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A Guide to Using Bibliotherapy Books in Your Practice

By Lindsay Rutter, MA, NCC, LPC | August 9, 2024

Using Bibliotherapy Books in Your Practice Few activities are as soothing and engaging as sitting down with a great book, especially one that you can…

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navigating opportunities and challenges for effective treatment with group therapy

Online Group Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges for Effective Treatment

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

Online Group Therapy: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges for Effective Treatment Online group therapy is a wonderful treatment modality for clients and the therapists treating them. …

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Assessing Grief: Evidence-Based Screening & Treatment Guide

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | July 25, 2024

Assessing Grief: Evaluate, Document, and Treat with Confidence This guide gives behavioral health clinicians a practical framework for assessing grief and matching support to need.…

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Healing Intergenerational Trauma

By Eric Patterson | MSCP, NCC, LPC | July 19, 2024

Healing Intergenerational Trauma Intergenerational trauma, sometimes called transgenerational trauma, is a very impactful state that affects numerous people throughout the world, even if they are…

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Improve Compliance with Behavioral Health Chart Audits

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN | July 12, 2024

Improve Compliance with Behavioral Health Chart Audits Updating patient charts is an essential part of providing behavioral and mental health care. Using a behavioral health…

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Diagnosing Eating Disorders: Treatment Options and Referrals

By Hannah Norling, MA | July 9, 2024

Diagnosing and Treating Eating Disorders: What All Clinicians Need to Know Diagnosing eating disorders is often tricky and treating eating disorders can be even trickier.…

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top skills a group therapist needs

The Top Skills a Group Therapist Needs

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

The Top Skills a Group Therapist Needs and How to Develop Them A good group therapist knows that skill building is a never-ending process, and…

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facilitating a therapy group for special populations

Facilitating a Therapy Group for Special Populations

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

Facilitating a Therapy Group for Special Populations A therapy group tends to be organized by the diagnosis or set of symptoms it is designed to…

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group therapy facilitator

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…

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How to Start a Therapy 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.…

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How to Run Group Therapy Sessions Successfully

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…

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Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Grief

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | June 12, 2024

Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Grief Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Grief are individually complex experiences that can be manifest jointly when the right…

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mental health practice owner contemplating the benefits of outsourcing mental health billing services

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…

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Addressing Resistance and Ambivalence in Group Therapy

Addressing Resistance to Increase Participation in Group Therapy

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

Addressing Resistance to Increase Participation in Group Therapy Ideally, the therapy group would run smoothly, all the participants would walk away feeling fulfilled, and the…

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Recognizing Highly Sensitive Person Traits in Clinical Practice

By Kaylee Kron, LMSW | May 8, 2024

Recognizing Highly Sensitive Person Traits in Clinical Practice: What Every Clinician Should Know An Introduction to Highly Sensitive Person Traits In 1997, Elaine N. Aron,…

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