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May 2024
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Quick Tips for Therapists: How to Handle...

New Harbinger Publications
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Emma Lauer, LCSW, author of DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People, shares advice for how to handle clients who cry uncontrollably in session. Emma is a therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, and trauma. Emma is an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)-certified therapist, and has taught at Arizona State University. She currently practices therapy and oversees interns and other staff therapists as clinical supervisor at Find Your Shine Therapy, a group private practice in Tempe, AZ. 

Check out the Quick Tip here: https://www.newharbinger.com/blog/quick-tips-therapists/how-to-handle-clients-who-cry-uncontrollably-in-session/  

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