Navigating the Bipolar Spectrum: Diagnosing Mood Disorders Requires Great Care
By James Phelps
March/April 2017
Diagnosing and treating mood disorders can be tricky, especially when it comes to an often overlooked, subtle form of bipolar II.
Feeling Anxious? A Longtime Researcher Weighs In
March/April 2017
How can you keep on top of the proliferation of anxiety treatments today?
Stories of Vulnerability and Possibility
May/June 2017
The self-assurance of expert practitioners who publicly present their work can lead everyday therapists to believe that psychotherapy is a far more predictable craft than it actually is. The reality, of course, is much muddier. Therapists on the ground eventually learn that only one mantra applies to every case—
it's more complicated than that.
- I’m Funny and I Faint by Lynn Lyons
- Thinking Outside the Gift by Lisa Ferentz
- The Final Shot by Kenneth Hardy
- First Make the Bed by Michele Weiner-Davis
- It’s Never Too Late by Daniel Siegel
Inhabiting the Moment with Traumatized Teens
May/June 2017
With traumatized adolescent clients, it’s emotion that gradually changes emotion—not rational explanation or interpretation, not snazzy techniques or “fake it till you make it” exhortations.
Is Teen Suicide Contagious?
July/August 2017
Is teen suicide contagious? Clinicians weigh in on the controversy around 13 Reasons Why.
Playing with Anxiety: Helping Young Children Face Scary Situations
July/August 2017
How to use the therapeutic play zone to help young children face difficult situations.
How to Harness Your Social Engagement System
January/February 2018
We all know people who have the magic touch when it comes to relating to others. They can instantly connect with strangers and put people at ease without even saying a word. Therapists with this ability have a natural advantage, so are there specific behaviors we can practice to elicit trust and openness? Luckily, the answer is yes—and Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory provides the key.
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From an Evening of Storytelling 2018
May/June 2018
A karaoke performance on a psych ward helps a mother and daughter find a way to reconnect.
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Taken Over: Breaking the Spell of Obsession
May/June 2018
A therapist struggles to help an obsessive client with whom she develops an unusual preoccupation.
July/August 2018
July/August 2018
We may look back on June 2018 as a tide-turning moment in public awareness of severe depression for reasons virtually all of us hate. In this issue, we illuminate the dark, often terrifying inner world of depression, and explore the widespread yet little-understood phenomenon of recurrent depression.
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