Counselor educator/clinician Jude Austin offers wisdom and survival tips for both student and teacher from the trenches of graduate school.
Overcoming the Pernicious Chronicle
Why you should stop your patients from turning into psychiatric annuities by doing, rather than avoiding, the hard work of change.
A Matter of Death and Life
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.
The Pygmalion Effect and Treating Incarcerated Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Therapists can transform inmates into emissaries of hope by learning about The Pygmalion Effect.
Relief or Change? Which is the Most Meaningful?
Therapists will benefit from remembering that sometimes and for some people, relief is change, and not necessarily something less.
Redesign Your Mind in an Instant
Inviting clients to literally redecorate or redesign their “mind space” can propel them to significant change.
Less Treatment, More Therapy
Working effectively with gang members requires a healing therapeutic relationship as opposed to a strategic clinical intervention.
A Universe Opens: Reflections On My First Session as a Therapist
At the nascency of her clinical career, a Marriage and Family Therapist trainee shares a powerful and poignant moment of vulnerability.
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.”
Watch this Movie and Call Me in the Morning
Come on in and grab a seat; the movie you are about to see just might make you a better therapist.