Leslie Baker, LMFT, practices in California, and she specializes in Integrative Play Therapy. She graciously accepted my invitation to talk about one of the common presenting issues in her practice: The use of technology and social media within families.
Read moreHow to Make More Money As a Therapist: 6 Tips
The Jan/Feb 2017 issue of Family Therapy Magazine (FTM) included an article on ways that therapists can earn more money. In this post, I include information from the FTM article (by Ben Caldwell, PsyD), along with some additional tips that come straight from me. These six tips are both for business-owners and non-business owners.
Read moreMindfulness-Infused Therapy: 4 Approaches
You (the readers) have been asking for mindfulness-based interventions to use in your work with groups, networks, or individuals. Today, I am providing a summary of four popular mindfulness-infused approaches, backed by research, that can assist you in enhancing your change-based interventions with clients. These four approaches are: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Read moreThe Therapist's Battle for Structure and Initiative: A Review
In their now classic family therapy text, The Family Crucible (1978), Napier and Whitaker outline two main “battles” between therapists and clients: The battle for structure and the battle for initiative.
At the time of their writing, concepts of resistance and unconscious processes were accepted within the family therapy field; this may have been due, partly, to the fact that many family therapy pioneers were trained as psychiatrists. While family therapy has moved beyond these views of the therapist-client relationship, there are still ways in which family therapists can use Napier and Whitaker's "battles" to inform and enhance their work.
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