Articles And Interviews

Crossing the digital divide with young clients can lead to great therapeutic strides.

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.  

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.

Relatively new to her career as a psychotherapist, Kayla Rees mourns the loss of a young client to suicide.

A psychologist's poignant account of a challenging case referred by Child Protective Services while working on a mobile mental health crisis team.

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.

Becoming a kink-affirming therapist is critical to practicing in a diverse clinical arena.

An old-school family therapist attempts to reconcile the distancing forced upon us by the pandemic.

Working with gifted clients is a challenging and fascinating opportunity to appreciate those with a “rainforest mind”.

Learn from a former gang member, now therapist, how to capitalize on hard-learned life lessons.

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.
  

 Improve your transdiagnostic outcomes by paying attention to ADHD during the assessment and treatment of adult clients. 

Counselors can most definitely benefit from the age-old adage “Healer, heal thyself!”

Researcher, educator, and child clinician Jennifer Baggerly leads a child from the shadow of COVID’s isolation to connection and security through play. 

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.