Quick Tip for Therapists by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, author of Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, Bipolar Workbook for Teens and DBT Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder

Sometimes, one of the hardest things about psychotherapy is knowing how to set appropriate boundaries with clients. Usually therapists have come into this field because they want to help, so it can feel counter-intuitive to say "no" when a client contacts you excessively by telephone or email, tries to extend appointment times, or wants more frequent appointments. But not saying "no" can lead to negative consequences like burnout. So when clients start making excessive requests, it's important to think about a couple of things.

by guest blogger Randy Paterson, PhD, author of Private Practice Made Simple

Human beings have dozens of ways to increase their level of misery. One of these is regret. In essence, the person casts their mind back to a decision point at some time in the past, a moment when they could have chosen another path into the future, and made what seems to them to be the wrong choice.

The interesting thing about regret is how often the individual stuck with it seems to oscillate on the moment of the decision. “I could have said no, but I said yes.” But of course there are many moments that they could focus on: the time of the decision and all the moments since.

by guest blogger John P. Forsyth, Ph.D., co-author of Your Life on Purpose

Peace of mind is something we all seem to want, and want more of. Few of us get it, and when we do it tends to be fleeting. I think the reason has something to do with how we think of "peace of mind." It is not something we can have and hold, but it is certainly something that we can learn to cultivate and allow to grow.

How do we do that? Here are a few steps:

by guest blogger Susan Pease Gadoua, LCSW, author of Stronger Day by Day

It seems that the news has almost weekly reports of a famous couple who has experienced a breach in the marriage by one party or the other having extramarital relations. Today it's Arnold and Maria, last week it was Shania Twain's husband, before that Jesse James, Kelsey Grammar, John Edwards, David Letterman, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, etc., etc., etc. The list certainly seems endless. So, what is going on?

by Suzanne Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP, co-author of Healing Together

Recently, we again witnessed the dismantling of a celebrity marriage with the exposure of an affair. As always, the world watched, condemned, condoned and debated the question: Can a marriage survive an affair?

The fact is that whether celebrity or not and regardless of what the world thinks–only the couple can decide if their marriage will survive an affair.

Quick Tip for Therapists by Bill Knaus EdD , author of The Procrastination Workbook.

Part three of a three-part series on client procrastination

Activity is a useful remedy for depression, but often not easy for your client to execute. When your client's depression lingers, you can use counter-procrastination techniques to spur positive activity.

A five-minute plan to break a procrastination cycle may help limit your client's lingering depression. The method involves getting a client commitment to engage a meaningful, measurable, and achievable activity for five minutes, such as light exercise. The client can choose to do five more minutes, or stop. Here are steps that I follow:

Here is nutritional therapy practitioner Margaret Floyd's wonderful video trailer for her book Eat Naked: Unprocessed, Unpolluted, and Undressed Eating for a Healthier, Sexier You .

Stephanie Silberman, PhD, DABSM is the author of The Insomnia Workbook

Instead of spending countless hours lying in bed counting sheep at night, take control of your sleep by learning about the common mistakes people make that sabotage their sleep cycles. There are many mistakes that people make when trying to get a good night's sleep. Instead of helping you to sleep better, these mistakes can actually decrease your chances of sleeping well and may even cause you to have more trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.

by Randi Gunther Ph.D., author of When Love Stumbles

One of the most difficult dilemmas people face in the dating world is when to tell potential partners something that could scare them away. They hope that embarrassing histories might fare better when they've had a chance to secure a stronger footing first.

Even after we develop trust between us in a therapeutic setting, my patients often wait a long time before they reveal potentially off-putting stories. It can be gut-wrenching to talk about their financial mistakes, religious beliefs, family skeletons, traumas, failed relationships, quirky tastes, inheritable illnesses, or past sexual experiences. Most people are understandably nervous about the consequences of sharing delicate information. They anticipate that someone who is important to them will feel critical of what they've shared.

Most people understandably tell new people in their lives the things about them that are more inviting. Some of their past experiences have shown that partners who have grown to love them might forgive their transgressions more easily. They're willing to risk being seen as untrustworthy rather than give up the chance to prove otherwise from a better vantage point.