The Therapy Beat
Two squabbling ex-spouses learn to be steadfast coparents. Read more
The real diagnosis hiding behind client's failed marriages, rage, and shame isn't always easy to spot. Read more
Every day, warring and desperate husbands and wives show up in our offices agonizing over divorce. Have we been too blithe in encouraging them to go ahead, too... Read more
Some intriguing findings refute popular myths about marriage. Read more
This essay offers 38 radical life solutions on truth, work, love, politics, and spirit—all urging you to stop running and be the solution. Read more
Therapists wrestle with an uncomfortable truth: in a culture in crisis, neutrality is no longer and option. Read more
Appasionata
Fables and fairy tales and fires in our soulsTwo films, one question: what does it cost us when we're forced to bury our deepest passions? Read more
Millions of learning-disabled adults rely on intellectual guerrilla tactics to survive. Read more
Following the Money
Why fewer and fewer men are becoming therapists.If the male perspective is lost entirely from our profession, the culture will once again see emotional work as women's work, and I think we all will lose Read more
From the March/April 1994 issue We have grown used to having front-row seats during natural and political cataclysms like the Los Angeles earthquake... Read more
Not only does his mother withdraw from him, she may even defer to him at this stage, which can be just as upsetting. Out of fear of emasculating him a boy... Read more
The adaptations necessary to make it in the competitive world of managed care go against many therapists' psychological grain. Read more