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2013 January/February
Treating the Anxious ClientNew Directions for Psychotherapy’s Most Common Problem
It’s rigged, so let’s change the rules
By Reid Wilson
Therapists make clients feel safe and secure, right? Well, when it comes to treating anxiety, more clinicians are instructing clients to ramp their fears, while telling themselves how much they welcome the experience.
We may be anxious, but not to change
By David Burns
As therapists, we typically assume that a person suffering from severe anxiety is eager and motivated to receive the help we offer. But we should never naively underestimate clients’ hidden antipathy to change, despite their discomfort.
Helping anxious kids and their parents
By Lynn Lyons
In this age of helicopter parents and protective child professionals, we can often recreate a potent anxiety- reinforcing system around children that not only rewards anxiety, but encourages it to grow and take over even more of the child’s life.
Mendota, youth-treatment of last resort
By Katherine Ellison
The word psychopath distinguishes hard-bitten predators. Research shows a treatment center—run by shrinks, not wardens—has reduced new violent offenses by 50 percent. What accounts for the Mendota Treatment Center’s success?
Learning How to Learn
Therapy’s Nonverbal Dance 
© 2013 Psychotherapy Networker