Holistic Rehab Therapies: Do They Work for Addiction?
Do holistic interventions add to the quality of the rehab experience, increasing the chances of recovery from addiction? Could their benefit be in the user’s head—that is, just a placebo effect? Are...
View ArticleHow Do You Feel about the Word 'Homemaker'?
How do you feel about the word 'homemaker'? Is it retro, or newly cool? read more
View ArticleWhen Is It Appropriate to Feel Shame?
While the current anti-shame zeitgeist encourages the culturally oppressed to rebel against shame, the experience of shame is sometimes appropriate, preserving certain aspects of the human experience...
View ArticleFact or Fiction: Top 10 Relationship Complaints & What to Do
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View ArticleDistress and the Breakdown of Community
Society itself is sick, yet it seeks to pathologize those who would react to this sick society, and it offers them its technologies, it offers them its drugs, to numb them into accepting things as they...
View ArticleDSM Fantasies
The DSM is built on the fantasy that we can ignore fantasy and mind in psychiatric diagnosis. A further remarkable fantasy of the DSM is that doing so leads to more scientific, rather than less...
View ArticleSex Talk – For Women (Mostly)
Imagine being a young, athletic, extremely intelligent, successful attorney with a healthy sexual appetite and a loving husband. Life is made more perfect when you have your first child. But you...
View ArticleThe Art of Silence
Sometimes it is better to listen than to speak. It may help your relationship; and be a comfort to those who need you. Should pieces like this be required reading for doctors? read more
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder
A discussion of the different elements of psychotherapy for those diagnosed with bipolar disorder:clinical assessment, acceptance of the disorder, symptom reduction/stabilization, supportive...
View ArticleThe Ideal Therapist
Instead of playing the role of expert, the ideal therapist would strive to be an authentic person.He or she would serve as a role model for the client, demonstrating through his or her responses and...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Mad Men's Donald Draper
Don Draper is the poster child for psychoanalysis. Too bad he won't see a shrink.read more
View ArticleThe Gift of Our Wounds
Emotional wounds are an essential part of the human condition, for no one leaves this earth unscathed. How we relate to our wounds determines the gifts we receive from them.read more
View Article5 Tips to More Satisfying Treatment with Your ADHD Clients
Who Really Has ADHD? read more
View ArticleTo Thine Own Self Be True
Authenticity means knowing who you are, listening to your inner voice and being free to choose your own path in life read more
View ArticleSidney Brought Out the Best
It was obvious: Sidney’s presence was a powerful catalyst for a deep, emotional engagement by patients with the therapeutic process. read more
View ArticleEnergy Therapy: An Exciting New Frontier
Can energy therapy treatment help a young boy with reading disabilities? Seems to be a resounding yes in this case. And help with his too-quiet voice as well. Here's how.read more
View ArticleMen, Sex and a Loving Time Perspective
Guys get a bad rep for being crude, lewd and silly dudes, when it comes to sex. In the old “battle of the sexes view”, guys just want to get laid, with no strings attached, and in the extreme, with...
View ArticleFour Common Myths and Misconceptions About CBT
Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is more than 50 years old, and has gained increasing prominence as one of the most scientifically studied and effective forms of psychological treatment, it...
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