A veteran therapist passes on experience and wisdom drawn from decades of clinical practice.
Avoiding Burnout Traps: Managing the Conflict between Empathy and Exhaustion
A seasoned clinician explores how caring too much can lead to exhaustion, and offers suggestions for avoiding common burnout traps.
The Elder in Exile: Psychotherapy with Older Adults
An expert in mental health care for older adults, Tom Medlar shares tips for affirming the value of their experiences, and providing opportunities to share stories.
Psychotherapy Status Report: Past Achievements/Current Failures/Future Disruptions
Taking the long view, behavioral sciences expert, Allen Frances offers a pointed review of psychotherapy’s failures and achievements, with suggestions for a hopeful future.
The Benefits of Making Metaphors Meaningful in Psychotherapy
Well-placed metaphors can add depth and meaning to the therapeutic encounter, and help communicate experiences that clients are struggling to put into words.
Thomas Doherty on Ecopsychology and the Ethical Imperative of Ecotherapy
Clinical and environmental psychologist, Thomas Doherty, invites – or better yet, compels – clinicians to bring concerns about the natural world into therapy.
The Disconnection of Depression: How to Restore Attachment Using Cognitive Interventions
Paradoxical cognitive interventions in therapy can help free depressed clients of self-destructive ruminations and behavioral habits.
Finding Ways to Communicate with Clients About Their Symptoms
Learn how to effectively help patients better understand their psychiatric symptoms and how a Venn diagram can help schizophrenic clients.
The Wisdom of Therapist Uncertainty
Internationally renowned author, Maggie Jackson, tells us that developing “uncertainty tolerance” in both clinician and client is key for building better outcomes.
Terminally Ill Pediatric Patients and the Grieving Therapist
A pediatric clinician shares the rewards and challenges of working with terminally ill children and their families.