Caring for the Caregiver
6 TipsThose who care for ailing family members often are undertaking a marathon, not a sprint. Read more
Something For Nothing
Shoplifting, now a worldwide epidemic, is curiously neglected by the mental health field. Read more
The Last Word
The difficulties of summing up a lifetimeGrieving the departed will always elicit startling feelings and strange behaviors. It may be less about truth than about timing. Read more
Beyond Technophobia
Even you can use the internet to grow your practiceThe internet can be a phenomenal tool for marketing all types of practices in every part of the country. Even Luddites are finding that internet marketing can... Read more
The Ethical Eye
Don't Let "Risk Management" Undermine Your Professional ApproachThe best form of risk management for your practice may be doing what you think is right. Read more
Crisis Land
A View From Inside A Behavioral Health TeamAttending to clients' mental health issues as part of a behavioral health team can be both stressful and exhilarating. Read more
Finding Flow
Embracing your worst can bring out your bestLearning to enhance performance by embracing doubt and fear. Read more
Too Much Information
Field Notes from the Genetics FrontierAs genomic science is increasingly able to map our future, therapists must help families make difficult decisions. Read more
Positive Aging
A New Paradigm for Growing OldHow to continue to get the most out of life as you age. Read more
When Illness Moves In
Helping Couples Process the Trauma of SicknessThe phrase "in sickness and in health" is a hallowed part of our marriage vows for good reason. As human beings vulnerable to a wide variety of diseases and... Read more
Boundary Crossing
Balancing professional decorum with human compassionHow does a therapeutic alliance become more than that? Read more
Defining Psychotherapy
The Last 25 Years Have Taught Us That It's Neither Art nor ScienceAt last count, therapists could choose from among 500 different treatment techniques. But after all these years, there's still no evidence that the overall... Read more
The Teenager Who Was a Liar
Helping a family redefine its storyFacing the challenge of working with a dissembling adolescent in a blended family means changing the "official story" of the problem. Read more
Americocentricity
Babel and Borat force us to look beyond our cultureA new generation of filmmakers is taking us beyond the Americocentric world of mainstream cinema. Read more
Stairway to Heaven
Treating children in the crosshairs of traumaThe tragic confrontation at Waco, Texas, in 1993 taught us much about what to do to help traumatized children, and perhaps even more about what not to do. Read more
No Gurus Need Apply
A Disciplined Protocol for Troubled TeensA professor skeptical of the clinical value of family therapy may be doing more to extend the legacy of systems therapy than anyone working with adolescents... Read more
Creating a Culture of Healing
Recovering from Trauma in War-Ravaged GazaA psychiatrist who's worked in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Israel leads a team of healthcare professionals into war-ravaged Gaza to see if Western healing methods can... Read more
Avoiding Clinical Drift
Learning how to use CARE with your clientsCBT offers a clinical toolbox that ensures that treatment never becomes merely unfocused chitchat. Read more
Bringing the War Home
The Challenge of Helping Iraq War VetsWill all we've learned about treating combat stress and psychological trauma since Vietnam help us handle the tsunami of mental health problems the Iraq War is... Read more
The Needs of the Dying
In gentle, compassionate language, The Needs of the Dying helps us through the last chapter of our lives. Author David Kessler has identified key areas of... Read more
Appointments With Yourself
Don't Mistake Your Schedule for your LifeThe search for the elusive experience of being "in the moment" isn't as complicated as you think. All it takes is a cup of tea, a walk, a question, a blessing... Read more
Facing Our Worst Fears
Finding the Courage to Stay in the MomentA therapist helps his anxious clients discover that be not resisting what the present moment offers, they can find a way out of their suffering. Read more
A Week of Silence
Quieting the Mind and Liberating the SelfHow would it feel to sit completely still for a week, not communicating with anyone, just tuning in to the seemingly chaotic jumble of your own thoughts? A... Read more
The Precarious Present
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?All of us ruminate, bringing up the cud of old, unresolved problems. But far from being idle mind chatter, most of these mental distractions are actually the... Read more