Quick Tips For Therapists Archives – Page 17 of 23

Helping Teens Understand Their Own Anxiety

January 10, 2017

By Jennifer Shannon, LMFT When I begin treatment with anxious teens, I have them take an in-session quiz with me to identify what types of anxiety they are experiencing. It… READ MORE

Mindful Coping

December 13, 2016

Part four of a four-part series on emotion efficacy therapy Read part one here, part two here, and part three here. By Matthew McKay, PhD, and Aprilia West, PsyD Mindful coping in emotion efficacy… READ MORE

Teaching Clients How to Take Values-Based Action

December 6, 2016

Part three of a four-part series on emotion efficacy therapy Read part one here and part two here. By Matthew McKay, PhD, and Aprilia West, PsyD Values-based action is a component… READ MORE

Teaching Clients the Art of Emotion Surfing Through Mindful Acceptance

November 8, 2016

Part two of a four-part series on emotion efficacy therapy. Read part one here. By Matthew McKay, PhD, and Aprilia West, PsyD When clients are beset by strong emotions, they… READ MORE

Mindful Acceptance

October 26, 2016

Part one of a four-part series on emotion efficacy therapy By Matthew McKay, PhD, and Aprilia West, PsyD Mindful acceptance in emotion efficacy therapy (EET) is a way of responding… READ MORE

A Tool to Help Parents Get Out of “the Middle”

October 11, 2016

By Neil Brown, LCSW Family therapists often find themselves working with one parent who takes a harsher tone with the identified patient (IP) child than the other. Often, the more… READ MORE

How to Handle the “Doorknob Comment”

September 28, 2016

By Cedar R. Koons, MSW, LCSW Your session is almost complete and you and your client are ready to say goodbye. You are both walking to the door and suddenly… READ MORE

The Three Bowls: providing clients with a rationale for mindfulness work

August 31, 2016

By Randy J. Paterson, PhD “Mindfulness” is surely one of the least helpful labels of cognitive experience. Given that we exist twenty-four hours a day within our own skulls, how… READ MORE

Five Things Your Addicted Client Wants You to Know

August 17, 2016

By Rebecca E. Williams, PhD and Julie S. Kraft, LMFT A therapist friend of mine chooses not to treat clients with substance abuse problems. He says, “I just don’t get… READ MORE

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