Read more

In challenging times, these simple sensorimotor interventions for depression can be easily used in sessions. Read more

Dating at Midlife

A Road Map for Newly Single Clients

Helping clients who find themselves single again in midlife navigate a new world of dating. Read more

Hanging It Up

When Should Therapists Retire?

What are the signs that it’s finally time for a therapist to stop seeing clients? Read more

Seeing Children through a Polyvagal Lens

A Different Approach to Challenging Behaviors

Polyvagal Theory widens the perspective on managing kids’ challenging behaviors. Read more

ABCs of Mindfulness

Helping Children Manage Stress

Adapting mindfulness practices for young kids can be as easy as ABC. Read more

When to Speak Up

Handling Microagressions in Therapy

What to do about addressing microaggressions in therapy. Read more

Therapists in a Fishbowl

The Challenges of Small-Town Practice

Some down-to-earth advice on practicing in a small town, where there’s no way to escape being seen and talked about. Read more

Truths and Consequences

Helping Teens Make Good Decisions

When it comes to high-risk behaviors, therapists can find themselves caught between boundary-testing teens and their concerned parents. Read more

Disarming the Verbal Bully

Four Ways to Push Pause

At a time when verbal bullies seem to feel increasingly empowered, here are four offbeat ways to push pause on their toxic verbiage. Read more

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

Health Comes in All Sizes

The HAES Approach to Countering Weight Stigma

A paradigm shift around weight and wellness is taking on old stigmas. Read more

End-of-Session Bombshells

Handling Doorknob Moments

How to handle end-of-session bombshells therapeutically—and still wrap up on time. Read more

Becoming a Therapist for Each Other

How to Deepen Couples Therapy

How to address one partner’s long-term issues in couples therapy without derailing work on the current relationship. Read more

Picture This!

Enhancing Emotional Healing with Visual Images

Enhancing emotional healing with visual images in your work. Read more

Jump-Starting Conversation in Family Therapy

The Difference Between Guiding and Intervening

How do you get family members to talk together productively? Enactments can be among the most valuable tools for getting a family's communication going. But... Read more

Priming Clients for Taking New Practices Home

Four Keys to Enhancing Engagement

Four steps to help clients take new practices learned in the consulting room back into their everyday lives. Read more

Keeping Couples Therapy Upbeat

How to Bring a Positive Spirit Into the Consulting Room

Keeping the difficult work of couples therapy positive and upbeat might be easier, and more effective, than you think. Read more

Taking Therapy Home

Motivating Couples to Do Their Homework

Motivating couples to do their therapy homework may be the key to successful outcomes. Read more

Got Game?

How I Transitioned My Practice to Sport Psychology

Becoming a sport psychologist requires throwing away much of the rule book for starting a more traditional practice. Read more

Playing with Anxiety

Helping Young Children Face Scary Situations

How to use the therapeutic play zone to help young children face difficult situations. Read more

Expanding Your Expressive Range

What Therapists Can Learn from Performers

What therapists can learn from performers. Read more

Speak Easy

Keeping It Real with Your Teen Clients

How to keep it real with teenage clients. Read more

Responding to Extreme Trauma Symptoms

How Neuroscience Can Help

How an understanding of the brain can inform our trauma interventions. Read more

Teaching Couples to Tap

How to Use Acupoints to Overcome Blocks to Intimacy

Could eliminating blocks in couples therapy be as simple as learning where to tap? Read more

Moving Through Grief

How Kübler-Ross’s Model Can Help Clients Heal

How Kübler-Ross’s stage model of dealing with loss can help grieving clients heal. Read more

The Rewards of Caregiving

Escaping Negative Cycles

How to help beleaguered caretakers of elderly parents find meaning and purpose in a challenging task. Read more

Detoxifying Criticism

How to Help Clients Gain Perspective

An innovative way of working with people who are hypersensitive to criticism. Read more

The Art of Presenting

Understanding What Your Audience Needs

Some tips on the do’s and don’ts of giving a good workshop. Read more

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