Richard Handler

Contributed by Richard Handler

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August 6, 2012

Symposium Watch 2008

3,600 therapists gather to experience the power of relationship

Handler reports on the Networker Symposium 2008. 3,600 therapists gathered to experience the power of relationship. Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

January 1, 2010

The Age of the Über–Parent

Can science really help us raise better adjusted kids?

Richard Handler

Can science really help us raise better-adjusted kids? Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

November 1, 2009

How's God Doing?

Despite today's headlines, much better than you think

Richard Handler

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, a new book argues that God, or at least our concept of deity, is getting more compassionate and inclusive. Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

September 24, 2009

Has Therapy Gone PC?

Some Distinguished Psychologists Critique the Field

Richard Handler

Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm Edited by Rogers Wright and Nicholas Cummings. Routledge. 346 pp. ISBN: 0-415-95086-4 Nobody wants to... Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

September 1, 2009

Bookmark

The Evolutionary Value of Art

Richard Handler

A new book argues that storytelling, the foundation of most psychotherapy, is an evolutionary adaptation that vastly expanded the range of human possibility. Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

July 1, 2009

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Is psychiatry going backward?

Richard Handler

In his broadside against modern psychiatry, a historian claims that the entire profession has been undermined by the blind pursuit pf profit, bureaucratic regulation, political infighting, and shoddy research. Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

May 5, 2009

Bookmarks

The Triumphs and Limits of Psychotherapy

Richard Handler

American Therapy: The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States Jonathan Engel Gotham Books. 351 pp. ISBN 978-1-592-4038-06 Jonathan Engel begins his history of therapy... Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

May 1, 2009

The Art of the Practical

The Triumphs and Limits of Psychotherapy

Richard Handler

From Freud to Zoloft, the story of therapy in this country has been the triumph of pragmatism over esoteric theory. Read More

Magazine Article - Open Book

March 1, 2009

Islands in the Sea

At times, therapy can reinforce isolation

Richard Handler

Therapists are supposed to help isolated clients make more fulfilling social connections. But could we be making the problem worse? Read More

Magazine Article

January 2, 2009

20 Weeks of Happiness

Can a Course in Positive Psychology Change Your Life?

Richard Handler

If Thomas Jefferson were a psychology graduate student today, he'd probably think of himself as a positive psychologist. It was Jefferson, after all, who began... Read More

Richard Handler is a radio producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, Canada.