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How To Map the Toxic Impact of Social Media on Families in Therapy

by Richard J. Lally
Successful family therapy must consider social media and app use — the empty chair in the room — to draw a complete map of the family.

Mary Jo Barrett on the Collaborative Treatment of Incest and Complex Developmental Trauma

by Lawrence Rubin
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.

Healing Conversations: Giving Life to the Life of a Person Who Died by Suicide*

by Linda Moxley-Haegert
A compassionate therapist gently and skillfully guides suffering parents through the shadow of their son’s suicide.
Earn 1.5 CE Credits

Working Therapeutically with Generational Conflict

by F. Diane Barth
Clinicians can help families with elderly parents in crisis heal by addressing and revising their “go-to” stories.

What Remains: The Aftermath of Patient Suicide

by Margaret Clausen
Psychologist Margaret Clausen shares poignantly about the loss of her client to suicide,  the steps she took to heal her grief, and the isolation and shame that many clinicians needlessly suffer in the wake of client suicide.
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Katja-Writing: Being Author and Audience to Fictionalized Stories of Trauma- Part I

by Christoffer Haugaard, Irene and David Epston
Join Christoffer Haugaard and David Epston as they work with Irene to build stories through which she heals from brutal childhood trauma

Keeping or Ending Commitments, Excerpted from The Ethical Lives of Clients: Transcending Self-Interest in Psychotherapy

by William J. Doherty
In this excerpt from The Ethical Lives of Clients: Transcending Self-Interest in Psychotherapy, William Doherty helps therapists address their client’s relational ethical dilemmas.
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Strengthening the Therapy Relationship with Gay Men

by Rick Miller
The keys to successful therapy with gay men are connection, support, and attunement. Excerpted from Unwrapped, Integrative Therapy with Gay Men...the Gift of Presence. 

Stephen Schueller on the Power and Promise of Mental Health Apps

by Lawrence Rubin
Mental health apps offer many promises, but there are warning signs to be heeded.
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Using Common Sense Problem-Solving and Worry Containment to Subdue Ruminations

by Nicholas Sarantakis
 Simple problem-solving techniques can be powerful weapons against ruminations and the ravages of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

How to Focus on Emotions to Help Volatile Couples Reconnect

by Blake Griffin Edwards
Therapeutic empathy and an emotional focus are a powerful blueprint for successfully counseling volatile couples.

Using A Holistic Approach to Therapy with Clients Experiencing Chronic Illness, Disability, and Mental Health Challenges

by Lavinia Magliocco
Working with clients at the intersection of chronic health problems, disability, and mental health issues offers great challenges and powerful benefits.

Judith Grisel on Addiction, Neuroscience and Choice

by Lawrence Rubin
Neuroscientist Judith Grisel shares her research and wisdom on the impact of drugs on the brain and paths away from addiction.
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

A Path Towards Self-Compassion and Healing

by Teresa Gill
Help victims of childhood abuse thrive by giving them the opportunity to value themselves and teaching them how to create compassionate connections with the people in their lives.

On Quitting The Practice of Psychotherapy

by Michael Sussman
Former psychotherapist Michael Sussman discusses the perils of psychotherapy practice and the wisdom of knowing when to quit.

Treating the Compulsive Personality: Transforming Poison into Medicine

by Gary Trosclair
Helping clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder may seem like an uphill battle. Get tools for increasing your efficacy with these often misunderstood clients.
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Laurie Helgoe on the Power and Challenges of Introversion

by Lawrence Rubin
Explore common misconceptions clinicians often have about introverts and how to help your introverted clients find the strengths intrinsic to their “inner laboratories.” 
Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Should Transgender Youth Care be Guided by Beliefs or Science?

by Stephen B. Levine
In the volatile domain of transgender care, science often clashes with beliefs and values, leaving mental health professionals with many unanswered questions.

Imagined into Agency: Goth Lolita Comes to Life

by Chelsey Morton
A creative Narrative therapist helps a lonely, depressed client liberate herself from lifelong depression through poetry and imagination.

Michael Gurian on Masculinity, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy

by Lawrence Rubin
For Michael Gurian, neuroscience holds the answers to the true nature of masculinity and how it may be of service in psychotherapy with boys and men.

Understanding the Pandemic’s Impact Through a Developmental Lens

by Maggie Mulqueen
COVID has had devastating effects across the lifespan, but there has also been hope and renewal.

A Matter of Death and Life

by Irvin D. Yalom, MD & Marilyn Yalom, PhD
In this excerpt from A Matter of Death and Life, Irvin Yalom speaks from the depths of pain over losing his beloved wife and co-author, Marilyn; not only to fellow therapists but to all of us who have lost loved ones. 

Bessel van der Kolk on Trauma, Development and Healing

by David Bullard
Internationally acclaimed clinician, educator and researcher Bessel van der Kolk, shares some observations from his 40-year passion for understanding and treating people who have experienced trauma.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk
Read an excerpt from the highly acclaimed new book by world renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, MD.

Michael Yapko on Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Depression

by Rafal Mietkiewicz
Michael Yapko discusses the keys of successful psychotherapy and treatment for depression, including the use of metaphors and hypnosis.
Earn 2.0 CE Credits

Ego Liberation: A Buddhist Guide to Escaping Your Mental Prison

by Adam Brandt, LPCA & Drew Brandt
Perhaps, Adam Brandt ponders, therapeutic healing is predicated not in defining the ego, but rather in its liberation. 

Beyond Resilience: Addressing Moral Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Melissa Abraham, PhD & Rachel E. Smith, MS, PA-C
In the coming months, psychotherapists will need to work knowledgeably and compassionately with clients wrestling with moral distress. 

Interpersonal Connection: Noticing the Needs of Others

by David H. Rosmarin
Noticing others’ needs goes beyond improving their wellbeing; our own connection benefits as well when we develop finely-tuned empathy for other people.

Beverly Greene on Race, Racism and Psychotherapy

by Lawrence Rubin
Clinician, scholar, author, and advocate Beverly Greene shares her views and experiences at the intersection of race, racism, and psychotherapy.
Earn 1.5 CE Credits

Emergent Anxiety: Facing a Post-COVID Life

by Jeffrey Chernin
As COVID recedes, new anxieties emerge and therapists will be on the front line to help.

In Bed With Your Therapist: The Paradoxical Intimacy of Online Psychotherapy

by Anastasia Piatakhina Giré & Joseph Burgo, PhD
Psychotherapists Anastasia Piatakhina Giré and Joseph Burgo, who conduct therapy with clients around the world over Skype, share about the unique aspects of being let into the intimate spaces of their clients homes.

Gary Greenberg on the DSM and Its Woes

by Deb Kory
Psychotherapist and muckraking author, Gary Greenberg, shares the critical insights—and skepticism—that formed the basis of his two best-selling books, Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease and The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry.
Earn 1.5 CE Credits

PhDs in Therapy

by Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
A therapist reflects on her work with PhD students doing field work abroad and the healing that can happen doing online therapy at such a vulnerable moment in people's lives.

Jose Rey on Psychotropic Medications: A Primer for Psychotherapists

by Lawrence Rubin
Pharmacologist Jose Rey shares crucial insights that psychotherapists need for discussing psychotropic drugs with both clients and prescribers. 
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Suicidal Debates with Clients in Psychotherapy

by David Prucha
A clinician learns five invaluable truths about depression from his clients on the road to helping them avoid the dark alley of suicide.

Supporting Recently Traumatized Youth in a Crisis of Dissociation and Self-Harm

by Julian D. Ford
A skilled therapist guides us through a riveting session with a young, brutally traumatized client as she struggles to regain a foothold into her previous life.  

Donald Meichenbaum on Coping with Loss and Traumatic Bereavement

by Lawrence Rubin
Join renowned clinician and researcher Donald Meichenbaum in a riveting and very personal conversation with our editor, Lawrence Rubin, on grief, trauma, bereavement, and resilience.

The Disconnection of Depression: How to Restore Attachment Using Cognitive Interventions

by David Prucha
Paradoxical cognitive interventions in therapy can help free depressed clients of self-destructive ruminations and behavioral habits.

When Symptoms Overshadow a Diagnosis: Psychotherapy as Archeology

by Anthony Smith
Working with underlying personality dynamics in therapy can lead to a more effective outcomes than focusing solely on diagnoses and presenting symptoms.

Can You See Me? Arab Immigrants’ Quests for Identity and Belonging

by Lama Khouri
A Palestinian analyst shares her poignant experiences as an immigrant, and the personal and professional challenges they brought. 

Nothing Left to Give: A Psychologist's Path Back from Burnout

by Shannon Swales
In this excerpt from her biography, Nothing Left to Give, clinical psychologist Shannon Swales journals her descent into burnout and her successful return to health and balance.