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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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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 successful group therapist needs a unique blend of clinical expertise, facilitation ability,…

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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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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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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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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…

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Therapist offers a supportive hand on a client’s shoulder during a counseling session, illustrating transference and countertransference dynamics and a strong therapeutic alliance.

Transference and Countertransference in Therapy: Clinician’s Guide

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

Managing Transference and Countertransference in Patient Care and Treatment: Therapist Self-Care  Understanding transference and countertransference in therapy is central to ethical, effective clinical work. These interpersonal…

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