Riva | A Therapist Can’t Say That
Third‑generation therapist; co‑creator of MBNET; trains therapists and hosts a therapy‑insider podcast.
Talking Is Therapy: Dismissing It Fuels Harmful Policies
Denigrating talk therapy as “just talking” is exactly what leads to outcomes like the disastrous Supreme Court decision on conversion therapy today. In most forms of therapy (including modalities whose practitioners like to distance themselves from the term talk therapy), talking IS the intervention, and it is a powerful one.
Treating Classic PTSD Essential for CPTSD Success
It’s a trendy narrative on therapist social media to say that therapists are disproportionately prepared to treat classic PTSD and underprepared to treat CPTSD - because historically, that was (and in some circles, still is) true. But what I’m increasingly...
Postpartum Mental Health Training Missing From U.S. Counseling Curricula
It is a systemic failure of massive proportions that a class on postpartum mental health is not a requirement for graduation for every counseling, therapy, and clinical social work program in America.
Therapists Prioritize Countertransference Over Autonomic Knowledge
It’s more important for therapists to have a working knowledge of how to handle countertransference than it is for them to know literally anything about the autonomic nervous system.
Embrace Telehealth Early or Lose Clients Forever
Six years ago today, on Friday, March 13, 2020, I sent the email switching all my clients to telehealth. Some of them didn’t want to do online sessions; they said they’d rather wait a little, until things blew over. I...
Most People Misunderstand What Talk Therapy Really Is
I cannot even begin to describe how wrong most of you are about what talk therapy is.