Our Myths about Sexuality
Highlights from Symposium 2018
May/June 2018
Esther Perel called on the Symposium audience to challenge the various myths, especially those about male sexuality, that get in the way of deeper relational authenticity and more fulfilling ways of navigating modern relationships.
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Clinician's Digest
For Immigrants and Their Therapists, a Frightening Reality
July/August 2018
New policies are deepening the trauma of many immigrants, and heightening challenges for the therapists trying to help them.
Point of View
Developing Racial Literacy: How to Confront Our Unconscious Taboos
July/August 2018
Howard Stevenson’s program promotes “racial literacy” through skills that help us confront unconscious taboos and more effectively read and resolve racial encounters.
Editor's Note
November/December 2018
Here, we focus on today’s young adults (many of whom bristle at the label millennials). Not only have they ushered in many of the changes taking place in the therapeutic relationship and the issues we address in therapy, but they increasingly represent the newest crop of therapists, who often have important things to teach their older, seasoned mentors about what today’s clients want and need.
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The "Millennial Effect"
How Young Clients Are Leading Therapists to New Places
November/December 2018
As they’re about to surpass baby boomers as the largest generation, millennials are coming to dominate the population of therapy consumers. But their impact goes beyond sheer numbers. With sometimes startling directness, they’re demanding that their therapists become even more “real” and disclosing, whether therapists are comfortable being that unguarded or not.
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The Man Who Became an Adjective
No One Writes about Psychology Like Malcolm Gladwell
November/December 2018
No one writes about psychology with more irresistible readability—and book sales—than 2019 Symposium featured speaker Malcolm Gladwell.
Clinician's Digest
The Podcast Boom: Is It for You?
November/December 2018
Podcasts have exploded in numbers and popularity. What do mental health professionals need to know about this way of expanding their audience and their practice?
In Consultation
Health Comes in All Sizes
November/December 2018
A paradigm shift around weight and wellness is taking on old stigmas.
Point of View
Resisting Matrimania: A Single Life Can Be a Rewarding Choice
November/December 2018
Author and researcher Bella DePaulo says it’s time to start seeing the growing population of single adults as something more than just people unable to find the right partner.
Bookmarks
Generations in Jail: When Crime Is a Family Value
November/December 2018
A new book explores how criminal behavior gets handed down in families from one generation to the next.
