For Clients

Material particularly useful to those in psychotherapy

Article listing

(NOTE: If you are looking for a form, please browse to the Forms section of the website.)

• About my PTSD…To Whom It May Concern – For adults to give to other adults, to help them understand Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
• Beginning Treatment of PTSD and Related Anxiety Disorders – Taking care of yourself as treatment begins.
• Building emotional resilience: Finding and calming negative self-beliefs to decrease personal distress and become stronger – Working on your own to convert your negative self-beliefs into growth and peace of mind.
• Depression (NIMH Statement) – A broad overview of the disorder and its treatment, from an authoritative source.
• Depression self-management – I: Initial considerations – A basic understanding of depression is essential for an effective response.
• Depression self-management – II: What to do, what to expect – Suggested steps to take to respond to your depression.
• End times – Coming to the end of psychotherapy – Successfully moving through the end of therapy.
• Explaining your PTSD to your children – Keeping your priorities straight, and meeting your children’s needs.
• Feelings – deepening self-awareness in the early stages of psychotherapy – Important work you can do to get a fast start in psychotherapy.
• Finding a Good Therapist – A thoughtful approach to an important decision.
• How I Do Psychotherapy: Healing the Mind, Finishing With the Past - Basic procedures, stages, and expected outcomes in my psychotherapy process.
• Medication for Anxiety – Anxiolytics – Pharmacological intervention for mental health disorders involving excessive fear.
• Organic Rule-outs: Five top-priority concerns – What to do first when your mental state is unacceptable to you.
• Parents, children, and divorce – Responding to the special needs of children when their parents divorce requires knowledge, planning, and sensitivity.
• Pregnancy and trauma treatment – Is ANY form of EMDR safe in the context of pregnancy?
• Problem solving: How to make better decisions – With truly important decisions, we do well to approach the matter a bit differently than we do with everyday matters. Here’s how to do it.
• Psychotherapy and Counseling Services Available – Services for developing personal and interpersonal competence.
• Rapid state-of-mind improvement (RSMI) – A simple, effective, and powerful procedure for improving your state of mind.
• Re-grounding procedure – A simple, effective way to learn to return to your naturally calm, clear mind.
• Resolving psychological conflict through inner dialog – How to put your inner conflicts to good use.
• Step-Down Tension-Release (SDTR) Breathing – A simple way to calm the body & quiet the mind.
• Symptom management skills – Three approaches for psychotherapy clients.