The video Safe Spaces. Safe Places: Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Traumatized LGBTQ Youth * opens with these important statistics: 74% percent of LGBTQ youth experience verbal harassment about their orientation LGBTQ youth are 2x more likely than...

Need resources and support for your autistic loved one?  Visit myHana.org! Are you looking for South Carolina specific autism resources, support and guidance?  MyHana is an autism community committed to improving the lives of caregivers. MyHana is an excellent...

Help for Clients Who Worry Too Much.pdf

Featured technique ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add to your repertoire of creative therapeutic interventions. Check out the monthly featured technique on Liana Lowenstein’s website at www.lianalowesnstein.com  This month’s is provided here -- The...

Make Every Session Count: Getting the Most Out of Your Brief Therapy  Brief therapy is the name of the game in health care today. Managed care systems, university counseling centers, and insurance companies have restructured the concept of therapy, demanding...

Developing Body Awareness.pdf

Joseph Rufus Wofford shared this article, which is interesting and disturbing:  “Decent article about conduct disorder with limited prosocial emotions (strong precursor for antisocial personality d/o). You can listen to it on soundcloud in the background while you...

8 Myths Or Faulty Beliefs.pdf

Why Secrets Can Ruin Relationships.pdf Why Secrets Can Ruin Relationships When trust is jeopardized, can you maintain intimacy? By Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S One of the great concerns in many romantic relationships involves secrecy vs. privacy. One partner thinks...

The First Session with Substance Abusers It is during the critical first session with substance abusers that clinicians have the first, and all too often the last, opportunity to break through the wall of denial and create an atmosphere of trust that is so crucial to...