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Blogs and Free Resources
Here at PESI, our mission is to provide professionals like you with FREE practical and valuable tools, strategies,
and resources to assist with the great work you do. Find expert tips, helpful worksheets, demonstration videos, CE, news,
and more here. Happy learning!
Celebrating Gender Identity with Youth Clients
FREE LGBTQ+ Youth worksheets
Sexual orientation is so much more than being gay, straight, or bisexual. PESI author Lee-Anne Gray provides helpful worksheets to aid clients in exploring gender and sexuality.
8 Ways Non-Prescribers Can Promote Medication Success
Simple Strategies for Any Mental Health Professional
As a non-prescriber, you may be wondering how to ethically discuss medication with your clients. Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, shares eight ways mental health professionals can help clients succeed while staying within the scope of their practice.
The Power of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
Discover a reliable model you can use in your practice to create consistent, potent change events with any client... In every session.
Build Rapport & Cultural Competency
FREE Multicultural Worksheet for Clinicians
By Lambers Fisher – When you have a clear understanding of how your own cultural identity and experiences have shaped your beliefs, you can begin to explore the ways you may be effectively or ineffectively treating your clients.
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.
Working with Eating Concerns in the Time of Corona
How therapists can help clients avoid self-judgment at this time.
The current crisis is triggering many clients with eating and weight issues, due to the combination of increased stress, disrupted shopping and eating habits, and the increased cultural focus on food. Judith Matz, a therapist and author specialising in disordered eating, suggests how therapists can help clients avoid self-judgment at this time, and move towards making the choices that best support their physical and emotional wellbeing.
Are you practicing CBT to the best of your ability?
Discover tools and assessments to help determine if your CBT practice is “drifting”
John Ludgate, Ph.D. shares his Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale to help therapists check-in on their own implementation of CBT and set goals for themselves for upcoming sessions.
How to Talk About Feelings with Kids
Watch the Balloon Metaphor Demonstration
We keep holding onto the feelings and eventually we're going to pop. Instead, let's let it out little by little.
14 Products to Spread the Love
Be Your Best Self, To Be the Best Partner
This month focus on loving yourself to better love those around you. These 14 titles rooted in Self-Compassion, Gratitude and Deep Conversation will help grow your heart to spread your love beyond yourself.
What to Do When Your Client is Considering Suicide
And Why Contracts For Safety Are Not a Good Idea
Paul Brasler, MA, MSW, LCSW, discusses how to best support high risk clients, why therapists should avoid creating Contracts For Safety, and tips on creating an effective Safety Plan.