Editor's Note
May/June 2015
Throughout history, for most people it was just expected that work was a difficult, tedious, underpaying, and often soul-killing grind. But in today’s world, something we call “burnout”—that mélange of weariness, depression, and apathy, seasoned with a tincture of cynicism—has become as pervasive as the common cold.
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In Consultation
Understanding What Your Audience Needs
January/February 2016
Some tips on the do’s and don’ts of giving a good workshop.
In Consultation
Breaking the Chain of Resentment: How to Help Clients Move Past Old Wounds
November/December 2015
How do you strike a balance between validation and empowerment in helping those afflicted with chronic resentment?
Case Study
A Cure for the Yips: Brainspotting and Performance Blocks
November/December 2015
Traumatic experiences are often the root of athletic and other kinds of performance blocks.
In Consultation
Don’t Hit Your Sister! Understanding the complexities of moral development
September/October 2015
How to help the concerned parents of aggressive kids understand the complexities of moral development.
Point of View
Smart Growth: Developing a mindset for life
September/October 2015
A conversation with motivation expert Carol Dweck on the importance of the “growth mindset” and how to enhance people’s ability to tackle adversity and persevere.
Clinician's Digest
Therapists without Borders
July/August 2015
It’s the rare therapist who’s willing to leave the comforts of ordinary practice to face the hardships of working in the world’s most troubled places.
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Burnout Reconsidered
What Supershrinks Can Teach Us
May/June 2015
An entire industry has sprung up to address the problem of compassion fatigue, but research indicates that the most commonly proposed answer, improved self-care, doesn’t work. In fact, the study of the most highly effective clinicians suggests that burnout isn’t related to caring too much, but continuing to care ineffectively.
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Little and Often
Using Micro-Practices for Self-Care
May/June 2015
The growing interest in micro self-care mirrors the developments in understanding self-directed neuroplasticity: small and frequent works better to create desirable neural pathways than big and seldom.
Don't Go It Alone
The Power of Focusing Partnerships
May/June 2015
To emerge from the grip of feeling stale as a therapist and in danger of burning out, we need something to take us out of our isolation. Focusing partnerships can be a potent remedy for the circular thinking we tend to get mired in when we’re by ourselves.
