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10 body-positive affirmations for the new year
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
To help your clients heal body shame and cultivate body positivity, try sharing these affirmations.
3 misconceptions about body positivity
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
Judith Matz, LCSW, shares three common misconceptions about body positivity to consider as you move toward accepting and loving yourself.
5 tips for telehealth with kids
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
Mental health providers who work with kids face additional challenges in providing telehealth. A clinician shares five strategies for keeping young clients...
A therapist’s guide to emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT)
May 15, 2024 | Written by Sue Johnson, EdD
Based on EFT, a type of couples therapy, EFIT helps individuals connect with themselves. Learn more from psychologist Sue Johnson, who developed both methods.
At Give an Hour, therapists extend their reach to veterans in need
May 8, 2024 | Published by Psychotherapy Networker
Since its founding in 2005, the Give an Hour organization has created a nationwide network of nearly 7,000 social workers, psychotherapists, psychiatrists...
Common struggles for new therapists in private practice
May 8, 2024 | Written by Frank Anderson, MD
Therapist Frank Anderson shares his experience of starting his own practice and what he wishes he knew back then.
Creating a welcoming space for LGBTQIA+ clients
May 4, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
An LGBTQIA+-friendly practice isn’t the same as an LGBTQIA+-informed one. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and follow simple strategies to make your...
How to grow your therapy practice: 4 tips for getting started
May 8, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team
Being able to grow your practice is essential to your success as a mental health professional. Follow these tips to get started.
How to help clients while managing your own emotions
May 8, 2024 | Written by Frank Anderson, MD
Therapist, psychiatrist, author, and speaker Frank Anderson talks about how to support and empathize with clients while also taking care of yourself.
How to maintain therapist-client relationship boundaries in the age of telehealth
August 12, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team
Telehealth has opened up new doors for therapists to hold online sessions. Learn how to maintain boundaries while you practice remotely.
How to pace and close a therapy session
May 14, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team
If you’re a new therapist or working with a tough client, you may find it harder to pace and close sessions. Learn to lead, follow, and adjust as needed.
How to set up a safe and secure therapy office
May 14, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team
Setting up a safe therapy space helps your clients feel secure and lets you focus on providing the best possible care. Follow these tips to get started.
How to use social media as a therapist
May 8, 2024 | Written by Amye Archer, MFA | Featuring Matthias Barker, LMHC
Going social has risks, but it can help you expand your practice and audience. Follow Matthias Barker’s tips to use these powerful platforms responsibly.
Initiation and activation: 2 exercises to help kids focus
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
Many students struggle to get started on tasks because they simply don't know how or where to begin. Help set them up for success with simple exercises from...
Providing constructive feedback in clinical supervision
May 4, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
The first time you take on a supervisory role, you may wonder what kind of feedback to give, how best to deliver criticism, and how to build rapport. Read on...
Setting healthy boundaries with clients
May 30, 2024 | Written by Amye Archer, MFA | Featuring Latasha Matthews, MA, LPC, CPCS, CPLC
Setting healthy boundaries with clients can help prevent clinician burnout and strengthen the therapeutic alliance. Here’s how to get started.
The 6-step IFS process to jumpstart healing
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
This simple exercise can help your clients understand and work with their internal selves to heal trauma.
Tips for new therapists on growing a private practice
May 30, 2024 | Written by Frank Anderson, MD
Therapist, psychiatrist, author, and speaker Frank Anderson offers tips on discovering your specialty and expanding your private practice.
Total liberation: A Buddhist approach to healing
June 5, 2024 | Published by Psychotherapy Networker
Harm reduction. Symptom management. Lowering “subjective units of distress.” Many of us have trained for years to achieve identifiable goals such as these...
Understanding antidepressant selection
May 15, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
With medication management playing an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment of mental health disorders, the challenges faced by clinicians are increasing...
Unhealed bodies: Looking at ancestral trauma
June 5, 2024 | Published by Psychotherapy Networker
Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands, discusses racialized trauma and a body-based path to healing.
What it’s like to start your own private practice
May 8, 2024 | Written by Frank Anderson, MD
Opening a private practice comes with unique challenges. Therapist and psychiatrist Frank Anderson offers guidance based on his own experience.
Wrestling with fear as a Jewish therapist
May 15, 2024 | Published by Psychotherapy Networker
A therapist shares the growing anxiety and fear she’s feeling about her Jewish identity, both in and out of session, as war rages on in the Middle East.
Zoom fatigue: How to keep children and teens engaged in online therapy
May 14, 2024 | Published by PESI Inc.
Doing therapy online has become the new normal, but it presents unique challenges many clinicians have not dealt with previously. Laura Dessauer gives us six...
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