On March 17, we added 18 new videos (24 hours of footage) to APA PsycTherapy, our streaming video database designed to meet the teaching and training needs of psychotherapy students and practitioners. Each video is recorded during an unscripted session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert clinician. Subscribers can use the linked video titles below to view the content on APA PsycTherapy! 

This update focuses on unique models of psychotherapy, including the videos featured below involving development of helping skills; an approach based on Buddhist concepts; and working with clients in unusually difficult circumstances. Additional sessions rounding out this update include principles of cultural humility; therapy for processing and changing emotions; and child therapists working with parents of the children they are treating.

• Helping Skills in Therapy: Dr. Katherine Helm speaks with Drs. Clara E. Hill, Judith A. Gerstenblith, and Harold Chui about the helping skills model they have written about in the newest edition of Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action. Dr. Hill reviews research supporting this evidence‑based approach, while Drs. Gerstenblith and Chui demonstrate its three goals—exploration, insight, and action—through session clips and discussion. Together they encourage trainees to approach the learning process with self‑compassion as they develop these core skills.
• Buddhist Psychotherapy With an African American Male Client: Dr. Liang Tien, the cofounder of Buddhist psychotherapy, works with an African American client navigating the loss of his teaching job after a required exam. She supports him as he processes grief, frustration, and the impact of racial and gender bias, while also offering relevant self‑disclosure about her experiences with discrimination as an Asian woman and English‑language learner. She is also a co-author of the APA book, Buddhist Psychotherapy: Connecting Early Buddhism to Mindfulness and Western Psychotherapy.
• Reframing Autism and Emotion Regulation Through Parental Mentalization: Dr. Norka Malberg meets with the parents of an 8‑year‑old recently assessed as autistic with support needs related to anxiety and emotion regulation. She explains how their daughter’s outbursts and ritual-like behaviors may reflect attempts to self‑soothe, offers guidance on viewing these behaviors as coping strategies, and outlines the next steps in a mentalization‑focused intervention.

Additional videos in this release (listed alphabetically by primary therapist):

• Dr. Naji Abi-Hashem
  • Cultural Integration
  • Clients Who Are Displaced
• Dr. Anu Asnaani
  • Applying Cultural Humility Principles to Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety
  • Values-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Generalized Anxiety
• Dr. Jordan Bate A Mother Navigating Her Son’s Depression and Her Own Challenges
• Dr. Jordan Bate and Dr. Norka T. Malberg: Working With Parents
• Dr. Mick Cooper: Personalizing Therapy
• Dr. J. Scott Fraser
  • Crisis Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence
  • Crisis Intervention in Psychotherapy
• Dr. Norka T. Malberg: Building Alliance Through the Parent Intake
• Dr. Christopher R. Martell
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy With a Black Adult Male Client
  • Behavioral Activation for a Client With Depressive Symptoms
• Dr. Antonio Pascual-Leone: Emotion-Focused Therapy With a Black Male Client
• Dr. Liang Tien and Dr. Debra Kawahara: Buddhist Psychotherapy in Practice

With 998 videos covering 170+ therapeutic approaches and 360+ behavioral health topics, APA PsycTherapy provides a broad range of real‑world clinical demonstrations. The collection expands each year with 15–25 new sessions showcasing current practice and emerging clinical insights.

Related Resources

• Interested in learning more about this accessibility-certified database of recorded psychotherapy sessions? Visit the APA PsycTherapy information page or view brief tutorials on our YouTube playlist for APA PsycTherapy.
• An APA PsycTherapy subscription includes a PDF copy of the revised APA PsycTherapy^® Teaching Guide, which features a series of step-by-step exercises for using APA PsycTherapy – with students, in clinical supervision settings, in psychotherapy researcher training, and more.

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On July 31, we added nearly 14 hours of content (11 new videos) to APA PsycTherapy, our streaming video database designed to meet the teaching and training needs of psychotherapy students and practitioners. Each APA PsycTherapy video is recorded during an unscripted session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert clinician.

This latest release features several guest experts appearing for the first time in APA Videos programming. Videos demonstrating evidence-based psychodynamic psychotherapy, the clinical application of empathy, and accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP) are highlighted below, followed by a list of remaining sessions rounding out this update. If you’re a subscriber, use the linked video titles to view the content on APA PsycTherapy!

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On March 20, we added 10 new videos to APA PsycTherapy, our streaming video database designed to meet the teaching and training needs of psychotherapy students and practitioners. Each APA PsycTherapy video is recorded during an unscripted session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert clinician.

A few of the videos are highlighted below, followed by a list of remaining new sessions rounding out this release. If you’re a subscriber, use the linked video titles to view the content on APA PsycTherapy!

On August 15, APA PsycTherapy^® was updated with 11 new videos covering a variety of clinical approaches and therapy topics.

In Strengths and Flourishing in Psychotherapy, Steven J. Sandage leads the discussion of how to incorporate strengths-based interventions into a variety of clinical approaches based on four therapists’ demonstrations.

The Basics of Group Therapy with Cheri L. Marmarosh expertly demonstrates the group formation process, including the importance of rapport building, expectation setting, and collaboration within group co-leadership.

Keith Dobson’s skilled demonstration of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in multiple contexts is featured in the following videos:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Exploring Self and Relationships

Jessica Borelli’s pioneering form of an attachment-based technique known as “relational savoring” can be incorporated into many therapeutic approaches, helping the client to focus on elements of joy in a key relationship (e.g., child, spouse, partner) as a pathway to enhanced well-being and mental health:

• Relational Savoring (includes discussion of theoretical underpinnings and evidence base)
• Relational Savoring With a Parent of a Young Child

Louis Hoffman’s expertise in existential–humanistic therapy is featured in a variety of clinical scenarios:

• Existential–Humanistic Case Formulation (includes discussion of theoretical underpinnings and evidence base)
• Exploring Caregiver Burden Through an Existential–Humanistic Therapy Lens
• Existential–Humanistic Therapy With a Client Struggling With Perfectionism

Jonathan Raskin’s videos on constructivist therapy demonstrate how to proficiently guide clients toward reconceptualizing a problem in meaningful and life-enhancing ways through different forms of self-expression:

• Constructive Therapy in Practice (includes discussion of underlying philosophy, evidence base, and practical applications of constructivist therapy)
• Constructive Therapy With a Client Navigating Procrastination

APA PsycTherapy currently includes 959 videos demonstrating 170+ approaches in service of 360+ topics. Each year, a total of 15-25 new videos are added to APA PsycTherapy, showcasing the latest examples and emerging best practices from clinical psychology.

Related Resources

• Interested in learning more about this accessibility-certified database of recorded psychotherapy sessions? Visit the APA PsycTherapy information page or view brief tutorials on our YouTube playlist for APA PsycTherapy.
• An APA PsycTherapy subscription includes a PDF copy of the revised APA PsycTherapy^® Teaching Guide, which features a series of step-by-step exercises for using APA PsycTherapy with students, in clinical supervision settings, in psychotherapy researcher training, and more.