Blaming others is easy. But as author Jefrey Kottler shows, the key to resolving conflicts is not in what's wrong with others. We can find the key within ourselves and learn to react differently—when we understand the forces that maintain our self-defeating...

Gift-giving in my own practice... I receive and give gifts throughout the year--on special occasions, to commemorate a successful therapeutic relationship, a graduation and many more moments worth marking. The holidays are an especially ripe time for this. A couple of...

What's New? Forgiveness Many clients who continue to hang onto painful emotions related to a mistreatment—even though they have every right to hold those emotions—can receive great benefit from forgiveness therapy. A number of positive outcomes, such as a...

TED Talk: Human Trafficking—Stop the Silence Catalleya Storm, a survivor of trafficking and abuse, presents a 10 minute TEDxTalk aimed at raising awareness about trafficking. In the brief presentation, Storm challenges several notions that many hold about...

Tools to Treat Excessive Worrying Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) affects more than 6.8 million people in the US, over 3% of the population. Fortunately, GAD  is highly treatable and therapists now have some very specific protocols and tools to help clients get...

TREATING DEPRESSION Ofer Zur, PhD (www.zurinstitute.com) As a biopsychosocial disorder, depression requires a broad understanding of its causes and treatments. Psychotherapists who have only one or two ideas about the causes and treatment of depression are likely to...

Dementia Care Planning is a Family Affair.pdf

Try Different Therapy Assignments to Increase Engagement and Compliance Four Free  Downloads The vast majority of clients say the like getting therapeutic assignments. And of course the research suggests therapeutic assignments can significantly improve therapeutic...

Your Clients Need This Right Now Just in time for the upcoming holidays, this week’s free downloads include: Difficult Holiday Interactions — This worksheet is designed to help people deal with difficult interactions during a holiday event. The worksheet asks the...