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and resources to assist with the great work you do. Find expert tips, helpful worksheets, demonstration videos, CE, news,
and more here. Happy learning!
Rage in America
Dr. Jeff Peterson reveals why therapists need to know how to manage anger
As a society, we have a collective problem with anger. And it’s getting worse by the day. But how do you begin to treat anger problems so clients can communicate peacefully and effectively? Watch this video to discover the roots of this core emotion so you can start angry clients down the path to healing.
Action Precedes Motivation: Why Clients Shouldn’t “Wait Until They Feel Better” To Make A Change
VIDEO: How To Help Clients Who Can’t Get Moving
Dr. Leslie Sokol shares how to help clients struggling with depression get up and moving again.
Addressing Implicit Bias in Our Schools
A Case Study of Racial Injustice
The protests and headlines of recent weeks have forced many of us to examine our lives and communities through a new lens. In the process, we have opened our eyes to bias and discrimination as never before.
In Consultation: Seeing Children through a Polyvagal Lens
As published in Psychotherapy Networker Magazine
Polyvagal Theory widens the perspective on managing kids’ challenging behaviors.
Art & Science of Psychopharmacology
Helping clients get and stay well
Susan Marie has created The Art and Science of Psychopharmacology and it is filled with practical and adaptable strategies, client-friendly language, and the most up-to-date information about the medications being used to manage: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and insomnia.Learn more about the resource that guides you through the various medications for each of these diagnoses and how to form essential conversations around your client’s prescription.
Stop Hesitating
A quick, highly directive guide to initiating conversations with your Black clients about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, other lives lost, Minnesota, Louisville, and racial trauma
Are you a white therapist who’s not sure how to start the conversation about racial trauma with your Black clients? Are you unsure of how to hold space for what they’re feeling? Then check out Elizabeth McCorvey’s one-page guide to opening up dialogue with your clients.
How Can White Therapists Be Better Allies?
Deepening the Conversation around Race-Based Trauma
What does it mean to be an ally to people of color? What steps can therapists take to heal race-based trauma and deepen the conversation around racial injustice in therapy and in the wider community? Several clinicians and leaders in our field share their perspectives.
DEAR MAN: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy skill for building interpersonal effectiveness
Watch this FREE, short video to learn an easy way to voice your needs and wants.
Lane Pederson shows you step-by-step how to use the acronym DEAR MAN to help your clients learn how to speak their needs.
Janina Fisher on Telehealth Treatment of Addictive Behavior
FREE CE. Develop a toolkit for helping clients with addictive behavior virtually.
Understanding why it feels safer for clients to abuse drugs and alcohol, to act out sexually, or to binge/purge food, is key to enhancing your work with addictions recovery. That's why Janina Fisher is offering you this FREE CE video.
In This Together!
During these challenging times, I hear “everything has changed.” But is that really true? (Activity and free worksheet)
While it may feel like our new normal is nothing like the old, we need to recognize the silver linings this time has brought forth. This blog, activity and free worksheets helps us realize the importance of reaching out to others and celebrates our feelings of accomplishment when we are able to help someone else.