Careful attention to body language and nonverbal cues can dramatically streamline the process of therapeutic change. Read more

Regularly using a few simple feedback measures—plus paying close attention to your failures—can make you a better therapist. Read more

Once skeptical about the value of regularly seeking client feedback, therapists at a public agency become true believers. Read more

Becoming Jane and Hairspray. Evoking a great movie tradition of the past, this summer, Fred and Ginger met both Jane Austen and the Linblad family. Read more

It's never too early to start planning for retirement. Read more

Why do some therapists clearly stand out above the rest, consistently getting far better results than most of their colleagues? According to the research, it... Read more

A parentless woman recalls her childhood Christmas rituals. Read more

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Despite everything I had no choice about, I did have one fundamental choice to make: my choice of a "stance" toward life. Would I find joy in the options that... Read more

When families become stressed by a member's long-term care needs, it's easy to continue the usual relationship patterns and perpetuate long-standing... Read more

Books exploring these developments are now tumbling out of publishing houses, for clinicians and general readers. Read more

A Mighty Heart, Away from Her, and Evening. It takes courage to live life, and to live with the life you chose. Read more

Our best teachers aren't always the two-legged kind. Read more

* Is Therapy Harmful? * The Unintended Consequences of Black-Labeling Antidepressants * A Depression Vaccine * Unexpected Resilience Among Adolescents ... Read more

Effective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more

Learning to accept our fears as guideposts to who we really want to be. Read more

Few of us instinctively know what to do and say when families are confronting the death of a loved one. But we can start by being with them in the struggle. Read more

Drawing on spiritual resources can ease the pain and sorrow of death for client and therapist alike. Read more

Q: I now have many older clients. How can I help them make the most out of their lives as they age? A: More people are living into very old age than ever... Read more

A disappointing lesson we all learn sooner or later is that growing older doesn’t necessarily mean growing wiser, or even growing up. Read more

Those who care for ailing family members often are undertaking a marathon, not a sprint. Read more

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As we go through our lifetime metamorphoses, we adapt to those whom we like and hate, envy and fear. We fall in and out of love, and emulate and identify with... Read more

The internet can be a phenomenal tool for marketing all types of practices in every part of the country. Even Luddites are finding that internet marketing can... Read more

Sometimes honesty isn't the best policy. Read more

Shoplifting, now a worldwide epidemic, is curiously neglected by the mental health field. Read more

A practical guide for getting past the common fear of spending money to increase your referrals and grow your practice. Read more

We've heard it before--if we want to succeed as good therapists, we also have to become good businesspeople--but it's an idea that strikes fear and loathing in... Read more

The way we praise our children can affect how they view themselves, and their future performance. Read more

Many of us aren't terribly skilled at explaining our life's work to others. Defining your niche can be a very helpful first step to finding new clients. Read more