The Therapy Beat
Do Brain Games Build Cognitive Muscle?
Grim Job Prospects for Mental Health GradBrain games and grad prospects Read more
Therapists’ Perspectives on the Woody Allen Allegations Read more
Psychotherapy and the Affordable Care Act
Ecstasy in the Consulting RoomThroughout the fall, news about the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA), designed to extend healthcare coverage to millions of the country’s currently... Read more
Psychotherapy vs. Placebos
Frontline PsychotherapyGarry Cooper and Kathleen Smith Read more
How to Help Learning Stick for Clients
What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Psychotherapy?It’s usually easy to see when clients are tuned out or turned off, simply not absorbing what you’re trying to get across. What’s puzzling is when things... Read more
Unless DSM more firmly joins the march toward biological psychiatry, it’s going to be left behind by NIMH. Read more
Currently, there are between 100 and 150 smartphone apps designed to supplement—and occasionally even replace—face-to-face psychotherapy. In fact, the... Read more
An alarming number of children and adolescents who walk into a psychiatrist’s office in the United States each year walk out with prescriptions for powerful... Read more
Wonder if Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man ever needed couples therapy? What might a family therapist say about the sibling rivalry of the Super Mario Bros? It’s time... Read more
While the “empty chair” was once identified as a popular Gestalt therapy technique, for many therapists today, faced with empty appointment hours... Read more