Most clinicians already know the basic questions to ask about a client’s suicidality, but it’s important to go beyond a rote assessment to get a fuller... Read more

Have you ever noticed how often you surf the net or check e-mail when you feel bored or restless or depressed, as if relief is just a click away? The Internet... Read more

Effective work with sex addicts must address deep-seated attachment wounds. Commentary by Joe Kort. Read more

A revolution in how people access and use pornography has taken the therapy community by surprise. Now some experts believe that an epidemic of porn use is... Read more

Therapists need to get beyond the common misconception about Alcoholics Anonymous. Read more

Shoplifting, now a worldwide epidemic, is curiously neglected by the mental health field. Read more

Two recent landmark overviews of research separate myth from reality in the treatment of substance abuse. Read more

If therapy is in some sense a confrontation in which you must come face-to-face with your disowned self, it's a real advantage to choose a therapist who's your... Read more

In a single, unforeseen moment, a self-lacerating young woman takes a risk and discovers, deep in her bones, why we're alive. Read more