Sexual Heroin
Variant Arousal Patterns are an Obstacle to IntimacyAn erotic fetish disrupts a man's sexual history as well as his current relationship Read more
Alice in Neuroland
Can Machines Teach Us to Be More Human?As neuroscience was becoming the topic du jour of the therapy field, we sent Senior Editor Katy Butler to MIT on a mission. The result was, literally, a... Read more
The New 'Mixed' Marriage
Working with a couple when one partner is gayIn 2004, the outing of New Jersey Governor James McGreever brought widespread attention to the new "mixed marriage ." But the issues such couples struggle with... Read more
Bringing Mindfulness to Your Practice
When meditation helps . . . and when it doesn'tI'm interested in integrating meditation into my psychotherapy practice. What's the best way of doing this, and are there situations in which meditation can be? Read more
When You're 64
You May Be Ready to Retire, But What About Mom and Dad?With the life expectancy of the elderly rising, today's Boomers, much maligned for their presumed selfishness, are facing a far more daunting challenge in... Read more
The 8-Minute Cure
Can Watching Dr. Phil Change Your Life?Phil McGraw, or Dr. Phil, seems not to be "on television," but rather to emanate from television. Authoritative and comforting, he confronts victimhood with... Read more
Maestro of Consulting Room
At 83, Salvador Minuchin is still reflecting on clinical wisdomAt 83, family therapy pioneer Salvador Minuchin, the most dazzling therapeutic practitioner of his generation, continues on in his search for clinical wisdom. Read more
Beloved Stranger
Temperament and the Elusive Concept of NormalityAn understanding of the inborn dimensions of human temperament reveals that the concept of "normal" is far richer and more expansive than previously imagined. Read more
Getting Over It
We're more resilient than we realizeTherapists often assume that people going through grief or trauma must always emotionally work. But through the experience if they are to recover, recent... Read more
Blindsided: When Tragedy strikes too close to home
I nod numbly as I try to absorb the image of building a coffin for one's child. [Eric]'s son, Paul, is 15 years old. He's slowly dying from a brain tumor. n... Read more
Across the Great Divide
Middle Age in the Rear-View MirrorAs they've aged, the Boomers have kept redefining previous generations' ideas about the stages of the life cycle. But while the pop bromide may insist that "50... Read more
In Praise of the Older Therapist
Probing the Heart of Clinical WisdomAmong the more curious findings of the therapy-research literature is the failure to show that experienced clinicians get any better results than novices... Read more
Bitter Pill
Ritalin and the Growing Influence of Big PharmaResearchers and practitioners alike have long been concerned that Ritalin use in childhood could lead to later drug abuse. But when a University of California... Read more
Undercurrents
When Therapy StallsWhen therapy stalls, it's usually time to investigate the undercurrents that nobody wants to talk about. Read more
Mirror Mirror
Emotion in the Consulting Room is More Contagious Than We ThoughtEmpathy may be the life's blood of good therapy, but scientifically, it's remained a rather fuzzy concept. Now a serendipitous lab discovery is showing how... Read more
Altered States
Why Insight by Itself Isn't Enough For Lasting ChangeIncreasingly, neuroscience is making it clear that therapists rely too much on the consulting room drama of insight and not enough on good, old-fashioned... Read more
Riding the Waves
Neurofeedback: A Breakthrough with Learning Disabilities?Neurofeedback is one of a group of new technologies that promises not only to treat the symptoms of mood, attention, and learning disorders, but to address the... Read more
Curtailing Between-Session Phone Calls
They set up on either side of the patient's bed and reassure the unconscious patient and his relatives that they don't have to do anything. [Margaret Pasquesi... Read more
Listening for Zebras
A mother learns to trust her animal instinctsSometimes, raising a child is less an act of love than something much wilder. Read more
Turning "I Can't" into "I Will"
How to Motivate Depressed ClientsGetting a depressed client mobilized to take the initial steps toward change can be the key to treatment. Read more
A Different Kind of Presence
Bringing Body-Centered Experience into Your WorkTherapy can too easily become reduced to two talking heads, spinning out tales. But treatment can be intensified and enlivened by tapping into our immediate... Read more