Social Media Ideas for Group Therapy

The Psychedelic Practitioner Issue 5: Groups in Practice

Mental Health Wisdom From Group Fitness Classes

Several group fitness class instructions are applied in terms of facing life challenges for positive psychological change and growth.

Therapy isn’t the only help. Peers offer a different kind of support

Californians seem to be talking about mental health more openly than ever before. But as the conversation grows, the support available hasn’t kept pace with the need. Therapy remai...

The Therapeutic Industrial Complex

Personal Perspective: When therapy is commoditized and therapy-speak is ubiquitous. The post The Therapeutic Industrial Complex appeared first on The Good Men Project.

When Families Are Trying to Hold Recovery Together Before Treatment

Therapy vs. Support Groups: What’s Best for Bartenders’ Mental Health?

Long shifts. Late nights. The pressure to stay switched on while managing crowds, complex orders and endless small talk. Bartending can feel electric, but it can also quietly drain...

Therapy vs. Support Groups: What’s Best for Bartenders’ Mental Health?

Long shifts. Late nights. The pressure to stay switched on while managing crowds, complex orders and endless small talk. Bartending can feel electric, but it can also quietly drain...

Some Positive (and Negative) Thinking About Therapy

Readers respond to “Not Everyone Should Be in Therapy,” an Opinion guest essay by Harvey Lieberman.

Don’t Wear Mascara to Therapy and Other Tips

Therapy looks different for everyone, but there are some general suggestions for approaching therapy effectively.

The Trouble With Therapy Today

In recent decades, critics have questioned psychotherapy's effectiveness and broad reach, as well as the proliferating array of available treatments. Has the field gone astray?

Where Psychedelic Treatments Fit in Modern Clinical Care

How psychedelic-assisted therapy may complement ongoing mental health care through collaborative treatment models, continuity, and patient-centered support.

The Use of Games in Therapy: It’s Not Just Fun and Games

The value of therapists using games with children or teens in therapy sessions is sometimes misunderstood but can be a highly effective method of engagement and intervention.

10 Things I've Learned as a Therapist

Personal Perspective: Therapists learn from their patients.

Indirect Therapy With Children: A Non-Pathologizing Approach

Working with parents rather than directly with children can reduce distress, avoid labels, and create lasting change in everyday family life.

When Others Help Us Hear Ourselves: A ‘Clearness Committee'

Explore how the ‘clearness committee’ helps people uncover deeper clarity through reflection, inquiry, and compassionate witnessing.

Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart?

Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame, writes Jonathan Alpert.

The Therapy Gap: Who Is Actually Helping Grey Area Drinkers?

'Third therapist in the room': Inside Israel's psychedelic trauma trial

Eight-hour sessions, two therapists, and MDMA as "a third therapist in the room." Inside Israel's race to reach the 60% of veterans standard therapy fails.

Roll for initiative: Therapists use Dungeons & Dragons to get patients to open up

A growing group of therapists and mental health providers is turning to the game as a tool to facilitate group therapy sessions.

The 12 Steps to Faith, Connection, and Recovery

Trauma damages faith and identity, often resulting in coping mechanisms like addiction. Community support and purpose fight isolation and can foster post-traumatic growth.

Therapy Is Looking More Like Re-Education

Everyday struggles become studies in power, privilege and oppression until patients stop coming.

Therapy as a Rite of Passage

If we turn toward ourselves with enough sincerity and curiosity, we will see that there is always something wanting to happen next. The post Therapy as a Rite of Passage appeared f...

Therapy Is Not a Pill, So Why Do We Test It Like One?

The primary way we evaluate whether therapy works uses the same method we use for testing drugs. This has limited the therapies we can access.

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