The Threat Response of Appease
Do You Know It When You See It?How can therapists address historical trauma and the common threat response of appeasement? Read more
The TikTok Therapist
Goodbye, Blank SlateFor some therapists, using TikTok isn’t a marketing tactic, but a public service. Read more
The Myth of Infallibility
A Therapist Comes to Terms with a Client’s SuicideWhen it comes to coping with suicide deaths, we therapists need to let go of our superhero expectations. Read more
Conspiracy Theories in the Therapy Encounter
Conspiracy theories might be considered a dangerous kind of delusion. So how do you address them when they show up in the therapy room? Read more
Dispatches from the Yellow Brick Road
A Journey Through Delusion and BackA terrifying journey shows just how much psychotic delusions are embedded in the unquestioned essence of a person’s thinking—as true as ocean, ground, and... Read more
The Magic Dial
Reframing Cognitive DistortionsBeyond identifying the distortions in negative cognitions, how can we help clients understand that negative thoughts and feelings aren’t the result of... Read more
You Can Do Anything
The Outsized Dreams of AdolescentsWhat if we stopped looking to modify the unique functioning of the teenage brain—delusional though it may be at times—and did more to foster the creative... Read more
The Fox and the Hedgehog
Flexibility and Focus in the Therapy RoomAs a therapist, is it better to adapt an eclectic approach or specialize in the one you believe in most? Perhaps the answer isn’t as simple as it seems. Read more
The Lure of Self-Deception
Exploring How It Serves Our ClientsTo create a world that produces the best in us, we must certainly be informed by reason, rationality, and science, but we must also deploy the aspects of our... Read more
Editor's Note - July/August 2021
In the therapy field, especially, we tend to view self-deception as a path to any number of bad ends, like a sense of failure when reality collides with... Read more
