A Somatic Approach to Accessing Emotions
Janina Fisher
Nothing defeats a therapist more than a client who’s numb or disconnected. When you ask why they’ve come for help, they may say, “I’m depressed” or “I’ve lost all hope,” but they
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215 – Please Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You!
Healing from Infidelity and Other Interpersonal Wounds
JANIS ABRAHMS SPRING
Most of us have been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive, even in the face of deep, interpersonal wounds. But hurt parties—whether injured by
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216 – Treating the Reassurance Junkie
A Paradoxical Approach to OCD and GAD
SALLY WINSTON & MARTIN SEIF
Some anxious clients have such an overpowering need to know they’re not making a mistake, missing something important, or thinking or feeling something wrong, that they constantly seek
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217 – Making Mindfulness Stick with Children and Teens
A Practical Approach
CHRISTOPHER WILLARD
For too many children or teens, talk and even play therapy feels unhelpful at best, and stigmatizing at worst. But when we can effectively introduce mindfulness into our sessions, we empower kids to transform themselves,
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218 – Working with the One Who Cheats
How to Get Beyond Our Preconceptions
TAMMY NELSON
Many therapists dedicate a great deal of time to helping betrayed partners heal deep emotional wounds in the wake of an affair. But much less attention is typically paid to treating the
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219 – Healing Trauma through Connection
An Interpersonal Approach
Kathryn Rheem & T. Leanne Campbell
Although trauma often has the greatest impact our most intimate relationships, research shows that finding comfort in loved ones has the potential to undo much of the damage trauma creates in
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220 – A Collaborative Approach to Managing Suicidal Risk
Piercing the Darkness
RITA SCHULTE
With 71 percent of therapists reporting at least one client who’s attempted suicide, helping people teetering on the precarious edge of suicidal ideation is one of the most important and scariest aspects of our work.
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221 – A Therapist’s Guide to the “Plus” in LGBT+
Today’s Sex and Gender Diverse Clients
MARGARET NICHOLS
Most trainings on sex and gender diversity, even though they advertise as LGBTQ, are mainly about working with gay and lesbian clients. Yet the queer community includes not only B and T
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222 – The Modern Landscape of Love
Helping Clients Date and Commit with Integrity
Alexandra Solomon
In a world of dating apps that present seemingly limitless romantic possibilities, our clients often get stuck in “low accountability” intimate relationships that foster pessimism and anxiety. They often show up
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223 – The Wisdom of Autism
Learning from Toddlers on the Spectrum
SANDRA VAN NEST
Good therapists working with young children on the autism spectrum can take on many roles at once: clinician, educator, interpreter, and advocate. They know how to break social and emotional skills
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224 – How to Heal and Transform Beyond Your Practice
Countering the Stigma of Therapy
ESTHER BOYKIN
We’ve all seen how marketing can help build profitable practices, but how can it affect society’s view of our profession and what it offers? In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to use branding
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225 – Building Social Resilience
How to Take Your Work Beyond the Consulting Room
LAURIE LEITCH
What does it take for therapists to expand their focus beyond the therapy room and become a more powerful force for social change? We typically have a positive impact
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