March/April 2022

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

In this issue, we investigate how and why therapists around the country—and around the world—are reimagining their work. This rarely means starting from scratch; it’s more about conducting careful, creative experiments that push the edges of the ways they’ve been working, allowing them to discover more useful ways of helping clients.
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Getting at the Heart of Affairs

Getting at the Heart of Affairs

How to Help Clients Examine Ethical Dilemmas

William Doherty

A seasoned therapist discusses the ethics around consulting with couples impacted by infidelity. Read More
Couples Therapy Around the World

Couples Therapy Around the World

Putting EFT to Work in Two Cultures

Lauren Dockett

With its Western focus on secure emotional bonds and demonstrative, healthy attachment in couples, how does Emotionally Focused Therapy fit into ancient and collectivist cultures? Read More
Humility Firs

Humility First

Avoiding Transcultural Overreach

Lauren Dockett

There’s no recipe book when it comes to working with another culture. Read More
Treating Trauma From the Top Down

Treating Trauma From the Top Down

A Cognitive Path to Healing

Kathleen Chard

When it comes to designating best practices for treating trauma, where does the research stand? And where is the field going? Read More
Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide

Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide

Time to Address Unchallenged Prejudices

Malin Fors

In Hammerfest, Norway, known as the northernmost town in the world, a therapist is challenging geographical narcissism. Read More
Relational EMDR Therapy

Relational EMDR Therapy

Showing Up for Our Clients

Deany Laliotis

Being an expert in your method is only part of the work. Sometimes our clients need us to go beyond administering a protocol. Read More
Healing in the Outback

Healing in the Outback

An Outdoor Therapist Reconceives His Role

Will Dobud

Psychotherapy needs alternatives to the century-old approach of sit and talk. When you’re open to the spirit of adventure, you never feel stuck. Read More

Extra Feature

Do I Have to Forgive You?

Do I Have to Forgive You?

Loosening the Grip of Obsessive Anger and Pain

Harriet Lerner

The hardest part of letting go of anger can be accepting that the offending party is never going to apologize, never going to see themselves objectively, and never going to listen to our feelings with openness of mind or heart. Read More

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