After the Affair
Two Case Studies Illustrate the Opportunities Moving ForwardThis article first appeared in the May/June 1989 issue. Back in the 1950s, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Hollywood’s perfect young couple, shocked... Read more
Finding the Path Back
Couples Therapy After an AffairEditor’s Note: This blog is excerpted from a piece that originally appeared in our September/October 1994 issue, Parents Under Siege. Do you think its... Read more
Something's Missing from Family Therapy
Twenty-Five Years Later, a Poignant Message from the Late Betty Carter Still ResonatesIn order to understand the particularity of almost any couple's personal experience, we need to adjust our lens to include not only their private domestic... Read more
The Problem with the Borderline Diagnosis
Getting Beyond the LabelHave we unfairly pathologized clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder? Read more
A Controversial Study on Abortion Offers Surprising Findings
Whatever one’s position on abortion, it’s hard to dispute that the debate has ramped up radically over the last year. Read more
Immigration and Trauma
How Can Therapists Help?How therapists can help the traumatized community of immigrants and asylum seekers. Read more
When to Speak Up
Handling Microagressions in TherapyWhat to do about addressing microaggressions in therapy. Read more
VIDEO: Learning to Let Go of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk on the Power of Creating a NarrativeImagine the helplessness of being unable to distinguish painful past experiences from present ones. According to Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps... Read more
Resurrecting Therapy
Putting Big Pharma on the CouchIn 1986, people being treated for depression were twice as likely to be in therapy as to be taking pills. Now, for every person in therapy, there are four... Read more
Breaking the Unspoken Rule
A MeToo Memory Offers HealingA MeToo memory leads a mother and daughter to connection and healing. Read more
The Challenge of Harm Reduction
Changing Attitudes Toward Addiction TreatmentUntil they’ve done the challenging and sometimes painful work in therapy, many people can’t even begin to imagine curtailing their drug use. For them... Read more
High Times in Therapy
Are We Ready to Talk Pot?Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana, or both. But sizeable protests against legalization are... Read more
How Do I Get Clients to Engage in Work Between Sessions?
Five Clinicians Weigh InA therapist recommends exercises like journaling prompts and guided mediations that she feels would benefit her clients between sessions. Although they seem... Read more
Editor's Note - September/October 2019
The dimensions of the opioid epidemic are staggering, and the national conversation around drug abuse has begun to change. Today, more and more voices are... Read more
A Bridge to Recovery
A Grassroots Approach to the Opioid CrisisYears into the opioid epidemic, a journalist travels to the hardest-hit state to get an up-close look at addiction treatment and the “radically... Read more
Fighting the Epidemic
An Interview with the Author of DopesickAn interview with Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, on solution-oriented journalism and creative ways of confronting the opioid crisis. Read more
VIDEO: The Biggest Threat to Remarried Boomers
Helping Partners Deal with StepfamiliesSuccessfully combining families as part of remarriage is always challenging. But it's especially hard when older re-couplers have adult children, who may or... Read more