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Ask the Expert: Q&A with Alexandra Solomon, PhD
Interview with relationship expert and Love Every Day author, Alexandra Solomon
Alexandra Solomon, PhD, shares how therapists can benefit from her new relationship devotional, Love Every Day, using the principles of Relational Self-Awareness.
Break Through Resistance and Unlock Healing with This Transformative IFS Technique
Free IFS Workbook and Case Illustration
Personify and engage with the different aspects of your client's inner world with this FREE IFS workbook and case illustration. It will serve you as a guide to help release your clients from the pain of trauma, substance abuse, depression, and so much more.
How to Use CPR for the Amygdala in Your Practice
Use this FREE worksheet to help clients decrease emotional reactivity and stress
Dr. Kate Truitt, author of Healing in Your Hands, explains the four fundamental steps of the CPR for the Amygdala® protocol and how it can help your clients show up for themselves in a loving, proactive way.
Help Clients Discover if They’re Ready to Start Moderating Their Drinking
Free worksheets to see if moderation is possible for your clients
Amanda White, LPC, dives into the reasons why moderation is so difficult for clients who are trying to change their relationship with alcohol and what you can do to help them discover if they're ready for it.
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.