By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people!
By Rich Simon A thousand years ago, during the palmy days of generous insurance reimbursement, therapists could maintain the illusion that, since therapy was paid for by an unseen hidden hand, clinical practice was somehow untouched by the tacky subject of money. Even the style of therapy reflected this disjunction:
The way we think about and practice psychotherapy is being transformed by an unprecedented convergence of new scientific findings and ancient healing traditions...
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Even today many therapists tip-toe around the subject of infidelity...
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Since the days of Freud, our consulting rooms have been a place designated for straight talk about sexuality, where, presumably, psychological enlightenment could be counted on to prevail over the dark forces of repression...
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Adolescents rarely come to therapy of their own choice and often don't care to talk about their problems with adults...
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The therapy profession has been enthralled with the power of words as the one legitimate way of helping our clients improve...
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The ethical guidelines for therapists were once governed by simple, direct, utterly unambiguous rules...
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When it comes to depression, new theories, therapies, and medicines appear so rapidly that it's impossible for even the most diligent therapist to keep track of it all...
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In an America shaken by terror, almost anybody can be subject to intrusive thoughts, agitation, chronic apprehension, and panic attacks once regarded almost exclusively as symptoms of full-blown anxiety disorders...
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A decade ago, if therapists were familiar with mindfulness at all, it was as a spiritual practice with little connection to clinical work...
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