We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
A New Way to Understand Severe Anxiety Disorder
A Client’s Severe Anxiety Disorder May Be a By-Product of a More Primary Purpose
Sometimes panic and anxiety have no function—they aren’t the means of fulfilling a hidden purpose for the sufferer—yet in a different way, they’re still necessary to a coherent underlying pattern.
What to Do When Traditional Parenting Rules Don’t Apply
Traditional Parenting Rules Often Don’t Apply Anymore, So Parents are Seeking Out New Solutions
On top of losing faith in a secure future, mothers and fathers deal with everyday dilemmas that make a joke of traditional parenting rules and childrearing practices.
When Depressed Clients Blame Themselves
Elisha Goldstein on Treating Depression with Self-Compassion
While the source of physical wounds can usually be easily identified, the cause of emotional wounds are often hidden and hard to recognize, leading many depressed clients to assume they’re responsible for their own pain and therefore their suffering isn’t legitimate.
How a Traumatic Memory Can Feed Anxiety
When Treating Some Forms of Anxiety, Reenacting a Traumatic Memory May Be the Key
The coherence that underlies panic and severe anxiety disorder has a neurobiologically distinct form: flashbacks of unresolved, unconscious traumatic memory.
Using Corrective Experiences in Attachment-Based Therapy
Diane Poole Heller on Bringing the Concrete to the Abstract
One of the more unique challenges of working with clients who have attachment-based issues is the lack on concrete goals in their treatment.
What Type of Depression is It?
Margaret Wehrenberg on Working with Low-Energy Depressed Clients
The techniques you might employ to help a quiet avoider client dealing with depression won't work with a panicky depressive client, so identifying the type of depression you're working with is imperative.
Practicing Meditation Against All Odds
Zindel Segal on the Three-Minute Breathing Space
When thinking about the mindfulness practice of meditation, we usually imagine the ideal situation: a quiet place, ample time to ruminate (anywhere from 40 minutes to several days), and no distractions to disturb the meditation process. Unfortunately, this ideal is rarely a realistic option for most people.
