Many adolescents rebelling against authority and performing behaviors with negative consequences. You may wonder how to break through the resistance so often seen when working with teenagers. Motivational interviewing is here to help....

Starting a speech therapy private practice offers flexibility, no salary cap, and you're the boss. But it requires business and legal savvy. Get informed....

If you are a Speech-Language Pathologist working with a client who you suspect is cluttering, it may be beneficial to start by working on reducing his or her speech rate, reducing excess of disfluencies, and improving the client’s self-awareness/self monitoring skills....

Discover effective CBT interventions for anxiety. Learn how cognitive-behavioral therapy helps clients with distorted thoughts and build lasting coping strategies....

Occupational therapy has a strong historical connection to mental health.  Therapists can work with individuals and populations in a variety of settings to promote positive mental health.  Several OT skills that we use in multiple environments can be easily adapted to support mental health populations. ...

TheraPlatform aims to provide occupational therapists with the best resources and has created this list of occupational therapy blogs making waves in 2021.  Blogs were selected based on excellent content, unique insight, potential applicability to the reader’s practice, recent activity, and overall quality. ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration expanded its definition of recovery to people suffering from addiction and mental health illness....

Top rated physical therapy schools can be found not only by searching the internet for a list of PT school rankings but also by making a list of the elements of a DPT program that are important to you and comparing schools that fulfill your own personal criteria. ...

Person-first language recognizes that a person is not defined by their disability or diagnosis. It is a way to order language so that a person is seen as a human being first and not just whatever malady they suffer from. The idea of person-first language enjoys overwhelming support among helping professionals. ...

Group therapy occurs when one or more therapists facilitate discussion within a group of people on a specific topic or a more general process. A highly effective treatment modality in it's own right. For some problems, group therapy activities is preferred....