Case Study
Bad Couples Therapy
Getting Past the Myth of Therapist NeutralityHere are the mistakes both beginning and experienced couples therapists commit, and how you can avoid them. Read more
What Textbooks Don't Tell You
Acknowledging the complexities of real-life therapyAcknowledging the complexities of real-life therapy Read more
Manners Matter
Respecting the etiquette of effective psychotherapyFrom 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
A jazz drummer tunes in to how a couple organizes time Read more
Turning Down the Temperature
Handling One of Marriage's Most Explosive CrisesThree therapists explore how to cool down the temperature with couples facing the crisis of infidelity. Read more
Leaving the Mothering to Mother
Helping a parent become accountableFrom 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
Long-Distance Therapy
Helping an isolated family heal their traumaFrom 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