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Transforming Public Speaking Anxiety Into Success

Speaking in front of the public can present excellent opportunities to stir public awareness about mental health issues, cultivate new clients—and to confront your own feelings of “performance anxiety.”...

 
 

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Most Recent Research Center Articles

Boundary Issues
Boundary issues come in all shapes and sizes and address some of the most fundamental aspects of a therapist’s practice. The therapist is responsible for two kinds of standards regarding boundary issues. The first, "minimal standards," are...
Duty to Protect
Therapists have ethical and legal obligations to prevent their clients from physically harming themselves or others. If you believe a client is dangerous, you must use reasonable and conscientious effort in taking decisive actions to both protect...
Family Violence and Abuse
If you even suspect that your client is either the victim of family abuse or is an abuser, you have an ethical duty to protect victims and, depending on local laws, may have a legal duty to report the situation. Precautionary measures can include:...
Record Keeping
Keeping records is not optional. You must keep records to comply with the ethical expectations of having a practice. "Psychologists appropriately document their professional and scientific work in order to facilitate provision of services later by...
Setting Your Fee
The practice of therapy is both a profession and a business—and a therapist’s success as a businessperson can prove essential to their continued success as a therapist. Among the many business aspects involved in the relationship with...
Is the client dangerous to you?
Therapists are as vulnerable to becoming victims of violence as others are. Nearly half of all the psychotherapists included in a recent study had been harassed, threatened, or physically attacked during their careers. They cited such violent...