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: 
CE Credits: 3 • Price: $39This Reading Course captures the distinctive contributions these more recent figures made to theory and practice in the field. Among those included are Mara Selvini Palazolli, the Women's Project in Family Therapy, Cloe Madanes, Michael White, and Mary Pipher.
Course Readings
Good-bye Paradox, Hello Invariant Prescription: An Interview with Mara Selvini Palazolli by Richard Simon
Cloe Madanes: Behind the One-Way Kaleidoscope by Richard Simon
Fearless Foursome: An Interview with the Women's Project by Richard Simon
Panning for Gold: Meticulous Prospecting Is at the Heart of Michael White's Approach to Therapy by Mary Sykes Wylie
The Family Unplugged: An Interview with Mary Pipher by Richard Simon
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss Palazzoli's theory of schizophrenia
2. Name three issues the Women's Project focused attention on
3. Explain Madanes's theory of the purpose of symptoms
4. Discuss Michael White's use of questions in therapy
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