Understanding a client’s core beliefs is essential for deciphering their reactions to life’s triggers. PESI authors Leslie Sokol, PhD, and Marci Fox, PhD, share free worksheets to use with clients to discover their personality types and core beliefs, so you can help them with their battle of self-worth.

Through personal insights and behavioral psychology, Israa Nasir highlights how a results-driven culture can lead to toxic productivity—where productivity becomes a measure of personal value, overshadowing basic human needs and leading to negative habits like perfectionism and self-neglect—and what you can do to help your clients shift away from it.

When self-care becomes self-sabotage, it’s time to help clients break free from toxic productivity. Israa Nasir, MHP, LPC explores how consumer-driven self-care can become a harmful cycle, plus strategies to help clients reflect on their self-care practices and motivations.

Despite its varied interpretations, codependency is a significant factor in anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Nancy L. Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, explores the complexities of codependency, a concept with a mixed history in mental health and self-help circles.

Living with the agony and distress of trauma is unbearable. And re-living the memory of a traumatic event is more terrifying then any nightmare. In this free short video, you’ll see a transformational demonstration from Peter Levine and learn why healing from trauma begins with accessing the body memory of the event, not the story.

Navigating the journey of grief is a deeply personal experience for everyone. David Kessler explains the timeline of grief and how clinicians can help grieving clients navigate this journey with free worksheets from his workbook.

Conflict between individuals is inevitable, even in the strongest of relationships, but this can be a good thing when managed constructively. Ilene S. Cohen, PhD, LMFT, has the strategies to avoid escalation and effectively discuss issues in any kind of relationship.

Anxiety can feel like an endless loop, but understanding its four distinct stages can be the key to breaking free. Alison Seponara, MA, LPC share how recognizing these stages and learning effective strategies can help clients regain control and find lasting relief.

It's time to rethink trauma by looking to the body's memory of the event, not the mind's interpretation of the story. In this exclusive video, Peter Levine, PhD, demonstrates an exercise for releasing trauma from the body during an actual session with a combat veteran.

Tammi Van Hollander discusses her new book, The Bibliotherapy Toolbox, and gives us a sneak peek at some of the myriad exercises and games inside the book, so you can use bibliotherapy to connect with young clients on a deeper level.