We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
The ACE Studies: Calculating the Effects of Child Abuse
How the Effects of Child Abuse Have Become the Biggest Public Health Issue in America
Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, a massive body of neurobiological research has accumulated, revealing how protracted childhood abuse and neglect can cause pervasive, devastating, and lasting biological and psychological harm.
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.
Understanding Trauma and the Cycle of Growth
Mary Jo Barrett on Discovering How Clients Learn
Clients may experience and respond to trauma in any number of ways, so the first step to determining how to best help them work through their trauma is to understand their growth cycle.
How To Follow Clients’ Subtle Clues To Deep Healing Places
Diana Fosha Shares an Example from Her Own Work
The shadow of a smile in the midst of tears, a momentary crinkle of the eyes in the wake of anger—hints of vitality such as these can be powerful clues to essential truths that a client may be totally unaware of.
Bringing the Mind-Body Connection to Dharamsala
Helping Teenage Tibetan Refugees Find a Path to Peace
Recently, I was invited to Dharamsala by the Men Tsee Khang Institute, a school of traditional Tibetan medicine sponsored by the Dalai Lama, to give a talk on the scientific basis of the mind-body connection and the techniques of self-care and mutual help that my colleagues and I at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine are using with war- and disaster-traumatized populations.
Why We Focus on the Negative
Symposium 2014 Presenter Rick Hanson Explains the Evolution of the Negativity Bias
Much can be made of the power of positive thinking, but the real question is, why do we tend toward the negative in the first place?
Augment Your Practice by Publishing: What Authors of the Best Self-Help Books Already Know
How Authors of Self-Help Books in Psychotherapy Utilize the Multiple Streams of Income for Therapists Business Model
Josue Maymi, Esther Kane, Belleruth Naparstek, and Bill O’Hanlon—these are just a few of the many therapists from around the world who’re implementing the Multiple Streams of Income for Therapists model.
Lessons Learned About the Grieving Process
An Interview with David Kessler
What do you say to someone who’s lost a loved one, or is facing the terrifying imponderables of a terminal illness? How do you choose the right words, find the right tone?
Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy and Panic Attack Treatment
One of the Guiding Principles of Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy Illustrated in a Client’s Panic Attack Treatment.
“Symptom coherence” is how we refer to the view that there always exists a well-defined, cogent set of personal themes and purposes that necessitate a symptom. The moment there no longer exists any purpose requiring a symptom, the person stops producing it. This view informed the development of a clinical methodology called Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy.
The Moments Therapists Don’t Usually Talk About
Following Up with State of the Art Presenters
Whether we want to admit it or not, we all regularly have our moments of being caught off guard, feeling ineffective, and being filled with more questions than answers.
