Profound Change in Brief Therapy Is a Real Possibility
By Bruce Ecker and Laurel Hulley
January/February 2002
In much long-term therapy, breakthrough experiences seem to come almost randomly, and then only after months or years. In briefer therapies, on the other hand, deeply rooted emotional realities are often ignored altogether in favor of "reframes" and other forms of cognitive or behavioral change.
Waking Up to Life in a Mind-Body-Spirit Group
May/June 2000
On the day I understood that something had to change, I was sitting in a newspaper editorial meeting, feeling the slight, probing pressure behind my right eye that signaled the onset of a migraine headache. Stay cool, I firmly told myself. You can handle this. "Handling this" meant doing what I had been doing for the past 18 years or so of persistent migraines--dosing myself with drugs and resolutely pretending to be fine.
Medical Science is Finally Catching Up With Family Therapists
September/October 1998
A hunger for the sacred permeates much of Western culture now, along with a willingness to learn from what was once called the primitive and the superstitious. We are not sure what we are missing, but we know we are missing something.
Has CBT Lost Its Mojo?
November/December 2015
Questions have been raised about whether the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy, the field’s most researched treatment model, has been overstated.
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Unraveling the Mind-Body Mystery: A Survey of the Latest Research
By Diane Cole
May/June 2016
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over BodyTherapists may be fascinated with harnessing the mind-body connection in their work, but what has science taught us about separating hype from solid evidence of its clinical efficacy?
Digital Culture Needs What Talk Therapy Offers
By Sherry Turkle
November/December 2016
Conditioned by the experience of life on the screen, clients today find it harder to concentrate on face-to-face conversation. They may not even see its value, feeling more comfortable with the self they can present through their digital devices. More than ever, the mores of therapy—the value therapy places on being with, forming an empathic bond, and the quiet attention necessary to do this—has become a crucial cultural corrective.
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Virtual Reality in Therapy
By Michael Greene
November/December 2016
To date, virtual reality’s most visible therapeutic role has been in the treatment of phobias and other conditions where it’s served as an adjunct to imaginary and in-vivo modalities. However, newer applications have started to move beyond the idea of altering our sense of place to emphasize altering our very sense of self. So what will that mean for our field?
Food and Mood: What Every Therapist Needs to Know about Nutrition
November/December 2016
What therapists should know about nutrition and the food-mood connection. An interview with Joan Borysenko.
Eugene Gendlin and the Felt Sense
July/August 2017
Eugene Gendlin and his work on Focusing and the “felt sense” left an indelible mark on modern mind–body approaches to psychotherapy.
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Priming Clients for Taking New Practices Home
March/April 2018
Four steps to help clients take new practices learned in the consulting room back into their everyday lives.
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