MQ Nov/Dec 2008

Featured Articles

Beyond the Consulting Room
By William Doherty
Too much is at stake these days for us to take refuge in our practices after the election. In such challenging times, therapists need to create for themselves a new professional role as agents of social change, not just critics of what isn't changing.

Journey to Rwanda
By Laurie Leitch
Fourteen years ago, Rwanda was the hellish scene of one of the most ferocious genocides in history. A therapist who traveled there reports on what it's like to confront the unthinkable.

From Intention to Action
By Jeffrey Kottler
Each year, thousands of poor Nepalese girls "disappear" from their villages. On an impulse, an American therapist winds up devoting himself to ending these disappearances.

The Bridge
By Patrick Dougherty
When disaster strikes close to home, the emotional shock waves make business as usual impossible for both therapists and clients.

Breaking Through
By Mary Sykes Wylie
Poet David Whyte offers an idiosyncratic fusion of verse, myth, story, and personal charisma, demonstrating to audiences all over the world that psychology doesn't go far enough in making us face the "dangerous truths" of life.

Beginnings
By John O'Donohue
Understanding both the terror and innocence of beginnings is the key to discovering how to journey forth into the unknown.