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Do therapists have a responsibility to educate people about society's role in generating unprecedented levels of depression? Read more

It’s time to get beyond simplistic notions about “chemical imbalances” and finally reckon with how deeply rooted depression is in the uncertainties and... Read more

Life today is, in many ways, easier than it used to be. Therefore, shouldn’t we be less anxious than we once were? Read more

Depressed clients repeat the same thoughts, activities, feelings, and experiences again and again, as if entranced. Good depression treatment is largely about... Read more

Evidence continues to accumulate that many people with depression suffer bouts of it all their lives, even after a good response to therapy. So what if we give... Read more

While widely acknowledged to be the most empirically supported therapy ever invented, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is often criticized for being too... Read more

Relapse prevention begins in the first session, when we tell clients that we want to help them become their own therapists. Read more

One of the most useful ways of understanding depression is the stress generation model, based on the idea that depressed people need better skills and... Read more

The Ray Rice case evokes a discussion of the many faces of domestic violence. Read more

Enduring recovery from obsessive compulsive disorder means riding out the demands of an inner bully. Read more

Helping families heal cutoffs is painstakingly delicate work, with a high risk for stumbling over buried land mines. Read more

During the false memory controversies of the 1990s, many therapists saw Elizabeth Loftus, one of the most honored psychologists in the history of the field, as... Read more

Research increasingly shows that screen time is no substitute for old-fashioned human contact. Read more

A daughter marvels as her mother goes from grief to an exuberant rebirth. Read more

Many therapists define the type of therapy they practice by taking a head count: if one person is present, they're practicing individual therapy; if two or... Read more

How couples behave in bed is a remarkablv authentic expression of their emotional connection-or lack of it. Read more

Rarely is someone always depressed, or always empty, or always without energy, or always suicidal. If you (or the person you’re helping) explores exceptions... Read more

Poet John O'Donohue's introduction to the therapy field came through his unlikely friendship with neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel, known for his book The... Read more

Sometimes psychoactive medication can work wonders with agitated young clients in the throes of a psychological emergency. But psychiatrist Robert Hedaya, an... Read more

Are you at a loss when it comes to helping your high-strung, distressed clients? Maybe you’ve made some progress in helping your clients reduce anxiety, but... Read more

How can you more effectively work with a client whose emotions have become all-consuming? Read more

Steven explains that clients are rarely cured by medication or therapy alone. Read more

America, in matters of sex as in much else, seems to be a goal-oriented society that prefers explicit meanings, candor, and "plain speech" to ambiguity and... Read more

Clients who struggle with PTSD, depression, and other stress-related conditions may have a tough time staying engaged in the consulting room. No matter how... Read more

It’s not within the standard protocol of talk therapy to tap on clients’ acupuncture points as they focus on a problem or goal. Even therapists convinced... Read more

The answers to some of the age-old questions about the trajectory of passion and the links between sex and love are being discovered in the research laboratory. Read more

Highly distressed couples seek out help for immediate solutions for their pain and suffering. Why is tackling the issues head-on a big mistake for a therapist? Read more

As we move slowly beyond the great recession, today’s young people are the first American generation in a long while expected to be less well off than their... Read more

Jon Kabat-Zinn, one of the pioneers in mind-body medicine, prefers calling himself a student of Buddhist meditation to a Buddhist, and believes anything can be... Read more

An investigation of some of history’s most famous creative teams leads to the conclusion that no artist is an island. Read more