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Blogs and Free Resources
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and resources to assist with the great work you do. Find expert tips, helpful worksheets, demonstration videos, CE, news,
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10 Things Your Clients Can Do Right Now to Help with Grief
David Kessler reveals small steps clients can take to lessen their suffering.
Discover 10 small, simple things grieving clients can do right now to get “unstuck” from the suffering of loss.
Rage in America
Dr. Jeff Peterson reveals why therapists need to know how to manage anger
As a society, we have a collective problem with anger. And it’s getting worse by the day. But how do you begin to treat anger problems so clients can communicate peacefully and effectively? Watch this video to discover the roots of this core emotion so you can start angry clients down the path to healing.
Action Precedes Motivation: Why Clients Shouldn’t “Wait Until They Feel Better” To Make A Change
VIDEO: How To Help Clients Who Can’t Get Moving
Dr. Leslie Sokol shares how to help clients struggling with depression get up and moving again.
DEAR MAN: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy skill for building interpersonal effectiveness
Watch this FREE, short video to learn an easy way to voice your needs and wants.
Lane Pederson shows you step-by-step how to use the acronym DEAR MAN to help your clients learn how to speak their needs.
Janina Fisher on Telehealth Treatment of Addictive Behavior
FREE CE. Develop a toolkit for helping clients with addictive behavior virtually.
Understanding why it feels safer for clients to abuse drugs and alcohol, to act out sexually, or to binge/purge food, is key to enhancing your work with addictions recovery. That's why Janina Fisher is offering you this FREE CE video.
In This Together!
During these challenging times, I hear “everything has changed.” But is that really true? (Activity and free worksheet)
While it may feel like our new normal is nothing like the old, we need to recognize the silver linings this time has brought forth. This blog, activity and free worksheets helps us realize the importance of reaching out to others and celebrates our feelings of accomplishment when we are able to help someone else.
Taking Care of You!
Helping Yourself and Your Clients Practice Self-Care (ideas and free worksheet)
If you’ve been helping clients adapt to their new schedules and integrate healthy ways to manage daily stress, you know how important it is for all of us to make time to support our own mental health. Self-care is a majority priority right now so that we can make our feelings, and responses to stress more manageable. Here are some ideas and a free worksheet from the Trauma-Informed Social-Emotional Toolbox for Children & Adolescents—but also works for adults!
Calm Anxiety in 45 Seconds
Dr. Jennifer Sweeton reveals the key to making deep breathing work for your clients—and a simple tool to help even the most agitated clients get started
As therapists, we know breathing is a helpful tool for calming anxiety. But clients are often skeptical about how something they do every day can help them. Discover how a specific kind of breathing reduces stress and anxiety, and helps even the most anxious people relax.
Working with Teens Without Nagging
Help is here...
Tired of ‘nagging’ without success? Dr. SharonSaline provides tips for disarming pushback and negativity.
Simple Ways to Help Depressed Clients Tackle Daunting Tasks
How you can motivate your clients to take the first steps toward a full & active life
For people with depression, daily activities like showering, picking up the house and even going outside, can seem monumental. But accomplishing tasks and being active are crucial for your clients’ wellbeing. Help them get moving again with these simple tips.