In The Therapy Room

Do your therapy clients ask you for advice? We asked 5 top therapists what they do when clients say, “Just tell me what to do!” Read more

What if you and your clients could play back their everyday interactions outside of therapy, moment by moment, to uncover blind spots and reimagine family... Read more

A personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more

A client’s anger over his therapist’s environmental choices leads to an important turning point in their work. Read more

A millennial therapist believes that for clients to find true freedom and meaning in the midst of crisis, we need to help them face inescapable questions about... Read more

The mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more

Opening up to the realities of climate change means opening up to feeling threatened. But while the situation is worse than many of us know, it’s also better... Read more

Black Men Heal’s therapy outcomes are defying the odds—and raising questions about what it means to be truly culturally competent. Read more

The prescriptive, one-size-fits-all version of “gentle parenting” promoted on social media may work with many kids, but for parents of “big reactors,”... Read more

It takes practice and courage to attune to a couple’s sensitivities and insecurities regarding sexual fantasies, but the payoff can be worth the clinical... Read more

Understanding the impact of “resemblance talk” and the challenge of “parental claiming” can help the parents of donor-conceived children feel... Read more

When one partner is clearly in the wrong, being an impartial couples therapist can do more harm than good. Read more

In the midst of the psychedelic treatment revolution, have we forgotten about Stan Grof’s alternative to facilitating non-ordinary states of consciousness? Read more

Partners who associate love and intimacy with the painful family dynamics of their formative years can get stuck in a familiar bond that’s hard to shake... Read more

The combination of therapeutic guides, ketamine, and community can open the door to deep, long-lasting relational change. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining the signs of narcissistic abuse in a relationship and what it looks like in your therapy office. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining how to help your clients who are survivors of narcissistic and build trust. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining what betrayal blindness looks like in relationships impacted by narcissistic abuse. Read more

Sometimes, transformational growth happens when we least expect it. Read more

As the world embraces the theory of how trauma is captured in the body, clinicians are introducing clients to holistic healing techniques like sound baths and... Read more

How far is friendship from the special type of closeness we call the therapeutic relationship? Read more

The person burdened with the decision of whether or not to end a marriage may not be the one who’s already left the marriage—emotionally or sexually. Read more

A therapist shows how allowing her clients to physically move their bodies in therapy helps them process their emotions. Read more

What are the cultural messages feeding younger generations’ ambivalence and anxiety about their professional lives? Read more

A clinical rupture becomes an opportunity to help a couple move beyond the pursue-withdraw cycle. Read more

Tapping, a simple tool for self-regulation, can be surprisingly fun and easy to teach clients. Read more

The move beyond “Where do you work?” “How much do you work?” and “How’s it going?” is long overdue in couples therapy. Read more

A new approach embraces the somatic wisdom and indigenous knowledge of BIPOC clients. Read more

Are therapists equipped to support clients who want to reconnect with their spiritual faith? Read more

Does codependency pathologize our natural willingness to help those we love? Read more