Social media can threaten children’s emotional and psychological health; a family therapist shares how to identify the benefits and pitfalls, and ways to intervene.
Explore the systemic nature of child protection casework with troubled families and learn a useful clinical exercise that therapists, counselors, and social workers can use to connect with family strengths.
Join internationally renowned expert Mary Jo Barrett in a riveting conversation with our editor, Lawrence Rubin, on the collaborative treatment of incest and complex developmental trauma.
The founder of Gestalt therapy with children and adolescents discusses therapeutic relationship building with kids and teens, the unique rewards of introducing expressive arts therapy techniques, and the challenges of being sufficiently directive in working with children.
Researcher, educator, and child clinician Jennifer Baggerly leads a child from the shadow of COVID’s isolation to connection and security through play.
Doctoral student and former non-believer Deepika Bose explores and dispels the myths around using exposure therapy with children, confronting her own anxiety about the process.
When do we shift from trying to work within the parent-child relationship to seeing the child as a separate entity needing to cope with a destructive parent?
Dr. Rice offers a new perspective on oppositional-defiant children based on temperament, and suggests effective therapeutic interventions for both parent and child.
Psychologist, poet, translator and autism specialist, Anita Barrows, PhD, shares about the pain that first led her to psychotherapy, the importance of bringing love into our work, her identity as a poet, and entering the world of autistic children.
CBT scholar and expert Dr. Philip Kendall discusses the evolution of CBT theory over the years, his work with Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck and his empirically validated treatment program for kids and adolescents with anxiety.
Nationally and internationally renowned clinician, consultant, trauma specialist, program developer and creator of StoryPlay®, Joyce Mills shares playful and serious insights on how to help children grow and heal.
In an excerpt from “Unlocked: Online Therapy Stories,” Anastasia Piatakhina Giré shares intimate reflections on her work with Laila, whose harrowing escape to freedom is a tale of personal empowerment and the power of connection.
A therapist who lost a sibling during childhood shares her sense of gratitude when she has an opportunity to help parents who are grieving the loss of their own child.
For clinicians, using tools like ChatGPT, the potential of generative AI in clinical psychotherapy practices spans from administration to creating visual representation of clients’ experiences.
Victor Yalom paints a vibrant history about art, life, and even Mister Rogers Neighborhood, in a candid conversation with Art Therapy pioneer, Judith Rubin.
A school counselor implements an anti-bullying campaign to teach students acceptance and compassion based in Narrative Therapy and Narrative Conflict resolution theory.
Michelle Jurkiewicz discusses gender-affirming psychotherapy—and all aspects of mental health care—with children, teens, and families in an interview with Psychotherapy.net.
Help clients better navigate the child protection system by understanding the Children’s Advocacy Center’s wholistic approach to reports of childhood sexual abuse.
Acclaimed researcher and clinician, Bethany Brand, shares her knowledge of, and experience with patients impacted by trauma, suffering from dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
A talented and compassionate play therapist helps a young refugee child recover his sense of safety lost by living in a war-torn society using Child Centered Play Therapy.
