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Understanding Narcissistic Abuse Tactics in Intimate Partner Violence

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | September 24, 2024

Understanding Narcissistic Abuse Tactics in Intimate Partner Violence Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) affects millions, leaving victims-41% of women and 26% of men-feeling unsafe in relationships…

Telehealth and Virtual Addiction Treatment

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | September 10, 2024

Telehealth and Virtual Addiction Treatment: Transforming Therapeutic Practices Toward Evidence-Based, Ethical, and Legal Care The world of online and virtual therapy has been growing and…

Trauma-Informed Therapy Techniques That Build Trust & Safety

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | September 6, 2024

Trauma Informed Therapy Techniques: A Clinician’s Guide to Healing Practices Trauma informed therapy techniques provide clinicians with the framework and tools to help clients process…

Exploring Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Disorders

By Lindsay Rutter, MA, NCC, LPC | August 29, 2024

Exploring Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Disorders If you’re a clinician or mental health professional, you understand the challenges of treatment-resistant depression, anxiety…

Bridging the Gap: Addressing Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Couples Therapy

By Lindsay Rutter, MA, NCC, LPC | August 16, 2024

Bridging the Gap: Addressing Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Couples Therapy Couples seek therapy for various reasons, including emotional disconnection, infidelity, poor communication and financial challenges.…

A Guide to Using Bibliotherapy Books in Your Practice

By Lindsay Rutter, MA, NCC, LPC | August 9, 2024

Using Bibliotherapy Books in Your Practice Few activities are as soothing and engaging as sitting down with a great book, especially one that you can…

Online Group Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges for Effective Treatment

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | August 1, 2024

Online Group Therapy: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges for Effective Treatment Online group therapy is a wonderful treatment modality for clients and the therapists treating them. …

Assessing Grief: Evidence-Based Screening & Treatment Guide

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | July 25, 2024

Assessing Grief: Evaluate, Document, and Treat with Confidence This guide gives behavioral health clinicians a practical framework for assessing grief and matching support to need.…

Healing Intergenerational Trauma

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | July 19, 2024

Healing Intergenerational Trauma Intergenerational trauma, sometimes called transgenerational trauma, is a very impactful state that affects numerous people throughout the world, even if they are…

Improve Compliance with Behavioral Health Chart Audits

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN | July 12, 2024

Improve Compliance with Behavioral Health Chart Audits Updating patient charts is an essential part of providing behavioral and mental health care. Using a behavioral health…

Diagnosing Eating Disorders: Treatment Options and Referrals

By Hannah Norling, MA | July 9, 2024

Diagnosing and Treating Eating Disorders: What All Clinicians Need to Know Diagnosing eating disorders is often tricky and treating eating disorders can be even trickier.…

The Top Skills a Group Therapist Needs

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

The Top Skills a Group Therapist Needs and How to Develop Them A successful group therapist needs a unique blend of clinical expertise, facilitation ability,…

Facilitating a Therapy Group for Special Populations

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

Facilitating a Therapy Group for Special Populations A therapy group tends to be organized by the diagnosis or set of symptoms it is designed to…

Becoming a Group Therapy Facilitator

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

Becoming a Group Therapy Facilitator: Making the Leap to Therapy Groups Maybe you’re a new therapist looking to expand their skill base as a group…

How to Start a Therapy Group

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

How to Start a Therapy Group: Picking Topics and Modalities   Now that you’ve decided to start a therapy group, the hard work really begins.…