Gabor Maté's Unflinching Vision
Lauren Dockett, Rich Simon • 7/10/2020
Canadian physician Gabor Maté believes that addictive behaviors are woven into the very fabric of our materialistic society.
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Cultivating Wonder in a Time of Lockdown
Lauren Dockett • 4/23/2020
Feelings of awe can have strongly prosocial effects and provide us with an existential and lasting sense of calm. Building our capacity for awe could not only benefit us now in this state of shared crisis, but be a lasting gift of healing through all of life’s challenges.
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How Therapists Can Meet a Growing Demand
Lauren Dockett • 3/5/2020
The push in popular culture to raise awareness about mental health means more and more people are seeking help. With resources limited, often where they’re needed most, some therapists are touting a range of ultrabrief therapies as crucial to expanding the field’s reach and impact. But can such short interventions really make a difference?
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What Makes Esther Perel Stand Out?
Lauren Dockett, Rich Simon • 2/18/2020
By Lauren Dockett and Rich Simon - By questioning some of the fundamental premises of traditional marriage, couples therapist Esther Perel has become, at least for the moment, psychotherapy’s public face and most quotable voice. But what is she saying that’s so intriguing and makes her stand out from all the other relationship experts our field produces?
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Psychotherapy Takes a Stroll
Lauren Dockett • 10/28/2019
What if a park bench was your waiting room, and nature your co-therapist? A growing group of practitioners, who stroll with their clients not just every once in a while, but for most every session, see special benefits in conducting sessions outdoors.
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Are We Ready to Talk Pot?
Lauren Dockett • 9/3/2019
Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana, or both. But sizeable protests against legalization are emerging, often aided or helmed by psychiatrists concerned by the drug’s potential effects on young people.
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Coming Face to Face with Our Ancestors
Lauren Dockett • 5/6/2019
For decades, Bert Hellinger and his Family Constellations approach have been a lightning rod for controversy. But the latest research on epigenetics and the multigenerational impact of trauma have given new credibility to some of the underlying principles of this work.
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How Mindfulness Can Heighten Desire, Arousal, and Satisfaction
Lauren Dockett • 5/1/2019
By Lauren Dockett - When sex becomes fraught or painful, fear and worries can overtake this important source of pleasure. But clinicians and clients are embracing a nonmedical solution: mindfulness practices that cultivate sexual self-understanding, desire, and pleasure in the bedroom—and the effects are mind-blowing.
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A Close-Up Look at Peter Levine's Work with a Trauma Survivor
Lauren Dockett • 3/30/2019
By Lauren Dockett - Peter Levine is the originator of a form of body psychotherapy called Somatic Experiencing (SE), a captivating but sometimes puzzling approach. Instead of asking questions about events that might elicit pain, Levine focuses on the body, zeroing in meticulously on what’s happening in the moment. Here's how it unfolded with his patient, TJ.
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Expressive Art Therapist Cathy Malchiodi Weighs In
Cathy Malchiodi, Lauren Dockett • 3/27/2019
Psychotherapy Networker’s Lauren Dockett speaks with influential art and expressive art therapist Cathy Malchiodi about the broadening of her her field, how talk therapists can incorporate the arts to help clients connect and express, and why her work resonates so well with trauma clients.
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