We can help clients impacted by ancestral trauma by re-framing their narratives.
Harvesting the Fruits of Popular Culture in Psychotherapy
Do you harness the metaphoric power of pop culture characters in your clinical practice? Pop culture can enhance therapeutic connections and communication.
The Practice of Behavior as Medicine
Management of the clinician’s own behavior is the heart and art of behavioral management.
Is Psychotherapy Still an Infant Science?
The field of psychotherapy can only grow by focusing on what is right, rather than on what is new.
Metaphor and Early Warning Systems in Psychotherapy with Narcissistic Patients
Alliance building with narcissistic patients is enhanced through the use of shared metaphors and warnings of imminent relationship rupture.
To Text or Not to Text: A Vacationing Therapist
Challenging fundamental rules of psychotherapy can sometimes yield positive results for the client.
Confusion of Tongues
Therapists working with abuse survivors will learn invaluable lessons about the intergenerational transmission of trauma in this powerful excerpt from Galit Atlas’ Emotional Inheritance.
Listening for Meaning in the Voices Nursing Home Clients Hear
Therapists working in nursing homes can better help by listening to the voices in their client’s heads.
Grief, The Dismissed Yet Common Experience
Inviting conversations around grief into therapy can deepen our work with clients who have experienced losses of all types.
Battling Stigma: Serving Previously-Incarcerated Clients in the Community
Clinicians working with released prisoners must explore their biases and help these clients feel welcomed and safe.