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Boundary Setting During the Holidays
Give yourself and your clients the gift of stress-free gatherings this holiday season.
Amanda White, LPC, answers all your questions about how to create and assert healthy boundaries, how to avoid situations that test your boundaries, and which coping strategies you can use to make family and social gatherings more comfortable.
Helping Clients Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
David Kessler shares tools and strategies to help clients cope with sudden loss and the stigma that comes with death by suicide
Losing a loved one to suicide leaves survivors with overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame, as well as little support. Grief expert David Kessler reveals tools and strategies to cope and heal after losing a loved one to suicide and how to remove the stigma that comes with it.
Helping Teens Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
Ask a Therapist with David Kessler, one of the world’s foremost experts on healing and loss.
When the unthinkable happens, it's tough to find the words to help teens understand they are not to blame. David Kessler offers up advice on what to say and how to help teens cope with the grief of death by suicide in the school setting.
6 Simple Rules to Live By for Brain-Gut Connection
Fight systemic inflammation with these simple rules from Dr. Kristina Campione
Dr. Kristina Campione, DC, MS, shares six simple rules to live by that you can share with your clients to implement an anti-inflamatory diet.
Practicing the Art of Reflective Listening
Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of reflective listening
Our clients may hear other people, but are they really listening? Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of truly getting to the bottom of what others are saying—reflective listening.
CBT Activities for Kids Overcoming Adverse Experiences
FREE CBT worksheets to empower kids into resilience and growth.
A great activity to use with kids and adolescents to help them develop their ability to be resilient and overcome adverse experiences is this FREE Cognitive Behavioral Triangle exercise.
Cultivating a Mindset that Increases Joy and Gratitude
Strategies from Jonah Paquette, author of Happily Even After
How can you help clients foster happy, meaningful lives when the world is constantly throwing chaos, challenges, and uncertainty their way? Jonah Paquette, PsyD., author of Happily Even After, shares simple ways to help clients cultivate a mindset that increases joy and helps them navigate life’s most intense obstacles.
Helping Clients See the Good: 5 FREE Gratitude Exercises to Use in Session
Here are 5 free gratitude exercises to use in your sessions this season.
PESI Publishing provides these FREE exercise downloads to help clients of all ages remember what they are grateful for, even in the darkest of times.
Sobriety, Boundaries, and Stress During the Holidays
Interview with substance use disorder expert Amanda White, LPC
Amanda White, LPC, shares her most frequently asked questions for sobriety and boundaries during the holidays as well as advice on how to stay sober this holiday season.
Ask a Therapist: Parenting through the Chaos of Today’s World
The tumultuous landscape of the current world is causing anxiety and confusion even in the minds of our tweens and teens, and child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley is here to present some much-needed relief.