The Anxious Client Reconsidered
Getting Beyond the Symptoms to Deeper ChangeAnxiety attacks anything and everything in a person's life. Sometimes the targets are the mundane activities that others take for granted. At other times, it... Read more
Letting Go of Our Facade
To Tell the TruthTherapists aren't supposed to discuss personal problems, or even acknowledge having any. While preaching congruence, who among us has never pretended fondness... Read more
Who Failed Robert Peace?
Even a Yale Degree Couldn’t Save HimWhy did a seeming rags-to-riches story of a young man’s triumph over poverty and the lure of the streets end so tragically? Read more
The Fiction of the Self
The Paradox of Mindfulness in Clinical PracticeIf we engage in meditation long enough, we discover that our sense of being a separate, coherent, enduring self is actually a delusion maintained by our... Read more
The Pot Shoppe on Main Street
The mental health professions are now being forced to address the debate over marijuana legalization. Read more
The Mindfulness Explosion
The Perils of Mainstream AcceptanceBy replacing the exotic aura of spirituality with the language of science and a down-to-earth self-help approach, mindfulness has brought practices once... Read more
Editor's Note - January/February 2015
Nurturing the seed of the specifically human capacity.Over several thousand years, different cultures have discovered how to nurture the seed of a specifically human capacity—a saving grace, as it were—for... Read more
Nature, Pixelated
How the Virtual World Is Rewiring Our SensesFor the first time in history, we’re mainly experiencing nature through intermediary technology that paradoxically provides more detail while flattening our... Read more
Voices of Reason
Empowering clients to alter their internal experiencesThe case of a young man hearing voices shows how even problems that first appear to be extreme can be resolved by empowering clients to alter subtle aspects of... Read more
Reinventing Couplehood
Intimacy and Commitment in the Age of Consumer MarriageEsther Perel, a couples therapist whose TED talk has had more than 5 million views, believes that it’s time to challenge the mismatch between the romantic... Read more
The Reluctant Guru
Staying in the Moment with Jon Kabat-ZinnA Conversation with Jon Kabat-ZinnSince he first developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn has not only become a key figure in... Read more
Creating a Sacred Space in Therapy
A Conversation with Jack KornfieldOpenness to the larger mystery of our lives can deepen the therapeutic encounter. Read more
The Anatomy of Procrastination
Helping the ADHD Client Make Changes StickClients with ADHD often know the coping skills that can improve their lives—the problem is applying them in daily life. Read more
A Little Wiggle Room
It's Never too Late to Change Your StoryIt’s never too late to change your story Read more
What's Stopping Us From Changing The World?
Mary Pipher Shares How To Make Meaningful Change PossibleMary Pipher discusses the effects of climate change on clients with anxiety and depression. Read more
What is the Most Powerful Way of Knowing?
Eugene Gendlin Describes The “Felt Sense”According to Eugene Gendlin, legendary originator of Focusing, exploring thoughts on the body can lead us to a new kind of wisdom. Read more
VIDEO: After Infidelity: Focus on the Feelings, Not the Facts
How Understanding the Desires HelpsWhat’s the true nature of your feelings for your lover? An honest answer to that question is what a therapist needs in order to help a couple decide how to... Read more
VIDEO: Get Inspired By Virginia Satir In Action
A few decades ago, when young therapists like myself watched Salvador Minuchin, Virginia Satir, Carl Whitaker, or other leading lights, it was like... Read more
The Power of Small Changes
A Step-by-Step Approach to Treating Depression: An Interview with Judith BeckRelapse prevention begins in the first session, when we tell clients that we want to help them become their own therapists. Read more
The CBT Path Out of Depression
Two Perspectives on How It WorksWhile widely acknowledged to be the most empirically supported therapy ever invented, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is often criticized for being too... Read more
Editor's Note - November/December 2014
Do therapists have a responsibility to educate people about society's role in generating unprecedented levels of depression? Read more
Rocking On!
From grief to rebirthA daughter marvels as her mother goes from grief to an exuberant rebirth. Read more
Face to Face
Virtual reality is no substitute for the real dealResearch increasingly shows that screen time is no substitute for old-fashioned human contact. Read more