Efficacy and Confidence in the Mentally Ill
Common sense, reasoning and emotional intelligence are qualities often diminished in the psychotic mentally ill. The clinician may augment these through psychotherapy.
View ArticleHow Anxiety and Depression Became Diseases
Only diseases are treated with medication, so philosophical problems like coping with uncertainty and managing loss and disappointment were framed as disorders.
View ArticleWhy I Am a Sex Addiction Therapist
The vast majority of properly trained sex addiction therapists recognize that sexual addiction is defined by out-of-control behaviors that are causing negative consequences.
View ArticleTrauma Informed Assessments, Part 8
These compassionate responses to clients' disclosure of trauma begin the reparative effect as many have never heard these messages from their abusers or non-protective people.
View ArticleSmall Decisions and Their Unexpected Consequences
Choices that create an undesirable way of life are made one day at a time.
View ArticleHow to Fight Without Breaking Your Marriage
Fighting with your partner can actually bring you closer.
View ArticleHow Dana Fuchs Found Her True Voice
Dana Fuchs, known for her roles in Love, Janis and Across the Universe, shares how she has heals herself and others through music.
View ArticleAn Interview with Susan Firestone
Throughout the world, there is a need to tell stories. This manifests in the objects we see left behind or preserved in some way.
View ArticleLosing my Erection
Part of sexual addiction recovery for men is going to feel like they're "losing their erections". Part of it is allowing the body to reset to a healthier sexual baseline.
View Article"What Actually Happens During A Therapy Session?"...
Get some answers to a few typical questions—and misconceptions—about what therapy is, and isn’t, and how it works.
View ArticleHow To Choose A Therapist Who Will Understand You
How To Choose A Therapist Who Will Understand You. What are the most important factors? By Philip J. Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
View ArticleEducation
Educational philosophy and policy have spawned a massive literature and a huge variety of alternative methods. So what does education and educate mean?
View Article4 Major Sources of Anxiety and What to Do About Them
Sometimes the thing to do is to accept that nothing can be done.
View ArticleCulture Shock
People who travel often experience culture shock. Business people, students, missionaries and even tourists get a shock when they discover how differently others lead their lives
View ArticleWhy Are NYC-ers Depressed and What Can Be Done About It?
A new study reports that one in five people who live in NYC are depressed and less than 40% of them are seeking help for it. We can only get them talking if we eradicate the stigma
View ArticleOvercoming Bulimia Is Possible
Learning to become a therapist requires the acquisition of many subtle skill sets.
View ArticleIs Online Treatment the Next Frontier for CBT?
In places where therapy is inaccessible, online therapies are an innovative approach.
View ArticleHow Empathetic Is Your Therapist? Ask An Algorithm
New algorithms can accurately determine how empathetic a therapist is by analyzing session transcripts. This has the potential transform the way therapists are evaluated.
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Psychotherapy
If a partridge in a pear tree is less appealing to you than gaining insight into your psyche, this new therapy-inspired Christmas carol is for you.
View ArticleWhat's More Important Than Your Fear?
Exposure therapy provides the "How" of conquering fear, but to get there we need the "Why."
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