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.
Counseling Gifted Clients: Journeys through the Rainforest Mind
Working with gifted clients is a challenging and fascinating opportunity to appreciate those with a “rainforest mind”.
The Flash Technique: A Useful Tool in Treating Trauma
The Flash Technique, an EMDR offshoot, can be a powerful tool in the clinician’s healing toolbox.
Sometimes I Also Feel Lazy: A Clinician Reflects on Self-Disclosure
Prudently planned and implanted self-disclosure can greatly enhance the therapeutic relationship.
Gratitude to the Anonymous Client: A Poem
A therapist expresses gratitude to his client through poetry.
Reframing the Legacy of Ancestral Trauma as Resilience
Ancestral trauma, re-framed as the legacy of resilience can help clients heal in the present.