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Taking Charge Of Your Emotions: Strategies for Keeping It Together When Kids Fall Apart
Free Co-Regulation Exercises from Cool, Calm & Connected
When children experience big emotions, the role of a caregiver is to model emotional regulation and provide support without getting sucked into the chaos. Help tired and frustrated caregivers succeed with these free exercises to promote co-regulation and healthy attachment.
Creating a Welcoming Space for LGBTQ+ Clients
12 Common Mistakes & 6 Affirming Practices
An LGBTQ-friendly practice is NOT the same as an LGBTQ-informed one. Discover the common mistakes clinicians make, as well as simple strategies to make your practice more inclusive.
Providing Constructive Feedback in Clinical Supervision
6 Simple Strategies for Success
Providing specific and actionable critiques without damaging rapport can be one of the most challenging aspects of clinical supervision, but constructive feedback offers a means to provide valuable insight and strengthen working relationships.
Turning “What’s Wrong” into “What’s Strong”
Shifting to a Strengths-Based Perspective with Motivational Interviewing
The practice of motivational interviewing (MI) involves a change in our perspective. We can reframe what we perceive to be a person’s “failures” or shortcomings into evidence of their strengths, skills, character, and worth. This shift from a deficits-based perspective to one of strengths is at the heart of MI.
Intro to Diversity in Clinical Practice
A Shame-Free Guide to Reducing Cultural Offenses
Join Lambers Fisher for a discussion of his debut book, Diversity in Clinical Practice, and an exploration of six reasons for every helping professional to increase their cultural competence.
5 Steps to Setting Healthy Boundaries
Strategies to Help Clients Break Free from Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse
Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC, discusses the steps clinicians can take with their clients to develop and maintain healthy boundaries in order to better protect themselves from gaslighting and narcissistic abuse.
Fostering Mental Health in Student Athletes
Strategies for Increasing Self-Esteem & Setting Healthy Boundaries
Historic moments in professional sports and an increased spotlight on the mental health of athletes prompt Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S, to answer an essential question: how do we frame this moment as a positive learning experience for our youth?
5 Resources for Virtual EMDR
Free Tools to Bring to Your Next Session
Conduct successful EMDR trauma treatment sessions via telehealth without sacrificing effectiveness with these five free resources recommended by Megan McQuary, LCSW, CSUD, EMDR CIT.
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.
Social Worker Month
Top 20 resources to celebrate National Social Workers Awareness Month...
Get your free resources and help us CELEBRATE National Social Workers Awareness Month with these great ideas...