02 Nov Presenting at The Taos Institute’s 2022 Gathering
Join me for The Taos Institute 2022 Gathering, Unfolding Dialogues: Relational Resources for Global Good. There will be a wealth of great presenters/ideas and I will present on practices of...
24 Apr Presenting at the West Coast Symposium
Please join me at the West Coast Symposium on behavioral health and addiction where I will be presenting on Rupture and Repair in the Therapeutic Relationship. I will be presenting...
24 Apr The Intimate and the Essential, A Relational Re-entry Event
Please join me and a couple of awesome colleagues for this don't miss event. In celebration of the exhibition Intimate Objects|Essential Images, please join Dr. Chris Hoff for an experimental gathering...
28 Dec Working with Illness Narratives
Working with Illness Narratives - In this video I draw on the work of Arthur Frank and describe some dominant illness stories and how to work with them. https://youtu.be/k5Tkst41I68 ...
03 Sep Narrative Therapy with Families
On Sept 24th at 12pm I will be doing a workshop for California Family Institute. This one hour online webinar will show how narrative practice in family therapy attends to...
09 Jul Conversations of Meaning in South Africa
Looking forward to being in conversation with some cool folks in South Africa at the end of the month. To register for the free Zoom link visit https://www.i4cc.co.za/online-store ...
28 Apr Therapist to Consultant
I will be doing a free live webinar for those that want to take their mental health skills into organizational systems. Register Here: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/drchrishoff ...
25 Sep Misunderstanding & Your Relationships
In this video I conceptualize the experience of misunderstanding in relationships and how it points to something of value. ...
25 Sep My #1 Secret to Avoiding Burnout as a Therapist or Coach
In this video I share my #1 secret to avoiding burnout as a therapist, coach, or healer. And It does not involve doing yoga or meditating! ...
25 Sep Cultivating Business Relationships That Lead to Opportunity
I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Thom Singer and Craig Brown from the Digital Enterprise Society Podcast, to discuss the importance of finding the opportunities in any situation,...
13 Aug The Myth of Codependency
In a recent article written for Vice, neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz, challenged the idea of codependence calling it a myth that needs to die. In this article Szalavitz takes on the...
03 Oct The Radical Therapist’s Guide To Changing Your Story
So I'm doing this thing I'm excited about in Long Beach on Sunday Oct. 21st. Please spread the word and if you would like to join me, or want more...
01 May Zen & the Art of Therapy: A New Species of Listener
A Dharma Talk given on the 2nd of April 2018 at the Blue Cliff Zen Sangha in Costa Mesa, California This weekend I discovered a research article on mindfulness that caught...
07 Nov Conscious Relationships with Carrie & Chris
Mark your calendars! On Dec 10th from 1:30 to 3:30. Carrie Cueto, MA, MFTi, and I will be doing a workshop at Ra yoga studios University in Costa Mesa. The...
01 May The Radical Therapist #032 – Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity w/ Ronald Epstein, M.D.
In episode #032 Chris meets with Ronald Epstein, M.D. and they discuss his new book Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, And Humanity and have a conversation about how to do attention, curiosity,...
18 Apr The Radical Therapist #031 – Narrative Practice in Russia w/ Masha Tiunova and Marat Khachatryan
In episode #031 Chris meets with Masha Tiunova and Marat Khachatryan of Communa in Moscow. They discuss the history of narrative practice in Russia, how they both came into narrative practice,...
02 Apr The Radical Therapist #030 – Anorexia, Addiction, and Postmodern Therapy in Treatment Centers w/ Ali Borden
In episode #030 Chris meets with Los Angeles based therapist Ali Borden. they have a wide-ranging conversation around doing postmodern therapy in treatment centers, addiction, anorexia, and doing self-care...
12 Mar Video – White Fragility & White Privilege
In this episode, Chris visits the new National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington DC and uses this opportunity to detail white fragility and white privilege, how...
27 Feb Video – The Tyranny of Perfection
In this episode, Chris discusses perfection and some of the damage that can come into our lives from its influence. ...
05 Feb The Radical Therapist #029 – The Psychology of Climate Change w/ Tom Bowman
In episode #029 Chris meets with climate science and sustainable business communicator Tom Bowman. They discuss how Earth’s climate is changing and why humans are seemingly unwilling and unable to...