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The Puzzle of PTSD
By Roy Clymer
Does the diagnosis of PTSD actually hamper therapists' ability to help combat veterans do the hard work of coming to terms with their war experiences.
It Takes a Community
By Laurie Leitch and Elaine Miller-Karas
Our standard psychotherapeutic paradigm is unequal to the mammoth challenge of serving the troops who've served in Iraq and Afghanistan. What's needed is a public health perspective that taps into the power of community healing.
The Language of the Nervous System
By Laurie Leitch and Elaine Miller-Karas
The Rules of Engagement
By Alison Lighthall
What civilian therapists need to know about military culture and life in a combat zone to best serve veterans struggling with war trauma
The Case for Energy Psychology
By David Feinstein
A wizened, seen-it-all psychologist describes how he came to embrace an approach that much of the orthodox psychotherapy world considers the latest incarnation of snake oil.
A Smile after the Storm
By Caroline Sakai
A young orphan in Rwanda learns to get beyond an experience of unimaginable horror.
Deconstructing Depression
By Margaret Wehrenberg
Depression is an ill-defined diagnosis encompassing conditions with a variety of underlying causes. Recognizing different forms of depression is the key to initiating effective treatment.
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DEPARTMENTS
Clinician's Digest
By Garry Cooper
- The End of the Psychotropic Age?
- Can Therapists Save the World?
- Preventing Combat Trauma
- Whatever Happened to Empathy?
In Consultation
By Eleanor Counselman
How the skills of the group therapist differ from those of the individually-oriented practitioner.
Point of View
By Ryan Howes
Long an acerbic critic of the trendy and faddish, Don Meichenbaum, one of the founders of CBT, is still determined to separate myth from reality in the world of psychotherapy.
Case Study
By W. Robert Nay
While partners caught in the anger merry-go-round invariably blame the other, both typically pass the anger back and forth like a shared virus.
Commentary: By Ronald Potter-Efron
Family Matters
By Elizabeth Flynn Campbell
A mother deals with the news that her child will have a lifelong impairment.
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