How to Stay safe in practice It's rare, but a reality: Some clients can turn violent. Here are some suggestions to protect yourself. By Christopher Munsey - Monitor Staff As evidenced by the Feb. 12 murder of psychologist Kathryn Faughey, PhD (see "A life well...

Our friends at NICABM have pulled together more than 20 of the leading experts in our field to weigh in on one single question: "How do you help a patient who is stuck?" This is one of the most innovative approaches we've seen to tackling a question that applies to...

Free Video: Accelerate Change with Your Anxious, Reluctant Clients Anxiety expert David Burns demonstrates exactly how it's done. Why do anxious clients come for help and then resist it? According to David Burns, author of When Anxiety Attacks, many anxious clients...

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This is a great free resource from SAMHSA.  Enter your zip code at this site (https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/) and it will give you mental health and substance use treatment centers, along with all their contact info, nearby.

Avoid These Mistakes  by Richard Leslie, J.D. April 2010 In law, a “mistake” is broadly defined as an unintentional act, omission, or error arising from ignorance, surprise, forgetfulness, or misplaced confidence. Therapists and counselors (and others) from time...

How salt lamps are helping people with anxiety from www.powerofpositivity.com Himalayan salt lamps release negative ions into the air, which reduce anxiety, and promote a relaxing, peaceful environment for sleep. Because Himalayan salt occurs naturally in the Earth,...

We opened up registration for our free webinar What's Missing in Psychotherapy last week and close to 500 therapists from all over the world have already signed up, which speaks to the great interest in this topic.   If you've been feeling even slightly uninspired or...

Your shame-prone clients are stuck in a vicious cycle... Around and around they go. Beliefs about themselves trigger the physical response, which reinforces the cognitive schema, which then evokes the physical response...and so on. So how do we help our clients escape...

An Important Key To Your Client's Success In Therapy One of the most critical factors in your clients' growth is their ability to develop a dependable support system.  Of course many of the people we see in therapy have problems in their relationships, and also may...