A New Approach to Overcoming Self-Criticism and Self-Sabotage
Tim Desmond
When our clients are overwhelmed by anxiety, adrift in depression, or hobbled by trauma, a lack of self-compassion is often at the heart of their difficulty. Thankfully, research has shown … Read more>>
Harnessing Your Social Engagement System
Dafna Lender & Jon Baylin
We all know therapists who seem magically able to establish a powerful sense of trust and connection with even the most distrusting clients. In this workshop, we’ll take a close … Read more>>
What Works and What Doesn’t
Jonah Paquette
Although the field of mental health has traditionally aimed to “fix what’s wrong,” the newer subfield of positive psychology instead helps us to “build what’s strong.” In doing so, we buffer against a … Read more>>
How to Deepen the Experience of Therapy
Janina Fisher
We often use terms like hard-hearted to describe those who can’t seem to feel empathy or connect to their own emotions, forgetting that the roots of open-heartedness grow out of safe … Read more>>
Enriching Therapy with Buddhist Psychology
Karen Kissel Wegela
With clients you find particularly difficult to work with, it can be a relief to reconnect with what the Buddhists call bodhichitta, the innate, heartfelt kindness that first inspired you to … Read more>>
Getting Comfortable with Alternative and Fringe Sexual Issues
Tammy Nelson
Working with the often edgy, erotic behavior people engage in today can challenge a therapist’s own attitudes, values, and deeply held beliefs. This workshop can serve as an introduction to … Read more>>
A Solution-Focused Approach
Ben Furman
What if instead of asking couples and family therapy clients to recount their hurts and frustrations, you asked them to play the Happy Family game? And if that went well, you then introduced them to … Read more>>
Clarifying Boundaries
Mary Jo Barrett & Linda Stone Fish
The ethical rules for therapists used to be straightforward and unambiguous: no gifts, no dual relationships, and no out-of-session contact. But the ease of digital connection and the shift in our … Read more>>
Finding Fulfillment, Purpose, and Joy in Later Life
Andrea Brandt
More than 100 million Americans are over the age of 50 today, and while research concludes we can grow and enhance our lives at every age, stereotypes about aging still … Read more>>
