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3 positive psychology exercises

Download 3 Free Positive Psychology Exercises (PDF)

Enhance wellbeing with these free, science-based exercises that draw on the latest insights from positive psychology.

DBT Interventions

35 DBT Interventions & Resources for Your Therapy Sessions

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is not your average therapy session; it’s like a toolbox filled with colorful tools to tame the unruliest of emotions and [...]

Integrative Therapy Training

What Is Integrative Therapy? Top 10 Training Options & Books

This article shares integrative therapy training options, and how to become an integrative psychotherapist.

Emotionally Focused Therapy Training

Emotionally Focused Therapy Training: 16 Best EFT Courses

Emotions are important messengers about our relationships and wellbeing. If your work as a helping professional involves improving your clients’ emotional literacy, then you should [...]

Lifestyle coaching

Training in Lifestyle Coaching: 8 Best Certifications and Courses

What makes the Wizard of Oz storyline so compelling? Maybe it’s that we relate to Dorothy’s struggle and her feelings of being stuck, lost, and [...]

Cognitive therapy techniques

Cognitive Therapy Techniques & Worksheets: Your Ultimate Toolkit

The brain is an amazing organ. It works 24/7 and determines the condition of nearly every aspect of life. The average person has 70,000 thoughts [...]

Classical Conditioning Phobias

Using Classical Conditioning for Treating Phobias & Disorders

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? Classical conditioning, a psychological phenomenon first discovered by Ivan Pavlov in the late 19th century, has proven to [...]

Self-exploration

30 Best Self-Exploration Questions, Journal Prompts, & Tools

Life is constantly in flux – our environment and ‘self’ change continually. Self-exploration helps us make sense of who we are, where we are, and [...]

Health coaching certification

5 Best Wellness & Health Coaching Certification Programs

There is a growing understanding that ‘prevention is better than cure’ and with that insight, the health and wellness coaching industry is expanding with ever [...]

What Is Relationship Coaching? Ultimate Tools to Help Couples

A healthy relationship requires the appropriate interpersonal skills and attitudes to build and maintain a lasting connection (Nelson-Jones, 2006). Yet we all know it’s not [...]

Affect Regulation

10 Ways to Train Affect Regulation in Therapy

Emotions, moods, and our reactions to them serve an important purpose. They help us connect with others, teach us to avoid harm and help us [...]