What becomes of the brokenhearted?

My most recent Counseling Today feature gave me the chance to ask other counselors what they do with brokenhearted clients. The loss of a relationship is one of the most common issues driving a person into therapy, but few of us took a "Healing Brokenhearts" course in grad school.

It was fascinating to learn how other counselors address this universal human experience. Again and again, those I interviewed would use phrases traditionally attributed to trauma (intensity, crushing emotion, devastating flashbacks, etc.) when describing heartbreak. This opens the process to an entirely different toolkit. Counselors are using EMDR, art therapies, creative writing and so many other intriguing strategies to help their clients. Read more here.