Ever wondered what the science of parenting reveals about the best way to help children thrive? Attachment research reveals that it’s not what …
201/301 – The Science of Showing Up <h3>Helping Parents Help Their Kids</h3>Read More
Ever wondered what the science of parenting reveals about the best way to help children thrive? Attachment research reveals that it’s not what …
201/301 – The Science of Showing Up <h3>Helping Parents Help Their Kids</h3>Read More
By zeroing in on underlying attachment needs, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) offers a powerful process for transformational change. This …
When working with trauma cases, do you see clients go into flight, fight, or freeze? Do they yell at you, insult you, or leave the session? Are there …
For people who use opioids, the potent euphoria followed by the increased tolerance and excruciating withdrawal can entrap them in an all-consuming …
218 – Opioid Use Disorders and Trauma <h3>A Whole Person Approach to Treatment</h3>Read More
Asylum seekers and immigrants coming into the U.S. often carry severe traumas. Add to this our current sociopolitical climate and the hardships of …
Suicidal and self-harm behaviors are among a therapist’s most anxiety-provoking concerns, especially when it comes to adolescent and teen clients. …
322 – Treating the Self-Harming Adolescent <h3>How to Make Technology Your Ally</h3>Read More
Play is the native tongue of children. But when families come into therapy stretched to the breaking point by trauma and abuse, too many therapists …
324 – Play Therapy for Families <h3>Healing Wounds through Attachment</h3>Read More
In clinical work, the “I” of the individual is inseparable from the “we” of context. Salvador Minuchin’s Structural Family Therapy (SFT) is built on …
408/508 – Structural Family Therapy <h3>Practical Applications for Todays’ Families</h3>Read More
Our field has come a long way in addressing the challenges of complex development trauma. Unfortunately, no matter how much progress …
There’s nothing “post” about the PTSD many people living in impoverished, urban communities experience daily. But effective interventions for these …
418 – Trauma in the Urban Community <h3>Exploring the Wider Context</h3>Read More
Therapists are used to adolescents grumbling about their hovering, overinvolved parents. But these days, many have a new complaint: digitally …
421 – Parents These Days <h3>Addressing Technoference in Families</h3>Read More
While self-harm and suicidal behaviors are increasing among adolescents, there’s no evidence that hospitalizing high-risk teens is an effective …
425 – Scary Teen Behaviors <h3>Strategies for Achieving Safety and Stability</h3>Read More
Adult children often approach the prospect of caring for their aging parents with a sense of dread. They worry they’ll be increasingly burdened …
524 – Promoting Positive Caregiving <h3>Making Meaning in the Care of Aging Parents</h3>Read More
For all its joys, parenting is often a roller coaster of challenges. Even when parents are at the top of their game, the most …
602 – Parenting through IFS <h3>From Tears to Transformation</h3>Read More
Too many children feel hurt, angry, and disconnected from their parents; and too many parents feel discouraged that their child-rearing approaches …
610 – The Misattuned Family <h3>Techniques for Healing Attachment Trauma</h3>Read More
Many children and teens with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or learning disabilities have a tough time starting and completing schoolwork or other …
615 – Scattered Kids <h3>Motivating Out-of-the-Box Thinkers</h3>Read More