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Therapy Exercises

Here you will find articles containing exercises, activities, and interventions to use in your client coaching or therapy sessions.

Variations of the empty chair

The Empty Chair Technique: How It Can Help Your Clients

Resolving ‘unfinished business’ is often an essential part of counseling. If left unresolved, it can contribute to depression, anxiety, and mental ill-health while damaging existing [...]

29 Best Group Therapy Activities for Supporting Adults

As humans, we are social creatures with personal histories based on the various groups that make up our lives. Childhood begins with a family of [...]

Free Therapy Resources

47 Free Therapy Resources to Help Kick-Start Your New Practice

Setting up a private practice in psychotherapy brings several challenges, including a considerable investment of time and money. You can reduce risks early on by [...]

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 [...]

Guided Imagery

What Is Guided Imagery & How Can It Help Your Clients Heal?

Guided imagery is a therapeutic intervention in the field of complementary and alternative medicine. It can be a powerful technique to use with coaching, counseling, [...]

Behavior therapy methods

Behavior Therapy Methods: 12 Best Techniques & Worksheets

Behavior therapy originates from attempts by science and psychology to understand, predict, and control human behavior (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2015). Attention is focused on observable [...]

Guided imagery scripts

Guided Imagery in Therapy: 20 Powerful Scripts and Techniques

Guided imagery is a complementary therapy that can be a powerful technique to use with clients who have problems articulating their inner world with words [...]

Therapy Games

28 Best Therapy Games for Healing Through Play

Self-expression is a crucial aspect of healing through play, particularly for children, where fun activities release dopamine, providing enjoyment, focus, and the motivation to complete [...]

Systematic desensitization

Systematic Desensitization Steps: 13 Techniques & Worksheets

Systematic desensitization is used to treat extreme aversions through a combination of graded exposure and relaxation. It is an evidence-based behavioral intervention that is focused [...]

Role-play scripts

Role Play in Therapy: 21 Scripts & Examples for Your Session

Role-play has multiple uses related to mental wellness and therapy. It is a technique that doesn’t require any costumes or makeup, and it is a [...]

3 Positive Psychology Tools (PDF)