Hypnotic Language in the Consulting Room
Bill O'Hanlon on the Power of Giving Permission in TherapyAs therapists, we must recognize the complexity and ambivalence at the core of human experience. People run into problems when their lives are dictated by... Read more
Defusing Male Shame
Understanding the Significance to Male ClientsShame is an emotion that isn’t healthy. Unlike guilt–which causes remorse for something you did wrong–shame can cause someone to feel as... Read more
VIDEO: Men and Intimacy
A Relational Approach to Helping Male ClientsAccording to Patrick Dougherty, the biggest problem men have in psychotherapy isn’t that intimacy and the language of emotion is such foreign territory, but... Read more
The State of Our Art
Do Our Old Ways Fit the New Times?While the number of people in psychotherapy keeps declining, surveys reveal that potential clients would still rather talk to a therapist than fill a... Read more
Seven Myths about Meditation
A One-Size Approach Doesn’t Fit AllSeven myths about meditation for clinicians to ponder. Read more
Kenneth Hardy on The Attack on Diversity
Manualized psychotherapy is squeezing out people on the margins of mainstream society. Read more
Mary Pipher on Psychotherapy in the Age of Overwhelm
It’s time we address the psychological toll of the daily bombardment of information that permeates our lives. Read more
Spitting in the Client's Soup
Don’t Overthink Your InterventionsIn our profession, it’s often more alluring to explore new gimmicks than to acknowledge that our success largely hinges on simple, commonsense factors. Read more
Scott Lilienfeld on Let Science Be Our Guide
Therapists are far more impressed with clinical fads than they should be. Read more
Scott Miller on Resolving Our Identity Crisis
To move forward, our profession needs a more consistent message about what we have to offer. Read more
New Choices for New Times
To stay relevant in a changing world, we need to address the engagement styles of today’s prospective clients. Read more
Narrowing the Gap
Striving for Honesty in the Therapy RoomAnticipating endings may encourage us to grasp the present with greater vitality. Read more
Knowing When to Push
Balancing Safety and ChallengeWhen a client has been sexually abused, it can be difficult to find the balance between creating safety and challenging old patterns. Read more
Lost in the Maze
Finding the exit from OCDReview: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in ThoughtFinding an exit from the bewildering maze of a disorder that confounds... Read more
The Power of Commitment
Mindfulness Is Only the BeginningDespite its popularity among therapists, mindfulness is only a beginning in the process of change. Read more
The Rise of Distance Therapy
What clinical, ethical, and legal issues should we be considering as distance therapy becomes a more common form of practice? Read more
Cloe Madanes on Advocating for the Most Vulnerable
Let’s unite to stand up to vested interests that have taken over the mental health system. Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2015
There’s been a decline in the public’s utilization of psychotherapy as a consequence of the rise of what might be called the Gang of Three: DSM, Big... Read more
Don’t Play It Again, Sam
Chance Encounters Can Change Our LivesSometimes chance encounters can change a life. Read more
VIDEO: Who Should You Talk To?
Janina Fisher on how and when to speak to a client’s “child part”When an adult is in your consulting room, it’s understandable if you use adult language and logic. But at certain points in the healing process, you may need... Read more
VIDEO: How to Help Clients Cope With Overwhelming Emotion
Joan Klagsbrun on Three Focusing Techniques That WorkIntense emotion in the consulting room can leave some clients overwhelmed; others shut down. Either response can derail your session. Now here’s some help... Read more
Meditation for Slow Learners
Mindfulness Goes Big TimeOver several thousand years, different cultures around the world have discovered how to nurture the seed of a specifically human capacity for mentally... Read more
Mary Pipher on Leaving Our Biases outside the Consulting Room
Finding Respect for All ClientsFrom the moment I met the Correys in my waiting room, I was baffled about why they were together. Frank was tall, good looking and suave; Donna dowdy and... Read more
Larger than Life
Marianne Walters Was Family Therapy's Foremost FeministMarianne Walters didn't invent a brilliant new therapeutic paradigm, publish a large and magisterial body of research, or establish her own unique school of... Read more
Stronger Medicine
Anti-Depressants Haven't Made Therapy ObsoleteAmericans have a history of valuing quick-fix solutions to difficult problems. But the simplistic psychopharmacological approach to depressive disorders... Read more