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Using Metaphors from Nature in Walk and Talk Therapy
Embrace even the most bizarre and far-stretching analogies to help build your client-therapist connection
Increase your creative license by embracing metaphors in outdoor-based therapy sessions—start with a few examples from Jennifer Udler, LCSW-C.
Navigating Trauma Recovery: A Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Free infographic to educate your clients on the differences between Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Although both strategies aim to assist individuals in recovering from trauma, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) each provide distinct routes towards healing and resolution. This printable resource will help your clients understand the distinctive approaches to trauma treatment to better understand a path forward.
5 Steps of the Wise Mind Process: Strategies for Facing Difficulties
Help clients manage their emotions with this DBT strategy
Dr. Andrew Bein, a seasoned instructor with an energetic, hands-on approach to mindfulness-based practices and Dialectical Behavior Therapy education, shares the 5 steps of the Wise Mind Process to help clients identify, accept, and let go of the judgments that keep them stuck.
Dealing with Judgments Exercise: Adapting DBT for Everyday Clinical Needs
Watch this FREE demonstration and download the in-session worksheet to help clients deal with judgments
Dr. Andrew Bein, a seasoned instructor with an energetic, hands-on approach to mindfulness-based practices and Dialectical Behavior Therapy education, demonstrates the Dealing with Judgment exercise.
12 Books for Addressing, Managing, and Overcoming Anxiety
We know anxiety is stressful, intrusive, and even all-consuming. But there are many effective ways to curb these feelings—and PESI’s got the guides (and card decks and flip charts and workbooks) to help you or your clients overcome anxiety!
Help Clients Prepare Their Relationship for the Back-to-School Transition
Tips and tools that your clients can use to navigate this transition
Whether your kids are young, entering high school or leaving for college, back to school is a chaotic, stressful, and exciting time. Dr. Tracy Dalgleish discusses the challenges of transition periods, why you need to build interdependence, and 3 tips for staying connected.
How to Incorporate the Power of Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
Dr. Arielle Schwartz, author of the newly released Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery Flip Chart, shares how to incorporate the principles of polyvagal theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care into your therapy office.
How to Use the W.E.L.L. Framework to Evaluate Digital Mental Health Solutions
Free guide to startup business evaluation for clinicians
Dr. Clare Kennedy Purvis, PsyD, shares startup business fundamentals for clinicians to operate their business with an unwavering focus on patient care in addition to their bottom line.
Top Challenges in Tailoring CBT for Kids—and How to Overcome Them!
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most common and most effective types of psychotherapy—but it can still be tricky for younger clients. Seth Gillihan, PhD, talks you through how to adapt this popular modality for successful, kid-friendly sessions.
Ask the Expert: Q&A with Dafna Lender, LCSW
Renowned family therapy expert and attachment specialist, Dafna Lender, LCSW, introduces her new book that Dr. Peter Levine calls “the vanguard of treatments to heal and strengthen attachment issues in the parent child relationship.”