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Client Feedback

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You’ve been in this situation hundreds of times: A session ends and you wonder how your client feels about it. Was it beneficial to them? What did they struggle with? Was something important not addressed? And how are they finding therapy overall? Therapists are often curious about how clients are experiencing therapy, but hesitant to ask....

Creating an Exposure Hierarchy

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Exposure therapy is a highly effective intervention for clients suffering from a wide range of conditions, such as phobias, panic attacks, social anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But despite its proven track record and broad utility, exposure therapy remains underused by clinicians. This guide offers an easy-to-follow roadmap for creating an exposure hierarchy, which is often the centerpiece of exposure therapy...

Mastering Socratic Questioning

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Socratic questioning is a method of teaching by asking thoughtful questions. A teacher who uses this technique asks questions from a place of genuine curiosity, encouraging the student to think deeply about their responses. Socratic questioning is especially helpful when examining complex ideas and challenging assumptions...

Bipolar Disorder: Relapse Warning Signs

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Bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition defined by extreme emotional highs (mania) and lows (depression). These highs and lows are accompanied by dangerous behavior changes. An important part of managing bipolar disorder is recognizing the early warning signs of these extremes. Early warning signs are thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that act as red flags signaling an oncoming relapse...

Stress Management

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Work, deadlines, bills, homework, chores... and the list goes on. The demands of daily life pull us in all different directions, requiring time and energy that we don’t always have. At some point, just maintaining a to-do list becomes a to-do of its own. When these demands grow out of hand, they may lead to the all-too-familiar feeling of stress....

Considerations for Online Therapy

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Online psychotherapy has benefits that are hard to ignore. Clients who lack transportation, or those who live in underserved areas can access treatments that were not previously available. During disasters and public crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment can be continued with minimal interruption...

Treating Test Anxiety

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Most people feel some stress when it comes to taking a test. Moderate levels of stress can actually improve motivation, memory, and attention, and enhance test performance. Test anxiety, however, involves stress and worry that interferes with test performance, well-being, and attitudes toward school...

Using Imagery in CBT

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In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), clinicians typically teach their clients to challenge irrational thoughts and beliefs. In some cases, it is useful to extend this intervention to the images that accompany these thoughts, so they may be replaced with new, adaptive images. When we say “images”, we mean the pictures, sounds, smells, and other sensory information that run through our minds when we have a thought or feeling. Mu...

Successful Therapy Termination

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The end of therapy can be a positive experience with a long-lasting impact on both the client and therapist. When successful, termination is an opportunity for closure. Together, the client and therapist take a step back and look at the personal growth that has slowly unfolded over the course of treatment—growth that may have gone unnoticed, had attention not been called to it....

Strengths-Based Therapy

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Research in positive psychology has shown us that people who know their strengths and use them frequently tend to feel happier, have better self-esteem, and are more likely to accomplish their goals. However, many people have a hard time identifying their strengths (4). They see them as ordinary, even when they are not...

Anger Thermometer

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The anger thermometer is a technique that will help your clients learn about their anger symptoms and warning signs, and how these progress as anger escalates. An anger thermometer is a 10-point scale where a “10” represents a person’s maximum anger, and a “1” represents no anger at all. Symptoms...

Cognitive Restructuring

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Imagine it’s your birthday. You’re expecting a phone call from a close friend, but it never comes. You called them on their birthday, so why didn’t they call you? Do they not care enough to remember your birthday? You feel hurt. Where did this feeling of hurt come from? It wasn’t the lack of a phone call that caused the hurt. It was...

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Treatment guides related to all subjects for Adults

Client Feedback

Creating an Exposure Hierarchy

Mastering Socratic Questioning

Bipolar Disorder: Relapse Warning Signs

Stress Management

Considerations for Online Therapy

Treating Test Anxiety

Using Imagery in CBT

Successful Therapy Termination

Strengths-Based Therapy

Anger Thermometer

Cognitive Restructuring