Moments of Meaning
Unexpected Lessons from Practice
September/October 2015
Three clinicians share stories of challenging cases that show how the most surprising outcomes often have nothing to do with therapeutic brilliance or technical wizardry.
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.
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.
Case Study
Rediscovering Happiness: The Use of Positive Childhood Triggers in Psychotherapy
May/June 2015
To create deep change, we need to help people mine the sources of intense pleasure in their lives, wherever they may find them.
Mary Pipher on Psychotherapy in the Age of Overwhelm
March/April 2015
It’s time we address the psychological toll of the daily bombardment of information that permeates our lives.
Spitting in the Client's Soup
Don’t Overthink Your Interventions
March/April 2015
In our profession, it’s often more alluring to explore new gimmicks than to acknowledge that our success largely hinges on simple, commonsense factors.
Case Study
Knowing When to Push: Balancing Safety and Challenge
March/April 2015
When a client has been sexually abused, it can be difficult to find the balance between creating safety and challenging old patterns.
Bookmarks
Lost in the Maze: Finding the exit from OCD
March/April 2015
Review: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
Finding an exit from the bewildering maze of a disorder that confounds many clinicians.
A Doorway to Mystery
Creating a Sacred Space in Therapy
January/February 2015
As pressures mount to narrow the focus of psychotherapy into a medicalized, evidence-based approach, one of the teachers who first helped integrate mindfulness into psychotherapy argues for recognizing the role of ritual and embracing the sacred in our work.
