Therapy & Counseling

Techniques & Tools

Find practical therapy techniques, tools, exercises, and resources for use with clients across a range of needs and settings.

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Countertransference

Transference & Countertransference in Therapy: 6 Examples

For ages, the term “transference” has been associated with pathology, enmeshed boundaries, and unhealthy therapy sessions.[...]
Mental health assessment tools

Mental Health Assessment: 12 Tools & Examples

Assessment tools remain a cornerstone of many professions centering around the human mind. Typically, these assessments[...]
Building Rapport with Clients

How to Build Rapport With Clients: 18 Examples & Questions

As every good clinician knows, diving into deep discussions without first establishing rapport is a sure-fire[...]
Termination in therapy

Termination in Therapy: The Art of Gently Letting Clients Go

Successfully ending the relationship between therapist and client – known as termination – is a crucial[...]
Importance of counseling

The Importance of Counseling: 14 Proven Benefits of Therapy

Counseling is known as one of the greatest helping professions on Earth, yet many people remain[...]
Dealing with resistant clients

Client Resistance in Therapy: How to Help Difficult Clients

Facing a client who is resistant or possibly hostile to the therapeutic process or therapist can[...]
Silence in therapy

How to Use Silence in Therapy & Counseling

Silence in talk therapy? Silence may seem like a strange concept to highlight in a treatment[...]
Therapeutic relationship

Therapeutic Relationship in Counseling: 4 Phases Explained

Psychotherapy has been described as a dance, “a synchronicity of the mind and body that occurs[...]
How to be vulnerable

How to Be Vulnerable in Life and Therapy

Standing at the front of the church, giving my father’s eulogy, I felt equally vulnerable and[...]

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