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Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression

with Paula Ravitz, Priya Watson and Sophie Grigoriadis

How do you introduce social efforts into treatment for a condition known for its isolating effects? In this video, three seasoned therapists offer key techniques from Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) that target the most relational symptoms of depression.

Working in the Here and Now: Deepening Therapeutic Encounters Part 2

with Victor Yalom

Therapists can easily fall back on intellectual discussions, abstractions, and analyzing thoughts with anxious or depressed clients, when the real struggle is connecting with their feelings and, in turn, with others. Learn to harness the therapeutic power of the here-and-now to free clients who are walled off from themselves and others so you can help them begin to live authentic, connected lives.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

with Ari Zaretsky and Mark Fefergrad

When depression mires clients in self-critical thoughts, how do you help them regain a sense of balance and hope? Discover effective tools from a cognitive-behavioral lens in this instructional video, complete with clinical vignettes.

Down Every Year: A Demonstration of Depth Oriented Brief Therapy

with Bruce Ecker

An actual therapy session conducted by Depth Oriented Brief Therapy co-originator Bruce Ecker, provides an impressive demonstration of what can be accomplished in a single session by a very talented therapist

Integrating Mindfulness into Counseling and Psychotherapy

with Ronald D. Siegel

What is “mindfulness” and how can we actually use it with our clients? Understand the principles of mindfulness-oriented psychotherapy and its application for a range of clinical issues in this new video with mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald D. Siegel.

Depression: A Cognitive Therapy Approach

with Arthur Freeman

Arthur Freeman illustrates the foundations and key techniques of cognitive therapy in a way that’s enriching and easy to follow.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Case of Postpartum Depression

with Scott Stuart

What, exactly, is Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), and how is it applied across populations? Watch Scott Stuart, MD, present the core elements of this evidence-based method in a course of therapy with a woman dealing with postpartum depression.

Diagnosing Depressive, Bipolar, and Alcohol Use Disorders

with Jason Buckles

With symptoms that often overlap, depressive disorders, bipolar, and substance use disorders can be hard to distinguish from one another. In Volume 3 of The DSM-5 and Psychodiagnostic Interviewing, with TR Updates you’ll learn a systematic approach to accurately diagnosing these conditions while at the same time building a solid therapeutic alliance.

Mixed Anxiety and Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

with Donald Meichenbaum

In this video, internationally renowned therapist Donald Meichenbaum demonstrates a brief, effective approach for treating clients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Effective Psychotherapy with Men

with Ronald Levant

In this dramatic recreation of key moments in a 12-session course of therapy with Raymond—a man who at mid-life cannot feel excitement at the prospect of his impending fatherhood—Dr. Levant demonstrates an unconventional, yet very effective approach to working with men.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

with Marsha Linehan

Watch Marsha Linehan, founder of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), in action in this session with a middle-aged man with a significant personality disorder struggling with suicidal depression and anger after being left by his girlfriend.

Gender Differences in Depression: A Marital Therapy Approach

with The Ackerman Institute, Peggy Papp

This emotionally compelling video features a series of real clinical sessions in which the Depression Project's treatment team works with a severely depressed couple.

The War Within: Youth Depression

with Educational Video Center

This video presents an honest look into the experiences of black and Latino young people living with depression. Candid interviews of real patients and expert professionals illustrate the struggle these youths face in families and communities often blind to mental health matters.

Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy

with Hanna Levenson

See how psychodynamic principles can be adapted for effective brief, time-limited therapy with a depressed, 74 year-old man.

Understanding and Preventing Suicide

with The Glendon Association

A powerful psychoeducation video for public presentations and training events featuring leading experts as well as survivors of serious suicide attempts.

Assessment & Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

with Kay Redfield Jamison

Watch Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and international expert on bipolar disorder, in this informative and intriguing interview that presents essential information on assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder in psychotherapy.

Psychiatric Diagnosis and Interviewing

with Jason Buckles

Is it possible to get the diagnostic data you need during the first session in a way that leaves clients feeling like they want to come back for a second session? This video takes a close look at how the DSM-5-TR and the diagnostic process can be used to improve mental healthcare. Through step-by-step clinical demonstrations, you’ll develop client-oriented diagnostic interviewing skills that lay the foundation for a strong therapeutic alliance and successful course of treatment.

Aaron Beck on Cognitive Therapy

with Aaron Beck

In this animated interview with the founder of Cognitive Therapy, Aaron Beck shares about the experiences, people and ideas that shaped his iconoclastic career, offering insights into the radical transformation of modern psychology over the last century.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

with Otto Kernberg

Preeminent psychoanalyst Otto Kernberg doesn’t back down in this series of three diagnostic Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) sessions with a paranoid client struggling with suicidal depression after being left by his girlfriend.

Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Depression

with Timothy Bruce, Arthur Jongsma, Jr.

Learn everything you need to know about creating detailed, practical evidence-based treatment plans for depressed clients in this one-of-a-kind video with Drs. Timothy Bruce and Arthur Jongsma, who present an overview and accompanying demonstrations of depression’s most empirically supported treatment methods.

Mental Health in Hospitals and Treatment Centers: 5-Video Series

with Brad Hagen

What are the most essential skills and techniques for succeeding with patients in hospitals and treatment centers? Discover the difference between novice unskilled and expert work care for a range of severe conditions in this 5-part video series.

Skills in Youth Suicide Prevention

with Iris Educational Media

This excellent training tool is a must-see for clinicians and non-clinicians alike who deal with students every day, providing step-by-step strategies and clear instructions to address suicidal behavior in teens.

Managing Depression

with Brad Hagen

What are the most essential skills and techniques for working with severely depressed patients? Find out what to do—and what not to do—in this two-part demonstration of a mental health practitioner interviewing a suicidally depressed hospital patient.

Art Therapy for Individuals with AIDS & Cancer

with Ellen Urbani

One might, at first, think that this video is about Occupational Therapy, as we view Roger, a cancer patient, discuss his project with his art therapist. But asked to talk about how therapy helped him to cope with depression, the emotional and psychological tone of the video changes.

Individual Art Therapy with Two Women

with Pierre Boenig-Scherel, Arthur Robbins

This two-part video demonstrates two approaches to working with women who struggle with depression and interpersonal relationships. Through art, they can begin to externalize and express their feelings.

Studio Art Therapy Group in a Military Hospital

with Paula Howie

This informative film shows two sessions from an open-ended art therapy group from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. All soldiers in this group were leaving the military and each had to decide and make a personal commitment to attend the group. Paula Howie, HLM, ATR-BC, is the art therapist.

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

with David Prucha

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

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

with 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

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*

with Linda Moxley-Haegert

A compassionate therapist gently and skillfully guides suffering parents through the shadow of their son’s suicide.

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

with Shannon Swales

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

Donald Meichenbaum on Coping with Loss and Traumatic Bereavement

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.

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

with Lama Khouri

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

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

with 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.

Working Therapeutically with Generational Conflict

with 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

with 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.

Jose Rey on Psychotropic Medications: A Primer for Psychotherapists

Pharmacologist Jose Rey shares crucial insights that psychotherapists need for discussing psychotropic drugs with both clients and prescribers.

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

with 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

with 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.

Strengthening the Therapy Relationship with Gay Men

with 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

Mental health apps offer many promises, but there are warning signs to be heeded.

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

with 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

with 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

with 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

Neuroscientist Judith Grisel shares her research and wisdom on the impact of drugs on the brain and paths away from addiction.

A Path Towards Self-Compassion and Healing

with 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

with 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

with 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.

Laurie Helgoe on the Power and Challenges of Introversion

Explore common misconceptions clinicians often have about introverts and how to help your introverted clients find the strengths intrinsic to their “inner laboratories.”

Should Transgender Youth Care be Guided by Beliefs or Science?

with 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

with 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

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

with Maggie Mulqueen

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

A Matter of Death and Life

with 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

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

with 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

Michael Yapko discusses the keys of successful psychotherapy and treatment for depression, including the use of metaphors and hypnosis.

Ego Liberation: A Buddhist Guide to Escaping Your Mental Prison

with 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

with 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

with 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

Clinician, scholar, author, and advocate Beverly Greene shares her views and experiences at the intersection of race, racism, and psychotherapy.

Emergent Anxiety: Facing a Post-COVID Life

with 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

with 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

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.

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