Clinician Resources
This collection reflects a broad landscape of clinical, ethical, cultural, and systemic knowledge. These resources support the development of professional judgment, reflective capacity, and the character of the clinician. Each category is organized to help clinicians locate material that strengthens competence, expands perspective, and informs responsible participation in the profession.
Professional Organizations & Licensing Resources
Marriage & Family Therapy/Counseling
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Colorado MFT Associations & Agencies
- Colorado State Resources for MFTs
- American Counseling Association
- International Family Therapy Association
- Rocky Mountain Family Therapy Network
- Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association
Psychology/Behavioral Health
- American Psychological Association
- British Psychological Society
- Society for Humanistic Psychology
- Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration
- Society for the Science of Motivation
- North American Society for Adlerian Psychology
Regulation and Oversight
- Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- National Center of Health Statistics
Reasearch Institutes & Think Tanks
General + Cross-Disciplinary
Policy & Social Systems
- African American Policy Forum
- Unidos US
- Poverty Race Research Action Council
- Acton Institute
- Cato Institute
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Urban Institute
- Race Forward
- Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Ayn Rand Institute
Clinical Training, Methods, & Continuing Education
- Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Gottman Institute
- Therapist Development Center
- National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
- Center for Humanistic and Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
- The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
- Counseling and Psychotherapy Central
- Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
- Coursera
- Cambridge University Press
- University Professors Press
- World Congress of Existential Therapy
Mental Health Information, Assessment & Public Education
General Mental Health
Government Research & Institutes
- National Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Medicine
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Global Mental Health Network
- PEW Research Center
Clinical & Public-Facing Platforms
- Psych Central
- Psychology Today
- Brainline
- Social Psychology Network
- Therapist Aid
- Well-Being Project
- Positive Psychology
- Well-Being Research Centre
Journals, Publications & Scholarly Foundations
- The Lancet
- Behavioral Scientist
- Psychiatric Times
- Human Library (conceptual)
- Psychotherapy Networker
- Mythos and Logos on existential phenomenology
- Stephen Jenkinson's Orphan Wisdom
Training Tools, Skill Development & Education
- Explorable
- Cliffnotes
- Community Commons - Social Change Advocacy
- Therapy Route
- Personality Project
- Mind of A Therapist on Apple Podcasts
- National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
- Psychotherapy.net
Specialized Domains / Niche Frameworks
Influential Texts
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These recommended readings will contribute to your expanded theory knowledge and clinical prowess. Moreover, several of these readings are practical studies for expanded clinical consciousness, enhanced therapeutic communication skills, and advanced clinical insights about beating the odds, bias, change, character, context, ethics, followership, goals, heart, homeostasis, hope, integrity, language, leadership, love, morality, motivation, patterns, power, prejudice, process, resolve, seduction, success, shame, and virtues.
Therapeutic exchanges
Change processes
Therapeutic approaches
Group Therapy
Development of the self
Relating to self and others
Emotions
Men and relationships
Experience
Expanded contextual insights
Expanded psychosocial insights
Culture of education
Bias, difference, social stratification
Of historical cultural value
According to W. Rhys Roberts, who translated Aristotle's Rhetoric and On Poetics, "Aristotle turned from the abstractions of logic and science to the pragmatic task of illuminating ideas using allusion." Roberts adds that "Aristotle's Rhetoric is considered the earliest known theory on the use of Metaphor." If you're interested in getting a solid take on Metaphor, I highly recommend reading Aristotle.
Articles and E-Books Worth Reading
Some classic strategic
Therapist alliance
Clinical skills
Stimulating content
Clinically useful
Perspectives and critical thinking
Couple/relational therapy
Family of origin/ life cycle development
Acoustic effects
The sources available on this page will continue to expand as I read, reflect, and engage as a life-long learner.