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Becoming a Group Therapy Facilitator

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

Becoming a Group Therapy Facilitator: Making the Leap to Therapy Groups Maybe you’re a new therapist looking to expand their skill base as a group…

How to Start a Therapy Group

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

How to Start a Therapy Group: Picking Topics and Modalities   Now that you’ve decided to start a therapy group, the hard work really begins.…

How to Run a Group Therapy Session: Structure, Engagement & Best Practices

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 24, 2024

How to Run Group Therapy Sessions Successfully Having a plan for a therapy group is wonderful, but until you put your plan into motion and…

PTSD Criteria and Grief: A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | June 12, 2024

PTSD Criteria and Grief: A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis, Differentiation, and Treatment Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and grief often overlap but require careful clinical differentiation…

Benefits of Outsourcing Mental Health Billing Services

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN | June 6, 2024

Benefits of Outsourcing Mental Health Billing Services As a mental health provider, you likely know how stressful and time-consuming it can be to spend hours…

Resistance in Group Therapy: 9 Clinical Strategies to Increase Participation

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | June 1, 2024

Resistance in Group Therapy: 9 Effective Ways to Increase Participation Resistance in group therapy is common and can disrupt the therapeutic process for all participants.…

Highly Sensitive Person (HSP): Traits & Clinical Guide

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | May 8, 2024

Highly Sensitive Person (HSP): Traits, Characteristics & How Clinicians Can Support HSP Clients A highly sensitive person (HSP) experiences sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) – a…

Navigating Diagnostic Challenges: Borderline Personality Disorder vs Bipolar Disorder

By Katie Bendel - LCSW | April 30, 2024

Navigating Diagnostic Challenges: Borderline Personality Disorder vs Bipolar Disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BD) can be easily confused with one another. Not…

Transference and Countertransference in Therapy: Examples & Tips

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN | April 26, 2024

Transference and Countertransference in Therapy: Definition, Examples, and How to Manage It  Transference and countertransference in therapy refer to the relational dynamics between client and…

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT): Techniques & Stages

By Meredith Nisbet MS, LMFT, CEDS-C, RYT-200 | April 18, 2024

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT): Techniques, Stages, and Clinical Applications Emotionally focused couples therapy (EFCT) is an evidence-based approach designed to help partners strengthen emotional…

Benefits of Group Therapy: Why Therapists Should Start Groups

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | April 15, 2024

The Benefits of Group Therapy: Why More Therapists Should Start Groups Group therapy is a highly beneficial, but often underutilized tool, for people with a…

The Loneliness Epidemic: Critical Insights for Behavioral Health Professionals

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | April 12, 2024

The Loneliness Epidemic: Critical Insights for Behavioral Health Professionals In recent years, the loneliness epidemic in the United States, and particularly within younger generations has…

Food and Stress: How Nutrition Can Help Behavioral Health Providers Cope

By Zeina Wu - RD, LDN, CEDRD | April 2, 2024

Food and Stress: How Nutrition Can Help Behavioral Health Providers Cope As a behavioral health provider, your days are likely filled with helping others manage…

Somatic Experiencing Techniques & Exercises to Heal Trauma in the Body

By Sara Blevins-Ranes, MA, LPC, ATR | March 28, 2024

Somatic Experiencing Therapy: Techniques and Exercises for Healing Trauma in the Body Somatic experiencing therapy helps clients reconnect with their bodies to release the effects…

Ethical Considerations in SBIRT

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | March 13, 2024

Ethical Considerations in SBIRT: Balancing Confidentiality and Duty to Warn All mental health professionals must constantly balance good treatment with good ethics. Usually these two…