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Helping Clients Talk About Shame

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Ruth Lanius shares a question to help clients open up about feelings of shame in therapy

When Clients are Reluctant to Talk About Shame Working with clients who suffer from deep feelings of shame can be a delicate and nuanced process – for a few reasons . . . To start, shame can disguise itself in a number of ways. It can hide beneath anger, outrage, self-sabotage, or abusive relationships. What’s […]

An Intervention to Help Put Aside Resentment, with Terry Real, MSW, LICSW

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An intervention to put aside resentment

One major challenge of working with resentment . . . . . . is that the more we try to confront it directly with a client, the stronger it can become. So in the video below, Terry Real, MSW, LICSW walks us through an intervention that can help clients “shelve” their resentment until they’re resourced […]

An Exercise to Challenge Self-Doubt

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An exercise to challenge self doubt and overcome impostor syndrome with Kelly McGonigal PhD blog thumbnail 2

When a client suffers from impostor syndrome, they can get locked in a cycle of questioning their abilities and downplaying their achievements. And instead of recognizing their success and building confidence to pursue their goals, they may shy away from opportunities and live in fear of being “found out.” So in the video below, Kelly […]

When Political Differences Hurt Relationships – an Exercise for Your Clients

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When Political Differences Hurt Relationships - an Exercise for Your Clients to Cultivate Compassion blog version

You might have a client who keeps getting caught up in anger or fear about people on the “other side” . . . . . . especially coming out of a very tense and politically divided year. But Dennis Tirch, PhD has an exercise to help clients soothe their emotional distress and cultivate compassion – […]

Applying the 3 Circles Model of Emotion to Help Clients Heal Shame [Infographic]

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According to Paul Gilbert, PhD, we have three types of emotion regulation systems – we’ve got the Threat System, the Drive System, and the Soothing System. Now when a client is stuck in a painful cycle of self-criticism and shame, it’s often because these three systems are out of balance. You see, many clients spend […]

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