Mental Health Professionals: The Grass Isn’t Greener on the Other Side

  I’ve just returned from a wonderful stay in London and Ireland, having had the opportunity to train mental health professionals who were eager to learn and absorb “trauma informed” theory...

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Planting Seeds of Hope

I have often likened being a therapist to being a diligent and nurturing gardener. So much of the time we are planting seeds, encouraging clients to become curious about their...

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How am I Doing?: Making Sure Therapy is Working for our Clients

I believe that all therapists enter the field wanting to do productive and healing work with their clients, and are equally dedicated to forging a relationship that’s safe and reparative....

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Staying Sensitive to Cultural Differences

As I travel with my family through Italy, this trip abroad continues to highlight the importance of being sensitive to cultural differences. It’s amazing (and a little embarrassing) how we...

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Everything Old is New Again

Recently, I took a week-long training at the wonderful Cape Cod Institute on ACT- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Although I had heard of the model, I was not familiar with...

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When Therapists Do Harm

There is a mantra in the mental health field, a code of ethics that we all live by: “first do no harm.” This seems like an obvious idea but, in...

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The Importance of a Professional Will

For those of us who work in private practice and love what we do it’s hard to imagine not doing it. It’s even more impossible to imagine our own sudden...

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To Refer Out or Not to Refer Out, That is the Question!

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA As a consultant to many beginning and seasoned mental health professionals, I am amazed by how often ethical concerns find their way into the clinical...

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When Psychotherapy Doesn't Work: Why it Happens and What to do About it

In this hour we will explore the many reasons why psychotherapy might feel ineffective, leading people to terminate from the process prematurely or to seek out treatment somewhere else. We...

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Being a More Mindful Clinician: Getting Back to Basics

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA In case you haven’t noticed, there are an awful lot of psychotherapy modalities out there!  And many trainers are adamant that their treatment paradigms are...

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