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A Strategy for Helping Clients Work Through their Sticking Points – with Thema Bryant, PhD

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When a client feels stuck, it could be a fear of failure that keeps them from moving forward. Not only that but staying stuck might be their way of shutting out deeper insecurities. So how can we help clients work through their fears and reconnect to the kind of hope that spurs forward momentum and […]

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 […]

Feeling Stuck During the Pandemic: Specific Questions to Help Your Clients

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Feeling Stuck During the Pandemic: Specific Questions to Help Your Clients with Lynn Lyons Blog Version

You might have a client who is feeling “stuck” and beginning to despair as the pandemic drags on. And it can be difficult for them to see hope for the future when they feel bogged down in the present. So in the video below, Lynn Lyons, LICSW, shares how she’s working with clients who feel […]

A Compassion-Based Approach to Foster Change

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Dennis Tirch Acceptance Commitment Therapy Children on the Bus Metaphor

Even when a client is making progress, self-blame, shame, and self-criticism can hold them back from reaching their goals. But according to Dennis Tirch, PhD there is a compassion-based strategy that can help clients keep moving forward, even during difficult emotions or circumstances. It’s a metaphor that he adapted from ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). […]

How to Help a Client Come Back from Freezing in a Session

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Bethany Brand on 5 Strategies to Help Clients Calm the Nervous System During a Freeze Response

Working through trauma can trigger many perceived threats for our clients. They might start to breath rapidly and find it hard to hold still, or perhaps they start to freeze up during the session. So what are some practical ways to calm the nervous system and keep a client grounded – especially when they begin […]

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