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8 Ways Non-Prescribers Can Promote Medication Success
Simple Strategies for Any Mental Health Professional
As a non-prescriber, you may be wondering how to ethically discuss medication with your clients. Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, shares eight ways mental health professionals can help clients succeed while staying within the scope of their practice.
Turning Hopeless into Hopeful: Using Creative Hopelessness to Help Clients Let Go
A powerful acceptance and commitment therapy strategy for change
Are your clients clinging to coping mechanisms that no longer serve them? ACT expert Richard Sears provides a technique for getting clients to leave behind behaviors that are not working—using their own life experiences!
Taking an ACT Approach to Disordered Eating
3 strategies to help clients let go of food and weight struggles
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy works to promote psychological flexibility while helping clients get unstuck from painful patterns of avoidance. ACT expert Diana Hill, PhD, shares how this approach can be used to heal clients' relationships with food and weight.
Helping Kids Face Obstacles Head-On
Two stress-busting exercises to build coping skills
Kids will face obstacles every day—but it can be a good thing! Psychotherapist and parenting educator Katie Hurley, LCSW, details how we can guide children to tackle any problem, big or small.
Hiding in Plain Sight
Free exercise from Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Workbook
What causes people to seek out the same type of dysfunctional relationship again and again? Best-selling author Lori Gottlieb reflects on the processes that keep people from moving forward and provides an exercise to help clients unearth hidden patterns in their lives.
Breath Inside the Body: A Somatic Intervention for Disordered Eating
Address Underlying Trauma & Body Shame with a Breath-Based Exercise
Clients who struggle with disordered eating often struggle to attune to their own bodily sensations. Help them tap into their own internal wisdom with a simple exercise from Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CIAYT.
Initiation & Activation: 2 Exercises to Help Kids Focus
Strategies to Promote Success in Students with ADHD & Executive Function Challenges
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 Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ADHD-CCSP, a mental health professional and certified ADHD coach.
Emotional Wellness Month
Celebrate Emotional Wellness Month with These Resources
Help your patients, yourself, or loved one’s progress towards stress reduction, self-care, and maintaining inner strength
The Power of Breath: Teach Children to Breathe on Purpose & Calm Big Emotions
A Free Self-Awareness & Self-Management Activity to Help Practice Mindful Breathing
Kellie Bailey’s newest children’s book, Some Days I Breathe on Purpose, explores the power of breath to help children handle challenging emotions. Get an exclusive sneak peek with worksheets containing breathing and mindfulness exercises for children.
Creating a Welcoming Space for LGBTQ+ Clients
12 Common Mistakes & 6 Affirming Practices
An LGBTQ-friendly practice is NOT the same as an LGBTQ-informed one. Discover the common mistakes clinicians make, as well as simple strategies to make your practice more inclusive.