Psychoeducation & Clinical Guides
Evidence-based articles on therapeutic approaches, clinical tools, and coping strategies. Written for therapists and their clients.
How to Build an Exposure Hierarchy (Fear Ladder), Step by Step
A clinical guide to building and running an exposure hierarchy: SUDS ratings, choosing step sizes, inhibitory learning principles, worked examples for social anxiety, OCD, and panic, and the mistakes that stall exposure work.
ACTCognitive Defusion: ACT Techniques That Change Your Relationship to Thoughts
What cognitive fusion is, how defusion works in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the evidence behind it, and eight defusion techniques you can run in session today, with scripts and worksheets.
ACTThe Choice Point in ACT: A Practical Clinical Guide
How to use the Choice Point, the one-page ACT tool by Russ Harris, Joseph Ciarrochi, and Ann Bailey: towards and away moves, hooks, unhooking skills, a first-session walkthrough, and how it compares to the ACT Matrix.
Child & AdolescentBuilding Rapport With Child Clients: Why Games and Breaks Are Still Therapy
The therapeutic alliance is one of the strongest predictors of outcome, and with kids it is often the precondition for any work at all. Why a short game or break is clinical time well spent, and how to use it on purpose.
Positive PsychologyCharacter Strengths: The Complete List and How to Use It in Therapy
The full list of 24 character strengths, organized by virtue, with evidence-based strategies for identifying and using client strengths in therapy.
TelehealthScreen Sharing, Sound, and Client Control: Running Interactive Tools in Telehealth
A practical guide for therapists: sharing video and audio correctly in Zoom, handing clients control of interactives, sending tool links mid-session, and the in-person equivalents of each setup.
DBTDEAR MAN: DBT Scripts and Worked Examples for Asking and Saying No
A practical clinical guide to the DBT DEAR MAN skill, with a component-by-component breakdown, three fully scripted worked examples, intensity calibration, and the most common implementation mistakes.
AssessmentThe PHQ-9 and GAD-7: Brief Screening Measures for Depression and Anxiety
A clinical guide to the two most widely used brief screening instruments in mental health, including their development, psychometric properties, scoring interpretation, and appropriate clinical use.
DepressionBehavioral Activation: An Evidence-Based Treatment for Depression
A clinical guide to behavioral activation, including its theoretical foundations in Lewinsohn and Martell, its evidence base relative to cognitive therapy, and practical implementation strategies.
CBTThe Thought Record: A Core CBT Skill for Cognitive Restructuring
An in-depth guide to the thought record, its origins in Beck's cognitive model, its role in cognitive restructuring, and how to complete one effectively.
AnxietyEvidence-Based Grounding Techniques for Anxiety, Panic, and Dissociation
A clinical overview of sensory-based grounding strategies, their neurobiological mechanisms, and practical implementation for managing acute anxiety, panic attacks, and dissociative symptoms.
CBTCognitive Distortions: Identifying and Restructuring Maladaptive Thinking Patterns
A comprehensive guide to the cognitive distortions identified in CBT, their origins in Beck and Burns, and systematic strategies for recognizing and challenging them.
Therapy ApproachesCBT and DBT: Comparing Two Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Approaches
A clinical comparison of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, including their theoretical foundations, treatment structures, evidence bases, and appropriate populations.