Case Study

Learning to enhance performance by embracing doubt and fear. Read more

Facing the challenge of working with a dissembling adolescent in a blended family means changing the "official story" of the problem. Read more

EMDR helps a young Irag War vet and his wife emerge from the nightmare of his war experience. Read more

"Complicated grief" resulting from unresolved guilt, anger, shame, and regret can fester on for many years. Read more

A therapist works with a rabbi struggling with his mental health and developing false relationships with phone sex operators. Read more

An erotic fetish disrupts a man's sexual history as well as his current relationship Read more

In 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

When therapy stalls, it's usually time to investigate the undercurrents that nobody wants to talk about. Read more

Despite all the hoopla, the dropout rate for Viagra exceeds 40 percent. A case explores the aspects of middle-aged sexuality that no drug can address. Read more

A woman who wants to learn a new way to be with her mother teaches her therapist what it means to step out of his own comfort zone. Read more

Acknowledging the complexities of real-life therapy Read more

From the July/August 1997 issue Whenever I talk about my belief in the link between etiquette and successful psychotherapy, people exclaim “Manners?! You... Read more

From the May/June 1997 issue The Internet has entered the consulting room in ways that few therapists could possibly have anticipated. Today, Internet... Read more

A jazz drummer tunes in to how a couple organizes time Read more

How to cool down the temperature with couples facing the crisis of infidelity. Read more

From the July/August 1994 issue AS A PSYCHOLOGIST IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I AM involved in the day-to-day lives of children, not as someone set apart from... Read more

From the May/June 1994 issue IN THE SPRING OF 1991, MY MOTHER, A MENNONITE AND a nurse-midwife, called me from rural Pennsylvania. “Can you give me... Read more