Counseling Resources for Therapists

by James J. Crist, Ph.D.

This webpage contains a number of useful links for therapists.  It is designed for my students at Argosy University.  Please feel free to check them out.  If you find a bad link in this page, please let me know by sending an email to DrJCrist@aol.com.   Also, if you are interested in a recommended reading list, e-mail me as well.  The site includes grad student info, book catalogs, professional organizations, psych testing catalogs, self-help catalogs, general clinical information, specific disorders, and continuing education.

Graduate Student Information

Masters in Counseling Programs.  A listing of various masters' programs in counseling across the country.

PhD's.org--Science, Math, and Engineering career resources.  

Practicing in Rural Underserved Communities.  Psychologists and other mental health professionals can participate in the national Health Service Corps Loan Repayment and Scholarship program.  You can receive financial assistance in exchange for serving in designated underserved areas.  You have to find a program willing to hire you that is also designated as a health professional shortage area.  For more information, call the Office on Shortage Designation at 800-400-2742 or email sdb@hrsa.gov.  You can also contact the following sites:  PCO Information or Mental Health HPSA designations or the NHSC website.  

PsycCAREERS.com.--for job seekers

PsycHits: Graduate Students's Psychology Reference Site--Includes career information, professional development

Professional Organizations

Maryland Psychological Association  Includes links for licensure.  

National Institute of Drug Addiction--sign up for free NIDA updates on various topics.

SACAVA.org--For those interested in substance abuse counseling certification in Virginia

General Clinical Information

About.com--Has many links on physical and psychological disorders.  Can sign up for free newsletter on topics such as Bipolar Disorder.  

ADHD Monitoring System:  Provide your email address and you will be sent a FREE monitoring system for working with ADHD children and teens.

Adult ADHD Rating Scale--PDF file you can download for adult patients who may have ADHD.

Angerbusters.com--a site for men with anger problems and their partners.  Sign up for free newsletter.

Bartering and Psychotherapy--Article by psychologist Ofer Zur.

Child and Family Counseling Center website--contains numerous mental health, substance abuse, educational, and self-help resources

The Counseling Center Village--Created by college and university counseling centers, includes practice resources, online psychoeducational pamphlets, sample forms, and professional development materials.

Couples Therapy--the Gottman Institute has a great deal of information about working with couples in therapy.  His books are excellent as well.   Also check out the Couples Institute.com--they have articles you can download and a free newsletter you can sign up for.   For information on extramarital affairs, check Emily Brown's site Affairs--Getting the Message.  

Dana Foundation.  Provides many excellent articles on brain science. They publish Cerebrum.  They also include fun science oriented websites for kids.

Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy--Article by psychologist Ofer Zur.

DSM-IV--TR.  Criteria for psychiatric diagnosis.  (Note--this link is not working as of 9-24-03, so try Dr. Morrison's DSM-IV site instead.  

EffectiveChildTherapy.com.  A site for parents and professionals on various disorders and treatment strategies.  Includes many good handouts.

Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Excellent articles containing descriptions of mental disorders as well as other issues in mental health including medications and alternative treatments for mental disorders.

Epocrates.com.  Download a free listing of all medications onto your PDA.  You can look up each medication, including psychiatric meds and find out dosing, cost, side effects, contraindications, interactions, and more!  Very helpful to use with clients.   Check out Compendica for a PDA version of the DSM-IV!  StatCoder has a free Growth Chart, which is great for assessing children.  Includes body mass index calculator.

Family/Domestic Violence.  Check out Volcano Press for their excellent selection of titles for counselors, abusers, and victims.  Includes section for children.  

Gender Identity Issues:  Gender Dysphoria Association   Article on Multidimensionality of Gender

Inside the Teenage Brain--a PBS video you can watch online that provides fascinating information about how the teenage brain works and why teens have such difficulties with mood, behavior, and following through with tasks.  

Join Together--Taking action against substance abuse and gun violence.

Journal of Pyschiatric Practice.  An excellent journal with research-based clinical articles on various disorders and other issues.  Subscriptions are expensive ($150) but well worth it.  

Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation--clinical information on children and adolescents with Bipolar Disorder.

K-SADS--The K-SADS-PL is a semi-structured diagnostic interview designed to assess current and past episodes of psychopathology in children and adolescents according to DSM-III-R and DSM-IV criteria. Probes and objective criteria are provided to rate individual symptoms.

Medline Plus--Information on prescription and over-the-counter medications and drug interactions.   For general clinical information, you can also check out Medscape.   Their search engine is useful for researching updates on particular disorders.

Mental Health Net--Contains various links on mental health issues.  You can sign up for free newsletter which summarizes recent findings.  They also provide news feeds (videos) of mental health information.

Mood Tracker---Patients can use this FREE website to track changes in their moods, keep track of medicines and any changes, and print out graphs to bring to their doctors!  Great for people with depression or bipolar disorder.

Older Adults--APA site for working with older adults.  

Practical Spirituality:  Check out Dr. Wes Eades information on helping people use their religious beliefs to heal.  

Practice Parameters from American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  Provides summaries of recommended treatment for various disorders.  Summaries are free, but full text reports are $15.00, though you may be able to find them for free elsewhere on the web.  

Psychiatric Medications.     Medscape Drug Info--You can print out information for clients on medications

Psychiatry 24x7--Web site which lists current topics and research findings in psychiatry and mental health.  Can sign up for free newsletter.

Psych Guides.com.  The Expert Consensus Guidelines present practical clinical recommendations based on a wide survey of expert opinion. The guidelines are user-friendly and relevant to your everyday clinical work.  Includes Bipolar Disorder, OCD, ADHD, Mental retardation, and more.  Patient guides are also available.  

Psychiatry Compendium for your PDA--Get the entire DSM-IV on your PDA, including symptoms, differential diagnosis, and more!

Psychotherapy Networker.  Excellent magazine/journal written in a clear format about therapist's experiences treating different types of cases.  If there's one journal you should subscribe to for practical information, this is it!

Psychotherapy Models Online Resources.  Links to websites describing different models of psychotherapy, such as psychoanalytic, family systems, feminist, etc.  

Psychotherapy Resources--Questia, the Online Library

Psychwatch Newsletter--Information on the latest developments in psychology.  Also includes treatment guideline updates for various disorders.  Sign up for free newsletter!

PsychWeb List of Brochures and Articles in Psychology.  An older site, but includes links with useful information for patients on various mental health disorders.

PubMed.gov--an excellent research search tool that provides abstracts on a wide range of research studies.  

Spirituality--Check out Dr. Wes Eades site on spirituality and counseling.  He has some useful articles as well.  

Suicidal Patients--Magellan's Guidelines for how to manage suicidal patients.     Suicide Assessment.Com--Contains a number of links, articles, and suggestions on dealing with suicidal patients.   The Useful Links section is the most helpful part of this site.    

Treatment Improvement Exchange--Provides free access to electronic manuals and guides of CSAT's Treatment Improvement Protocols, which are the best-practice guidelines for treatment of substance abuse.  You can also sign up for a free newsletter. 

Virginia Child Protection Newsletter--Sign up for FREE newsletter which focuses on child welfare issues.  This is a valuable resource if you are working with children in foster care.  Back issues are also available on the website.

Virginia Commission on Youth--Research-based information on treatment practices that are effective for children with various mental health disorders.

Specific Disorders

APA Practice Parameters --information for treating a wide variety of disorders, including Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Panic Disorder, and Schizophrenia. While geared toward psychiatrists, they can be useful for therapists as well.  

Borderline Personality Disorder--American Psychiatric Association Practice Parameters.

Learning Disabilities--120+ page PDF file, very comprehensive!

Personality Disorders Foundation--Describes the different personality disorders and how they impact people's lives. Includes a links section that is useful for more information.   

Substance Abuse Links--50 websites listed for counselors looking for information on addictions.

Catalogs of Books and other Therapy Resources

Behavioral Science Books--Join their book club!

Childswork Childsplay--Self-help books and games for kids and parents.  Includes counseling tools.  

Courage to Change--Self help books for all ages.  Call 800-440-4003 for free catalog.  

Feelings Factory--books, puppets, and games focusing on feelings.

Free Spirit Publishing--Self-help books for kids and parents.  

Hazelden--for substance abuse and other addictive disorders

Institute For The Study of Human Knowledge.  Offers books, tapes, and continuing education credits.  

Key Resources for Mental Health Professionals--Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Mental Health & Wellness Resources--www.wellness-resources.com.  Many excellent resources!

Military Family Resources--offers a wide variety of items for working with and supporting military families.  

Therapeutic Resources--contains many book recommendations including books for children and adolescents, self-esteem, assertiveness, self-esteem, counseling, etc.

Whole Person Associates--offers various self-help titles on stress management and wellness.

Psychological Testing Catalogs

This section contains information about catalogs which contain psychological testing information.  They also contain information about ordering checklists and questionnaires such as the Beck Depression Inventory, problem checklists, etc. as well as books on clinical topics.   For a site that lists numerous catalogs, click here.

MHS

Pearson Assessments (formerly NCS)

ProEd--focuses on educational products.  Includes books on ADHD, behavior management, Section 504 planning, rehabilitation counseling, and more.  

Continuing Education Websites

AddictionSeminars.com aka Rhea Jacobson Management

American Society of Professional Education--http://www.aspeonline.com

Association for Play Therapy--Click on Continuing Education for training in play therapy.

CME Inc--www.cmeinc.com

Gestalt Institute of Cleveland---www.gestaltcleveland.org.  They sponsor various trainings and workshops in Gestalt Therapy.  

HomesteadSchools.com.  Offers home study continuing education on a wide variety of topics.  Prices range from $40 to $80.  They have separate sections for psychologists, social workers, and counselors.  

Medscape--Offers FREE updates in psychiatry and mental health.  You can sign up for their email service.  They will send articles which you can download and read.  If you take the post-test, they will send you a continuing education certificate. You can also search for information on this website.  

MentorCoach--Complimenting your clinical practice with Professional and Life Coaching.

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center--Includes information on the Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies, held at the College of William and Mary.  

Northern Virginia Mediation Service--Based at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, they offer conflict resolution and mediation training through the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Imago Relationship Therapy--Professional Training Program, based on the work of Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. Contact Michael Borash, LPC in Manassas, VA.  

Professional Development Resources, Inc.--Home Study for Psychologists

Practice Tools

If you need a program to do your billing for seeing patients, consider using Therapist Helper.  

Last Updated: 8-27-11

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