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3 Toxic Messages New Therapists Hear All the Time
The process of becoming a therapist is difficult. It’s long and expensive. It often involves working with high-need clients while … Continued

Helping Clients Navigate Infant Loss
When someone loses a parent they become an orphan. When they lose a spouse, we call them a widow. But … Continued

Offering Extended Sessions: An Alternative to Twice-Weekly Appointments
Facilitating a therapy session is an art. Though this is true in a lot of ways, one aspect that might … Continued

When Therapists Forget They’re Human
30-seconds left on the clock. Each player pushes their way forward, dribbling a basketball towards the winning hoop. They’ve been … Continued

Honoring Clients’ Spirituality in Therapy
Since the onset of the pandemic, especially amongst my Gen-Z therapy clients, I’ve heard quite a bit more about a … Continued

Clinician Safety in Home-Based Care
While we imagine most health services taking place in a clinic or an office, many clinicians choose to offer services … Continued

Working with Substance Use: Essential Overdose Prevention
93,000. That is the approximate number of overdose deaths that occurred in 2020, a nearly 30% increase in the US … Continued

Becoming a Therapist After 50: A New Look at Career Change
In early 2014, I made what turned out to be a fateful trip to the office of a friend, then … Continued

What Therapists Need to Know About Working With Transgender Clients
Over the past year, I’ve held a lot of intentional and sacred space for transgender people in therapy groups, individual … Continued

Stay Rooted in Your Why: How Values Can Help You Avoid Burnout
I was never someone who entered the world of counseling to spend hours on end actually in session with clients. … Continued