Category: Clinical Issues
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From therapist to cinematographer; enhancing virtual connections
As the COVID 19 crisis continues to alter every aspect of our lives, mental health providers are getting up to speed on telehealth formats for service provision. There have been some amazing resources popping up that address various aspects of the transition such as technical platforms, HIPPA, and billing codes as well as specific ways…
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Using Sandtray in Clinical Consultation
Once a month I facilitate a consultation group for play therapists. Last year we shared a process over a series of months that illustrated many complex dynamics within supervisory/ consultation relationships, as well as the ones between clinician and client. The evolution and outcome of that process, what it indicated about our group community and the individuals within…
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Therapy Practice = Spiritual Practice
Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is-and if we join them-your wild to mine-what’s that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation. What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying. I’m saying: What if that is joy? -Excerpt from Ross Gay’s Book of Delights Earlier this year, I was on my porch swing…
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Receptivity in Clinical Practice: Canvas Waits, a poem falls into being
“Golden Boy, as he came to be known in a later part of our work, entered his first therapy session with earnest vulnerability, desperation and resolve. The session time ended quickly, he asked if he could return the next day. It was as if having begun, he could not risk losing momentum. At the top…
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Should I Take Insurance In My Private Practice?
Should I take insurance in my private practice? There are many ways to explore this question. At the surface the question is often posed as a query about financial viability, “can I make a living if I only work fee for service? Do I have to take insurance in order to have a sustainable income?”…