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Get Out of My Life!

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
Questions of Gender

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
Letting Go of Hate

Magazine Article - Case Study

July 11, 2014

Letting Go of Hate

How to help clients change unconscious responses

Steve Andreas & Wendy Behary

Many well-intentioned therapists have suggested that their clients just “let go” of hate, as if it were a heavy load that they could simply drop to the ground. Read More
Case Study May-June 2014

Magazine Article - Case Study

May 12, 2014

Rush to Judgment

Beware of the ADHD diagnosis

Pat Pernicano & Martha Straus

Part of the epidemic of misdiagnosed ADHD in young children today results from a failure to understand how trauma often leads to difficulty learning in school. Read More
Whose Therapy Is It Anyway?

Magazine Article - Case Study

March 7, 2014

Whose Therapy Is It Anyway?

When Your Client Is Uncommitted to Change

David Johnson & Jay Efran

When we find ourselves haunted by a particular case, it may mean that we’re more invested in the client making changes than the client is himself. Read More
Rewriting the Story

Magazine Article - Case Study

January 8, 2014

Rewriting the Story

Entering the World of the Abused Child

Dan Hughes & David Crenshaw

Therapists must offer abused children a different felt experience of who they are. Read More
The Black Shadow

Magazine Article - Case Study

November 5, 2013

The Black Shadow

Facing the Taboo Issue of Race in the Consulting Room

Marlene Watson & David Waters

Raising the issue of race in therapy can help African American clients connect their personal struggles to an enduring cultural legacy that many insist isn’t supposed to matter anymore. Read More
Evoking the Inner Artist

Magazine Article - Case Study

September 5, 2013

Evoking the Inner Artist

How to Replace Pathology with Creativity

Lisa Mitchell & Jay Efran

When clients feel blocked, therapists can help them tap their inner artist and view feelings of vulnerability, doubt, and fear as part of a creative, problem-solving process. Read More
Life After Betrayal

Magazine Article - Case Study

July 1, 2013

Life After Betrayal

Getting Past the Victim Identity

Steven Stosny & William Doherty

When working with clients who’ve experienced an intimate betrayal, it’s important to empower them to move beyond a victim identity. Read More
Women Who Cheat

Magazine Article - Case Study

May 1, 2013

Women Who Cheat

Understanding the Message of the Affair

Tammy Nelson & David Treadway

Far from being evidence of marital bankruptcy, a woman’s affair can be a way of expressing a desire for a different self and an opportunity to breathe life into a suffocating relationship. Read More

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