A clinician shares the unexpected way he became a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist and how it changed his clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Lessons in Tough Compassion and Male Resistance to Therapy
Dr. Bates, an accomplished licensed mental health counselor, analyzes the film “Good Will Hunting” showing how depictions of therapy and therapists in cinema can offer powerful lessons for clinicians.
Through the Eyes of the Childlike Empress: Play Therapy with Refugee Children
A talented and compassionate play therapist helps a young refugee child recover his sense of safety lost by living in a war-torn society using Child Centered Play Therapy.
When Clients Don’t Want to Talk about Their Feelings
A clinical social worker helps clients overcome resistance, explore their emotions, and achieve transformative growth, unlocking meaningful changes in their personal journey.
Navigating the Landscape of Spiritual Experience in Therapy
In the traditions of Carl Jung and William James, tapping into the client’s spirituality while honoring that of the clinician can lead to positive therapeutic outcome.
Bethany Brand on the Identification and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Acclaimed researcher and clinician, Bethany Brand, shares her knowledge of, and experience with patients impacted by trauma, suffering from dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
When to Use Unexpected Techniques with Emotionally Overwhelmed Adults
A psychotherapist brings “name it to tame it” –– the principle to help emotionally overwhelmed children by putting their feelings into words –– to his work with adults.
The Silent Therapist: Teddy Bear Therapy with Adults
A former psychotherapist, now living in a nursing home, opens up during life review therapy, about his most successful therapeutic practice with adults: teddy bear therapy.
A Day in the Life of a Very Old Therapist
Poignantly aware of his advanced age and impinging memory loss, celebrated author and clinician, Irvin Yalom shares a new and hopefully renewing therapy strategy. Excerpted from “Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now”
Finding Healing Through Art: A Case Study in Art Therapy
An Art Therapist shares how she used art to transform the life of Julia, a young woman struggling with anxiety and self-doubt.