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Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do
Research

Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do

Self-harm and self-injury come when an individual harms themselves physically. Nonsuicidal self-injury is not intended to lead to suicide, but...
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Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help
Continuing Ed. Research

Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help

Eating disorders are extremely difficult for individuals to experience. And difficult for therapists to help with! They affect both mental...
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Break-ups are brutal: How to help clients cope with loss.
Research

Break-ups are brutal: How to help clients cope with loss.

All loss is difficult. And it can be particularly hard for those struggling with mental health difficulties. The mental health...
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Finding love: How therapists help clients when it’s so hard
Research

Finding love: How therapists help clients when it’s so hard

Dating and finding love was never an easy thing. These days, it can be even harder and more discouraging for...
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Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training
Continuing Ed. Research

Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training

Look out! IT’S PANIC!!! Many clients experience it at different times. So what do therapists do to help, especially when...
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AI apps for therapy session notes. What to know.
Tech

AI apps for therapy session notes. What to know.

There is a new rash of AI apps for therapy session notes on the scene. Transcription software for mental health...
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Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?
Research

Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?

Many clients have struggled for years with successful long-term weight loss. GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are seen as a miracle...
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Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.
Research

Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.

Forgiveness and self-forgiveness happens in response to many types of adversity. Self-forgiveness is particularly difficult for many who experience increased...
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Research Findings

Getting new and important research to inform how you practice isn’t always easy. Explore our summarized, easy-to-digest articles on the new and important research information and therapist resources for your clients.

Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do
Research

Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do

Self-harm and self-injury come when an individual harms themselves physically. Nonsuicidal self-injury is not intended to lead to suicide, but...
Read More
Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help
Continuing Ed. Research

Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help

Eating disorders are extremely difficult for individuals to experience. And difficult for therapists to help with! They affect both mental...
Read More
Break-ups are brutal: How to help clients cope with loss.
Research

Break-ups are brutal: How to help clients cope with loss.

All loss is difficult. And it can be particularly hard for those struggling with mental health difficulties. The mental health...
Read More
Finding love: How therapists help clients when it’s so hard
Research

Finding love: How therapists help clients when it’s so hard

Dating and finding love was never an easy thing. These days, it can be even harder and more discouraging for...
Read More
Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training
Continuing Ed. Research

Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training

Look out! IT’S PANIC!!! Many clients experience it at different times. So what do therapists do to help, especially when...
Read More
Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?
Research

Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?

Many clients have struggled for years with successful long-term weight loss. GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are seen as a miracle...
Read More
Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.
Research

Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.

Forgiveness and self-forgiveness happens in response to many types of adversity. Self-forgiveness is particularly difficult for many who experience increased...
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How to build gratitude in therapy to cope with the Holidays.
Research

How to build gratitude in therapy to cope with the Holidays.

The Holidays can be a difficult time for people: Loneliness. Comparing one's life-situation to the apparent "awesome and happy" lives...
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Continuing Education and Trainings (CEs)

There are so many continuing education (CE) trainings out there! And some are better than others. bridge makes it simple by letting you know about up-to-date, well-established CE training in therapy, assessment, and topics for evidence-based practice. That way, you don’t have to search all day and you can get back to best serving your clients.

Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help
Continuing Ed. Research

Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help

Eating disorders are extremely difficult for individuals to experience. And difficult for therapists to help with! They affect both mental...
Read More
Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training
Continuing Ed. Research

Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training

Look out! IT’S PANIC!!! Many clients experience it at different times. So what do therapists do to help, especially when...
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Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.
Continuing Ed. Research

Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.

Okay. Stress and coping itself is not exactly “so retro”. It's a continuing human experience since whenever we started encountering...
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Psychodynamic therapy approach. Concepts and how to train
Continuing Ed. Research

Psychodynamic therapy approach. Concepts and how to train

Attachment, attachment, attachment. It is perhaps one of the most popular topics among consumers in mental health. And it's very...
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Therapist Resources

bridge provides a number of research-based therapist resources for evidence-based practice!

psych medication information - Therapist resources homepage

Digestible info on what psychiatric medications treat and how each class of medications acts in the brain

ICD - DSM diagnosis codes - Therapist resources homepage

Free ICD / DSM diagnosis codes look-up table with diagnostic classification categories.

therapist books and self help books - Therapist resources homepage

Evidence-based treatment texts for therapists to skills books / workbooks for clients

assessment - Therapist resources homepage

Free and validated assessment measures to understand client difficulties or progress

Tech and Policy

New policy can affect how you practice. New technology can influence how you and your clients approach mental health. Tech and policy sometimes overlap! bridge provides news on tech and policy in mental health so you and your evidence-based practice stay informed.

AI apps for therapy session notes. What to know.
Tech

AI apps for therapy session notes. What to know.

There is a new rash of AI apps for therapy session notes on the scene. Transcription software for mental health...
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The 90837 insurance code crackdown
Policy

The 90837 insurance code crackdown

Ahhh the ole' 90837. If you have worked with billing codes for insurance, you know how common this one is....
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