While therapists often lead quite isolated professional lives, social-learning theorist Etienne Wenger has shown how a community of practice is perhaps the... Read more
Emerging from their monastic little cells, 3,000 psychotherapists had a schmooze-fest celebrating the power of face-to-face connection and joined forces to... Read more
A modest proposal about how to get out of your cubbyhole, enliven your conversations with others in the field, and experience a new kind of professional... Read more
We all have stories about the bureaucracies that stifle clinical creativity and seem to exist primarily to generate meaningless paperwork. Here’s a tale... Read more
How the skills of the group therapist differ from those of the individually-oriented practitioner. Read more
A private practice therapist recalls his college days as a basketball player in a way he never dreamed of. Read more
"I realized that I'd never succeed as a therapist here unless I loosened up my customary boundaries between my professional and personal selves." Read more
A tipping point has been reached in the impact that psychotherapy research results, no matter of interest only among a small circle of academic, are going to... Read more
A clinician explains how to help your supervisees practice therapy from the heart. Read more
What does the newly passed mental health parity law mean for your practice? Read more
The old face-to-face service model for our practices is no longer in sync with social and cultural shifts. It's time to refocus on how to serve our clients... Read more
Beset by chronic budgetary constraints, invasive regulations, and insufficient respect from society at large, community mental health today seems a Sisyphean... Read more
A determined family therapist tries to revive public sector psychotherapy using Thomas Edison as his role model. Read more
Controversy at APA * Motivating the Depressed Client * Educational Videos for Babies Flunk * Different Alcoholics, Different Treatments * Does Therapy Breed... Read more
Once skeptical about the value of regularly seeking client feedback, therapists at a public agency become true believers. Read more
Effective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more
Supervision that works requires understanding of how supervisees develop and mature in their clinical practice. Read more
The best form of risk management for your practice may be doing what you think is right. Read more
Many therapists in once-thriving practices are reporting that these days, it's a battle to stay solvent. Read more
How to move from the first phone call to booking an appointment Read more
They set up on either side of the patient's bed and reassure the unconscious patient and his relatives that they don't have to do anything. [Margaret Pasquesi... Read more
"I doubt that I would fit many people's image of a therapist who would violate sexual boundaries with a client. Before it happened, I certainly did not fit my... Read more
Few people today are willing to accept a bad relationship, yet many settle for jobs that don't bring out the best in them. Some practical ideas for helping... Read more
From the July/August 1994 PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS WHO WANT TO SURVIVE TODAY must know how to work smarter, and market and provide quality customer service. It is... Read more
From the May/June 1994 issue ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I READ NICK CUMMINGS’S presidential address to the American Psychological Association in which he... Read more
Challenging cases are the least of many therapists' worries these days. The Golden Age of Private Practice is coming to an end and no one is-quite sure what... Read more
The adaptations necessary to make it in the competitive world of managed care go against many therapists' psychological grain. Read more
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