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Article July 11, 2014

SSRIs in Perspective

Have They Lived up to Their Promise?

After wading through the controversies and contradictions in the research literature on SSRIs, a critic of Big Pharma explains why he thinks these drugs may... Read more

Article July 11, 2014

For therapists, giving a TED talk is the new professional milestone. Read more

Article July 11, 2014

The Challenge of Becoming the Boss

How to Make a Group Practice Work

Making a group practice work means taking on the challenge of becoming a boss. Read more

Article July 11, 2014

Letting Go of Hate

How to help clients change unconscious responses

Many well-intentioned therapists have suggested that their clients just “let go” of hate, as if it were a heavy load that they could simply drop to the... Read more

Article July 11, 2014

When Talk Isn’t Enough

Easing Trauma’s Lingering Shock

Pioneering trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk shares his thoughts on the differences between public and private trauma. Read more

Article July 11, 2014

What Makes Fanatics Tick?

Exploring the Psyches of People on the Fringe

A new book investigates the worldview of a range of fanatics who’ve dedicated their lives to holding onto to their antiscientific and antihistorical claims. Read more

Article July 11, 2014

The Freedom Ride

On the Road with a Restless Woman and Her Son

A woman in a life transition takes her son on an eventful road trip. Read more

Video July 10, 2014

VIDEO: Single-Session Cures with Anxiety Problems

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

When it comes to understanding your clients’ inner world, words can only go so far. Clients can use words to tell you what they’re conscious of (“My... Read more

Video July 8, 2014

VIDEO: Connecting with Avoidant Clients

What Secure Attachment Looks Like

For those who struggle with early attachment injuries, even the presumably safe presence of the therapist can often evoke feelings of desperation, fear, and... Read more

Video July 3, 2014

VIDEO: Anxiety As a Co-Therapist

How to Make Your Clients’ Anxiety Their Ally

Danie Beaulieu, author of Impact Techniques for Therapists, sees anxiety in a different light. “I was tired of looking at anxiety as a pathology,” she says... Read more

Video July 2, 2014

VIDEO: How to Become a Lifelong Learner

The Principles of Neuroplasticity

According to Michael Gelb, a world-renowned speaker on innovative approaches to enhanced learning and author of How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven... Read more

Video June 26, 2014

VIDEO: The Neurobiology of Worry

How the Brain Creates Neurobiology Ruts

In this brief video clip, Margaret Wehrenberg, cognitive behaviorist and author of The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques, offers some facts about the... Read more

Video June 25, 2014

What Makes Psychotherapy Possible

Clarifying the Fundamental Task of Therapy

Stephen makes it clear that hard scientific evidence now exists for what most therapists instinctively know: successful therapy depends utterly on establishing... Read more

Video June 24, 2014

VIDEO: Examining DSM-5's Most Controversial Change

Gary Greenberg on the Bereavement Exclusion

“When DSM-III came out and the major depression diagnosis was created,” Gary tells us in this brief video clip, “it was immediately clear that many... Read more

Video June 19, 2014

VIDEO: Beating Relapse to the Punch

How to Preempt Anxiety Relapse

Before David Burns wraps up therapy with recovered clients, he makes sure they’re well prepared for relapse. In this brief video clip, he breaks down the... Read more

Video June 18, 2014

Neuroplasticity Isn’t Always for the Best

Why Therapists Should Know about the Plastic Paradox

Psychiatrist and author Norman Doidge believes that while the brain has an astonishing capacity for change, brain plasticity doesn’t always work out for the... Read more

Video June 12, 2014

VIDEO: Stopping the Anxiety-Go-Round

Lynn Lyons On Helping Anxious Kids

Fifteen-year-old Grace doesn’t know it yet, but her troubling anxiety symptoms are run of the mill. Like most anxious kids, it’s not the content of her... Read more

Video June 11, 2014

VIDEO: Assessing the Unintegrated Brain

How to Change the Brain in Therapy

It’s one thing to throw around the scientific-sounding language of brain science, it’s another to actually develop concrete clinical procedures based on... Read more

Video June 10, 2014

VIDEO: The Hidden Toll of DSM-5 on Psychotherapy

How Increasing Medication Sales Hurt the Therapy Profession

Allen Frances—author of "Saving Normal: Has Psychiatric Diagnosis Gotten Out of Control?"—is one of DSM-5’s most outspoken critics, but his ultimate... Read more

Video June 5, 2014

VIDEO: The Neurobiology of Anxiety

How to Incorporate Brain Science into Your Treatment Approach

According to Margaret Wehrenberg, when it comes to clients with panic disorders, the first thing to discern is what they’re doing to avoid panic. “The... Read more

Video June 4, 2014

VIDEO: What Distinguishes the Male and Female Brain?

How the Evolutionary Story Lives within Each of Us

Why do young boys tend to roughhouse while young girls lean towards relational play? According to Louann Brizendine, these and many other differences observed... Read more

Video June 3, 2014

Rather than continuing to lament the deficiencies of DSM-5, forensic psychiatrist David Mays wants to focus on what's ahead for the psychotherapy field. In his... Read more

Video May 29, 2014

VIDEO: The Key to Dramatically Accelerating Anxiety Treatment

Being Anxious Doesn’t Mean You’re Anxious to Change

Most therapists assume that, just as any rational person with a broken arm would be an eager customer for medical care, surely a person suffering from severe... Read more

Video May 28, 2014

VIDEO: How to Install New Mental States

What Therapists Should Know about Brain Change

Until recently, the impact of brain science on the everyday work of most therapists has been pretty limited. According to Rick Hanson, that’s because we’ve... Read more

Article May 22, 2014

Becoming a Supershrink: Three Steps to Professional Excellence

Getting Client Feedback Isn’t Always Easy, But It's a Necessary Step

Most therapists, when asked, report checking in routinely for client feedback and knowing when to do so. But research has found this to be far from true. Read more

Article May 15, 2014

What the PTSD Diagnosis Leaves Out

Broadening Our Understanding of Trauma

Back in the late 1970s, a motley crew of Vietnam War vets, sympathetic psychiatrists, antiwar activists, and church groups undertook a crusade to have a... Read more

Video May 14, 2014

VIDEO: How to Make Clients Feel Safe

Today's Video: Bringing Polyvagal Theory into Your Practice

How can therapists acquire neuroscientific knowledge without becoming brain scientists themselves? Even more pressing, what real-life practical therapeutic... Read more

Video May 13, 2014

Why DSM-5 Is a Step Forward for Psychotherapy

Find Out About the Benefits of Dimensional Diagnosis

In this video clip, Regier talks about how the new definition of a major depressive disorder in DSM-5 better enables clinicians to diagnose clients who exhibit... Read more

Article May 12, 2014

Editor's Note - May/June 2014

Trauma, the alluring diagnosis of the therapy profession.

No other single condition tests the therapeutic relationship quite so stringently, demands so much from the clinician, or combines so many disparate treatment... Read more

Article May 12, 2014

Outside the Box

Bringing Families into Trauma Treatment

If we don’t open up the one-on-one therapeutic cloister, trauma sufferers may never learn how to engage in the give and take of real-life relationships. By... Read more

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