In this era of medical necessity and evidence-based therapies, it’s easy to lose sight of a basic truth. We heal not through prescriptions and procedures, but through talking and listening.

When we trust in ourselves to follow the signals of life that the patient emits in seemingly casual conversation, we increase chances of stepping outside the stable confines of our theoretical models to enjoy an unexpected encounter.

Sometimes the places we long to visit speak to needs that go much deeper than our appetite for exotic sights.

More than 60 years after its Broadway debut, a classic play continues to cast a haunting spell.

Over the years, our front-of-the-book department has not only given readers plenty of tasty factoids to chew on, but also revealed how the seasons of the profession turn, and turn again, over time.

In an age when all eyes seem constantly riveted on the Next Big Thing, celebrated therapist-novelist Irvin Yalom takes a different approach.

Not all families are related by blood.

An understanding of the unconventional ways people demonstrate resilience is important in helping us avoid pathologizing clients and stop believing there’s only one clinically “correct” way to help them.

It’s not necessarily that sadness must always be avoided, but maybe we need to find a way to give it its place.

Saturday Night Fever Comes to the Bar Mitzvah