While couples regularly use texting and messaging to communicate, these modes of expression may weaken their relationship and undermine therapy goals.
Coming Full Circle: Helping a Young Couple Through Their Grief
A therapist who lost a sibling during childhood shares her sense of gratitude when she has an opportunity to help parents who are grieving the loss of their own child.
Using Play Therapy (and Movies) to Heal Attachment Wounds in a Young Child
Using creative movie-themed interventions, a therapist helps a young child and his family heal from the wounds of attachment disruptions
How a Missed Therapy Session and Self-Disclosure Led to Therapeutic Gains
After accidentally missing a session, a therapist uses the here-and-now to repair the ruptured bond with his client and in doing so, opens the door to deeper insight.
How to Use Narrative Therapy to Help Clients Locate Alternate Stories
A narrative therapists helps an older gay client re-write his story, and free himself from decades of oppression.
Sidestepping the Dependency Dance in Psychotherapy
Four steps mental health professionals can use to directly address client dependency in this digital age and set the stage for positive therapeutic outcomes.
A Healing Journey: Developing Coping Skills in the Face of Trauma
Using EMDR and other de-sensitization strategies, a clinician helps a client reclaim her sense of safety after multiple traumas leave her unable to return to work.
Our Time is Up
An experienced therapist shares a deeply intimate relationship between patient and therapist in this excerpt from Roberta Satow’s newest book, “Our Time is Up.”
The Pros and Cons of Remote Therapy: A Clinician’s Dilemma
A seasoned clinician weighs the pros and cons of moving her practice completely online.
Working with In-Law Problems in Couples Therapy
Partner validation can go a long way in quieting tensions when couples struggle in session with issues regarding their in-laws.