Tough Love
They Don't Make Fathers Like They Used ToFond memories of an old-fashioned father who believed in practicing tough love with his fists. Read more
Take a Breath
Using Yoga to Create a Sense of Well-Being in Your OfficeA variety of easy-to-use yogic breathing techniques can add a new dimension to treatment with depressed and anxious clients. Read more
Therapy in the Danger Zone
Breaking the Cycle of Family TraumaThere's no more emotionally demanding work than that with an incestuous family. A therapist offers an uncensored look at the fear, loathing, and fascination of... Read more
The Long Shadow of Trauma
Childhood Abuse May Be Our Number One Public Health IssueAs the battles and controversies over the forthcoming DSM-V heat up, a determined group of trauma experts and researchers are mounting a passionate challenge... Read more
Addicted to Sex
There are no shortcuts in treating SAEffective work with sex addicts must address deep-seated attachment wounds. Commentary by Joe Kort. Read more
From the Editor: January/February 2010
This issue examines whether our increasing knowledge of all those multisyllabic brain processes has really made us more effective practitioners. Read more
Old Habits Die Hard
Making couples therapy stickIt's one thing to make change happen in a couples session; it's quick another to make those changes tick over time. Read more
Educating Theresa
Sometimes therapy means total commitmentTreating depression requires a commitment to working with mind, body, and spirit. Read more
The Age of the Über–Parent
Can science really help us raise better adjusted kids?Can science really help us raise better-adjusted kids? Read more
Ecological Intelligence
A new awareness for our timeOur collective survival depends on a shift in our most basic assumptions and perceptions, one that'll drive changes in commerce and industry, as well as in our... Read more
Complexity Choir
The eight domains of self-integrationAs unlikely as it may sound, the mathematics of complexity theory could offer us the key to the elusive secrets of mental health and personal well-being. Read more
Big Squeeze
No research? No reimbursementA tipping point has been reached in the impact that psychotherapy research results, no matter of interest only among a small circle of academic, are going to... Read more
Swept Away
Discovering the world of the sensesA young woman discovers the world of the senses. Read more
The Brain's Rules for Change
Translating cutting-edge neuroscience into practiceFor the firs time, we're beginning to understand how to directly delete emotional meanings attributed to disturbing past events. Read more
The Rise and Fall of PaxMedica
Welcome to the new era of brain-based therapyIn the 1970s, the rise of Prozac, the DSM-III, and "evidence-based" therapies brought the appearance of coherence and order to mental health professions under... Read more
See It. Say It. Do It!
Can your child see... Really see? Does your child struggle in school? Does your child resist reading or writing? Does your child have test anxiety? Does... Read more
Brain to Brain: January/February 2010
The talking cure goes beyond wordsAs we learn more about the brain, it becomes apparent that therapists need to pay at least as much attention to the body and nervous system (both their own and... Read more
Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
Not long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you... Read more
Facebook and Your Practice
Developing your social-networking savvyMore than a time-consuming diversion, Facebook can play a central role in marketing your practice. Read more
CBT Skills Workbook
Contains over 100 of the top hands-on practical worksheets and exercises for integrating CBT! Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the fastest-growing... Read more
Out of the Shadow
What's the Prevalence of Porn Doing to Our Psyches?A revolution in how people access and use pornography has taken the therapy community by surprise. Now some experts believe that an epidemic of porn use is... Read more
A Warm Bath for the Brain
Understanding oxytocin's role in therapeutic changeHow to get through to clients caught in fight-flight-freeze mode. Read more
Depathologizing Porn
Why Can't It Be Just an Acceptable Diversion?Open porn use introduces a relational question that most couples never face: how to live with the knowledge that your partner's erotic fantasy-world often... Read more
Helping Kids Take Charge
How to get young people to turn their problems into coping skillsTurning problems to be diagnosed and medication into skills to be taught. Read more
Heart of the Matter
Helping Couples Find Their Sexual ChemistryWhether they know it or not, what most people are looking for in sex therapy isn't so much a change in specific behaviors as a way of developing a more... Read more
Trauma Competency
This is a book for clinicians. More specifically, it is a book for clinicians to use with their clients affected by trauma's sequelae. Unique in its... Read more