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Help Clients Improve Mood with Food
Free infographic to educate clients on how food can affect your physical, mental, and emotional being
Leslie Korn, PhD, shares 10 things you can do to help improve mood (and overall health) with food, so your clients can learn and cater to their body's needs.
EMDR for Kids: How to Playfully Integrate Into Your Practice
Free EMDR worksheets for kids
When Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, began working with young kids, she quickly realized that traditional therapy was often not enough to fully unravel the trauma and pain these little ones were carrying, so she set out to create EMDR resources to help.
Sigh Breath Exercise and Havening Touch for Trauma Treatment
A simple modified CPR (Creating Personal Resiliency) for the amygdala
Dr. Kate Truitt shares a highly effective and easy-to-use strategy that will transform your approach to trauma treatment.
Leslie's Avocado Chocolate Moodshake Recipe
A recipe to help boost your energy and mood
The combination of avocado, coconut, and chocolate makes for a refreshing afternoon drink if your energy and mood start to drop.
Help Your Clients Discover Their Personality Style
Free CBT-based Worksheets
A good therapist must get to know their clients, but it’s just as important for the client to learn about themselves in the process as well! Leslie Sokol and Marci Fox provide free worksheets to help your clients learn more about their own personality styles.
Boundary Setting During the Holidays
Give yourself and your clients the gift of stress-free gatherings this holiday season.
Amanda White, LPC, answers all your questions about how to create and assert healthy boundaries, how to avoid situations that test your boundaries, and which coping strategies you can use to make family and social gatherings more comfortable.
Helping Clients Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
David Kessler shares tools and strategies to help clients cope with sudden loss and the stigma that comes with death by suicide
Losing a loved one to suicide leaves survivors with overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame, as well as little support. Grief expert David Kessler reveals tools and strategies to cope and heal after losing a loved one to suicide and how to remove the stigma that comes with it.
Helping Teens Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
Ask a Therapist with David Kessler, one of the world’s foremost experts on healing and loss.
When the unthinkable happens, it's tough to find the words to help teens understand they are not to blame. David Kessler offers up advice on what to say and how to help teens cope with the grief of death by suicide in the school setting.
6 Simple Rules to Live By for Brain-Gut Connection
Fight systemic inflammation with these simple rules from Dr. Kristina Campione
Dr. Kristina Campione, DC, MS, shares six simple rules to live by that you can share with your clients to implement an anti-inflamatory diet.
Practicing the Art of Reflective Listening
Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of reflective listening
Our clients may hear other people, but are they really listening? Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of truly getting to the bottom of what others are saying—reflective listening.