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A young child sits dejectedly against school lockers with an adult next to him

March 8, 2016

Supporting the Overwhelmed Child

Sometimes It Just Takes Time

Howard Honigsfeld & Janet Sasson Edgette

A school counselor’s patient work with a sad, uncommunicative young boy demonstrates what a difference just being there can make. * Commentary by Janet Sasson Edgette Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

January 11, 2016

The Remarriage Triangle

Working with Later-Life Recouplers and their Grown Children

Patricia Papernow & William Doherty

Therapists need to be prepared to go against the conventional clinical wisdom in helping later-life recouplers and stepfamilies handle the unique challenges they face. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

November 18, 2015

A Cure for the Yips

Brainspotting and Performance Blocks

David Grand

Traumatic experiences are often the root of athletic and other kinds of performance blocks. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

September 1, 2015

It’s Not about the Diet

Building a healthy relationship with food

Judith Matz & Leslie Korn

Too often both clinicians and clients fall into the trap of pursuing weight loss as a therapeutic goal. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

July 1, 2015

The Challenge of Open Relationships

Can They Ever Work?

Rick Miller

While many therapists are skeptical of open relationships, some believe that, with the right couple, they can work. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

May 1, 2015

Rediscovering Happiness

The Use of Positive Childhood Triggers in Psychotherapy

Rhegina Sinozich & Janina Fisher

To create deep change, we need to help people mine the sources of intense pleasure in their lives, wherever they may find them. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

March 1, 2015

Knowing When to Push

Balancing Safety and Challenge

Michele Weiner-Davis & Mary Jo Barrett

When a client has been sexually abused, it can be difficult to find the balance between creating safety and challenging old patterns. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

January 1, 2015

Voices of Reason

Empowering clients to alter their internal experiences

Bruce Teall & Wendy Behary

The case of a young man hearing voices shows how even problems that first appear to be extreme can be resolved by empowering clients to alter subtle aspects of their internal experience. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

November 12, 2014

Get Out of My Life!

Working with Cut-off Family Members in the Consulting Room

Elena Lesser Bruun & Jay Efran

Helping families heal cutoffs is painstakingly delicate work, with a high risk for stumbling over buried land mines. Read More

Magazine Article - Case Study

September 11, 2014

Questions of Gender

A therapist struggles with the clinical choices he’s made

David Treadway & Jean Malpas

A therapist takes an unflinching look at a puzzling case that spanned 14 years, wondering if he made a wrong turn. Read More