Jay Lebow
Jay Lebow, PhD, is a former contributing editor to the Psychotherapy Networker and clinical professor at Northwestern University. He's also senior therapist and research consultant at the Family Institute at Northwestern University.
Contributed by Jay Lebow
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Three Myths About Old Age
...And What We Can Learn from Our Older Peers About Aging Successfully
By examining how older members of our society actually live and looking at what we can learn from people who age successfully, one study shifts the focus away from the deficits experienced in aging to the factors that permit individuals to function effectively, both physically and mentally, well into old age. Read More
Mindfulness Goes Mainstream
Research Is Proving the Value of Awareness Practices
From Research to Practice: Scoreboard for Couples Therapies
Which are the Winners in the Latest Research?
Scoreboard for Couples Therapy
Which Are the Winners in the Latest Research?
The Marriage-Preservation Debate
Reexamining the research on divorce
Lebow reexamines the research on divorce and its aftereffects in response to the growing perception in some circles of a "divorce culture" run amok. There are indications that the ongoing happiness of children has less to do with the simple fact of divorce than with the nature of their family life--whether it's basically stable, calm, and without open conflict and emotional turmoil, or whether there's a lot of fighting, anxiety, and depression. Read More