When TV finally came, in the early '50s, the world it brought into our living rooms was black and white, and dumbed way down. Newsmen now had faces, and, as... Read more
Too much is at stake these days for us to take refuge in our practices after the election. In such challenging times, therapists need to create for themselves... Read more
While lions and sharks go into frenzy at the smell of blood, at the sight of blood, moviegoers seem to experience a heightening of all emotions, sometimes... Read more
Two hugely successful films, released on the same weekend this summer, revealed the flip side of the Hollywood experience. Read more
A book by a respected researcher argues that telepathy and clairvoyance may be on a continuum with more common traits of intuition and empathy. Read more
A new generation of filmmakers is taking us beyond the Americocentric world of mainstream cinema. Read more
Phil McGraw, or Dr. Phil, seems not to be "on television," but rather to emanate from television. Authoritative and comforting, he confronts victimhood with... Read more
For the past 20 years, the American criminal justice system has dealt with juvenile offenders in a way it never did before: by treating them like adults who... Read more
A book review of Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Collaboration with the Dalai Lama Read more
A book review of Mad in America by Robert Whitaker Read more
Book reviews of The Soul of Recovery; Trauma Practice in the Wake of September 11, 2001; and Love at Goon Park Read more
A book review of Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex by Judith Levine Read more
Book reviews of The Noonday Demon; Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Change; Whispers from the East; and The Shattered Self. Read more
We need more realistic expectations about the possibilities of human transformation Read more
From the July/August 1994 issue ON A SATURDAY EVENING LATE ONE MAY A FEW YEARS AGO, I stood outside a recently opened restaurant and watched as cars... Read more
From the May/June 1994 issue NOW THAT THE EXPIRATION DATES HAVE PASSED ON OUR familiar fables and fairy tales about gender, it is time to create some new... Read more
From the March/April 1994 issue We have grown used to having front-row seats during natural and political cataclysms like the Los Angeles earthquake... Read more
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