Editor's Note
Rich Simon
The Cult of DSM
Ending Our Allegiance to the Great GazooLabeling clients with DSM diagnoses is a ritual most of us perform to get reimbursed and pay our mortgages, but few of us actually believe in. Has the time... Read more
The Book We Love to Hate
Why DSM-5 Makes Nobody HappyFrom small insignificant beginnings in 1952, when almost nobody read it, DSM has become a kind of sacred literary monster. Today, it’s the most detested and... Read more
The Debate Over DSM-5: A Step Backward
A Step Backward: An Interview with Allen FrancesAs the man responsible for the previous edition, the foremost critic of DSM-5 is perhaps the last person you’d expect to trash this latest, biggest version. Read more
The Debate Over DSM-5: A Step in the Right Direction
A Step in the Right Direction: An Interview with Darrel RegierThe vice chair of the DSM-5 Task Force is bemused that the release of what was intended to be a more accurate and rigorously researched manual has raised such... Read more
Shedding Light on DSM-5
The View from the TrenchesWhile the polemical debates over the new DSM have received widespread coverage, the reactions of ordinary clinicians have yet to receive much scrutiny. Read more
Soft Shock Therapy
The Art of Speaking the UnspeakableUsing humor to help clients reconstruct their problems, even to the point of making parodies of their own dilemmas, can help some them get distance from their... Read more
Departments
Beyond Lip Service
Confronting Our Prejudices Against Higher-Weight Clients
Whose Therapy Is It Anyway?
When Your Client Is Uncommitted to Change
The Little Things
Love in the Consulting Room
Mad as Hell
The End of the Era of Male Entitlement