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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…

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…

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…

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…