Nancy Campbell, MSW, LISW, worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for over 30 years as a medical social worker, a Director of Social Work, a network Director of Care Coordination and Alternative Dispute Resolution and was the first national Director of VA's...

An Easy-to-Use Positive Discipline Tool from BetweenSessions.com Many parents are frustrated by their young children's misbehavior and resort to ineffectual and sometimes inappropriate measures. Often parents feel guilty about disciplining their children and even...

VIDEO:  Susan Johnson on the Link between Sex and Safety - How "Secure Base" Promotes Sexual Exploration  — June 13, 2016 At this year's Symposium, Susan Johnson, the originator of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, used bonding science to explain the qualities...

Four Ways to Help Depressed Clients There are several protocols to work with depressed clients, however when developing a treatment plan, most therapists I know take an eclectic view point of view, using techniques that are individually tailored to meet the presenting...

This book addresses empathy within the scope of clinical practice with per se approaches that include working within unique therapeutic treatment milieus; treating children, adolescents, the elderly, and families; and providing empathy within the framework of...

YouTube video ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rapport-Building and Check-In Activities: Creative ideas for building therapeutic rapport in the initial session and for re-engaging children in subsequent sessions. Watch this technique come alive on YouTube:...

Free eBook from Liana Lowenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Favorite Therapeutic Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Interventions is a creative collection of assessment and treatment...

Featured technique ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add to your repertoire of creative therapeutic interventions. Check out Liana Lowenstein's monthly featured technique: The Heart by Trudy Post Sprunk. Each month Liana Lowenstein's website features new...

Teaching Your Clients Empathy Do you have clients who are having problems in their relationships that contribute to their unhappiness?  A lack of empathy may be a contributing factor. According to the website Greater Good.  "Empathy is the ability to sense other...

American Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 3 A compendium of Adult Psychiatry covering General Concepts about Neuroses and Related Disorders Specific Neurotic and Character-Disordered Behavior and Syndromes Syndromes Associated with Action Directed against the...