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Avoiding the Expert Trap
Learning to embody the motivational interviewing spirit with a free exercise from Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians
Author Ali Hall, JD, reflects on the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in inspiring collaboration, increasing self-efficacy, and enhancing engagement for mental health professionals and their clients.
5 Tips for Telehealth with Kids
Strategies for success, plus 2 free worksheets
Though all mental health providers face challenges in adapting to telehealth, those who work with children face additional challenges. Amy Marschall, PsyD, shares five strategies to keep young clients engaged, plus two of her favorite exercises to use during telehealth sessions.
Initiation & Activation: 2 Exercises to Help Kids Focus
Strategies to Promote Success in Students with ADHD & Executive Function Challenges
Many students struggle to get started on tasks because they simply don't know how or where to begin. Help set them up for success with simple exercises from Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ADHD-CCSP, a mental health professional and certified ADHD coach.
Emotional Wellness Month
Celebrate Emotional Wellness Month with These Resources
Help your patients, yourself, or loved one鈥檚 progress towards stress reduction, self-care, and maintaining inner strength
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 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Wrong鈥 into 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Strong鈥
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鈥檚 鈥渇ailures鈥 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.
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.
Addressing Grief-Related Anxiety
Strategies for Normalizing Grief & Fostering Growth
For many grieving clients, working through anxiety will be a significant part of their path towards healing. Discover the first steps you can take to help clients manage their anxiety and process their grief on a deeper level.
Zoom Fatigue, It鈥檚 Real
How to Keep Children and Teens Engaged in Online Therapy
Doing therapy online has become the new normal, but it presents unique challenges many clinicians have not dealt with previously. Laura Dessauer gives us six new strategies to try out with clients as well as tips on how her newest publication, Art Therapy Card Deck for Children and Adolescents, can successfully introduce creativity into online sessions!