50 Shades of Secrets To tell or not to tell, And if to tell, how to tell? Secrets can be such a burden… For example, one father shares his prognosis with his son, Forging a closer bond between the two of them, But keeps his wife and daughter out of the loop. Son is left […]
11 Tips for Employing Art Therapy Techniques
Would you like to employ some art therapy** techniques with some of your clients? This third post of the art therapy series will be providing you with 11 key learnings on engaging clients with art therapy. These posts are based upon the 14 week graduate class I took in art therapy. 11 Tips About Conducting Art Therapy** […]
4 Nuggets from Yalom’s “The Gift of Therapy”
Have you read the book The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (P.S.) (link affiliate) by Irvin Yalom? I loved this book because it has so many wonderful gems of therapeutic wisdom. Four nuggets of advice you may appreciate: Be Authentic and Admit to Mistakes When you […]
Fat Oppression: Stigma Comes in Large Sizes
This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Matthews, a first year social work student at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. While Michelle is just at the beginning of her social work career, I think you will find her story quite inspiring. She is already working as an advocate at her school on […]
Reflections About Termination in Therapy
The process of terminating (the official term employed when a therapist and a client stop working together) can be a rather difficult time for both the clinician and the client because of the feelings of sadness, loss and previous endings that it may raise. That said, termination may also be a time of positive reflection […]
