Rewriting the Story
Entering the World of the Abused ChildTherapists must offer abused children a different felt experience of who they are. Read more
Beyond Phrenology
Let’s Look at How the Brain Really WorksIf therapists are going to bring genuine insights—not just soundbites—from neuroscience into the practice of therapy, they need the nuanced, sophisticated... Read more
What Is This Thing Called Love?
A Whole New Way of Looking at ItMore than any other positive emotion, love resides within connections. It extends beyond personal boundaries to characterize the vibe that pulsates between and... Read more
Louder than Words
The Unspoken Code of Fathers and SonsA Bruce Springsteen song helps crack the unspoken code of father–son communication. Read more
The Great Deception
We’re Less in Control Than We ThinkMost of us put much too much faith in the power of our conscious minds to bring about lasting change. Instead of looking up the higher branches of... Read more
How Food Improves Mood
Bringing Nutrition into the Consulting RoomLearning even a little about nutrition and diet can greatly enhance therapists’ ability to help clients with mood problems. Read more
Emotional First Aid
Looking Beyond the DSMIn Emotional First Aid, Manhattan psychologist Guy Winch provides an instructional manual for handling the bumps and bruises of life. Read more
The Next Big Step
What’s Ahead in Psychotherapy’s Fascination with Brain Science?Labeling behavior in fancy neurophysiological terms can make what we do sound more scientifically rigorous than the notoriously fuzzy language of... Read more
Editor's Note - January/February 2014
The Impassable DivideMore and more therapists have begun wondering how far all our impressive-sounding talk about the brain has gone in improving therapy’s effectiveness. After... Read more
Sizing Up Goliath
The Upside of Being UnderestimatedWith his enormous success, Malcolm Gladwell has morphed from a darling underdog to a publishing juggernaut at whom it’s now trendy to sling insults. Read more
Learning What a Depressed Client Needs
Elisha Goldstein on Individually Treating Cases of DepressionElisha Goldstein asks clients what they need in tough moments and explains why it helps them learn to trust themselves. Read more
Deliberate Practice: The First Step on the Path to Professional Excellence
One Team Finds that Deliberate Practice is the First Step to Becoming a Superior TherapistHow do the supershrinks do what they do? Are they made or born? Is it a matter of temperament or training? Have they discovered a secret unknown to other... Read more
Why We Focus on the Negative
Rick Hanson Explains the Evolution of the Negativity BiasMuch can be made of the power of positive thinking, but the real question is, why do we tend toward the negative in the first place? Read more
Attachment Theory & Treatment: 4 Maxims for Therapeutic Change
Attachment-Oriented Therapists Live by Four Strategies for Working Through Attachment Theory and its Associated DisordersAre there any downsides to basing clinical treatment on attachment theory? David Schnarch, a leading advocate of differentiation in the therapy process... Read more
Working Through the Childhood Wounds that Feed Depression
Judith Beck on Understanding Emotions IntellectuallyJudith Beck talks about an intellectual technique that she uses when doing childhood work with adult clients suffering from depression. Read more
A Conference for People Who Hate Conferences
Networker Symposium 2014: Psychotherapy’s Most Celebrated Anti-ConferenceGenuine learning is conveyed via experience; something happening that resonates emotionally as well as intellectually, something that literally alters the... Read more
Letting Emotion Out and In
Susan Johnson on the Value of Using Emotion in Couples WorkSusan shares the latest research that backs up the central principle of EFT Read more
VIDEO: Desiring Change, but Clinging to the Familiar
David Burns on Turning Resistance into the Voice of ChangeDavid Burns discusses the key to reaching resistant clients—and it's not a new technique. Read more
The Triune Brain: Three Brains Attempting to Work as One
How the Evolution of the Human Brain has Led to the Existence of the Triune BrainWhen thinking about the general evolution of humans, we primarily compare ourselves to our chimp-like ancestors. But when it comes to the specific evolution of... Read more
Coaching with Feeling
Jeff Auerbach on the Key Differences Between Therapy and CoachingJeff Auerbach discusses the differences between therapy and coaching. Read more
Losing Focus as a Therapist
Mary Jo Barrett on Being Better Attuned to ClientsMary Jo Barrett talks about grounding during session to be in the moment. Read more
Bullying in Schools
What to Do When Officials Can’t HelpAs parents become frustrated with officials who can’t help with bullying in schools, they turn to another source. Read more
From Good Person to Ethical Professional
Mitch Handelsman on the Effectiveness of Ethics AcculturationMitch Handelsman explains integrating psychotherapy and ethics acculturation. Read more
Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy and Panic Attack Treatment
One of the Guiding Principles of Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy Illustrated in a Client’s Panic Attack Treatment. Read more