Contributed by Douglas Flemons
Cultivating Empathy
Do We Really Know How Our Clients Feel?Rather than proclaiming that you understand a client's experience, you're far better off assuming that you don't have a clue what they're going through. Read more
In the Aftermath of Suicide
The Long Journey to HealingIn the wake of a loved one’s suicide, therapists must have the patience to sit with clients as the slow and painful process of healing unfolds. CASE... Read more
Talking on the Edge
Assessing the Risk of SuicideMost clinicians already know the basic questions to ask about a client’s suicidality, but it’s important to go beyond a rote assessment to get a fuller... Read more
Failure to Launch
The Struggle to Leave Home in the 21st CenturyBy longstanding American tradition, when kids reach a certain age, say 18, 20, 22, they’re expected to fly the home coop and begin living their own... Read more
Finding Flow
Embracing your worst can bring out your bestLearning to enhance performance by embracing doubt and fear. Read more
Failure to Launch
The struggle to leave home in the 21st centuryThe difficulty young people are having moving away from home today is producing confusion for both parents and kids. Read more
The Tao of Therapy
Helping Clients Experience Their Inner FreedomDualistic thinking separates us from our own experience and offers the illusion that we can achieve peace and pleasure by somehow casting out our problems. Read more
Douglas Flemons
Douglas Flemons, PhD, LMFT, lives and maintains a telehealth practice in Asheville, North Carolina. Professor Emeritus of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University, he’s coauthor of Relational Suicide Assessment, coeditor of Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy, and author, most recently, of The Heart and Mind of Hypnotherapy.