A Palestinian analyst shares her poignant experiences as an immigrant, and the personal and professional challenges they brought.
Standing With Clients in the Twilight of Life
What do you do when your client is terminally ill? Working clinically at the border between life and death presents opportunities for profound, poignant conversations.
When Symptoms Overshadow a Diagnosis: Psychotherapy as Archeology
Working with underlying personality dynamics in therapy can lead to more effective outcomes than focusing solely on diagnoses and presenting symptoms.
The Secret to Forming Powerful Relationships that Spark Change
Allen Frances shares gratitude for the lives he has touched during his career in psychotherapy, and what hes learned about the transformative power of relationships.
How to Avoid Burnout and Find Joy in Corporatized Care Settings
A look at the paradox of providing mental health care in corporatized settings, and what it would take to improve the wellbeing of providers and those they serve.
Gift Giver: The Impact of Giving Clients Gifts
A therapist shares her thoughts and experiences with the practice of giving gifts to her clients and discusses the impact of this with other licensed professionals.
The Bad and Good Ghosts: A Story of Reauthoring in Narrative Therapy with Children
With the help of a creative narrative therapist a child and his mother chase away the ghost of anger.
Looking Beyond Trauma: A Neurodivergent Therapist Shifts Her Clinical Focus
A clinician looks beyond her training on trauma and uses a neurodivergent-affirmative lens to guide her Autistic client, and herself, through the healing process.
Breaking Down Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Heart of the OCD
A therapist shares his own history of OCD, clinical experiences treating clients with OCD, and thoughts on pop-culture depictions like “Turtles All the Way Down.”
The Healing Power of Therapeutic Presence
A beginning therapist confronts their own feelings of inadequacy while helping a young patient and recognizes the importance of the therapeutic presence.