Brain
Driven Crazy
TBI is Claiming the Hearts and Minds of Too Many VetsWith the U.S. Army suicide rate at an all-time high, there’s a greater need than ever to understand the struggles of soldiers returning from war zones and... Read more
How Conversation Sparks Therapeutic Change
The Search for the Unspoken SelfWhen we trust in ourselves to follow the signals of life that the patient emits in seemingly casual conversation, we increase chances of stepping outside the... Read more
How to Heal the Angry Brain
Mad MenMen with anger problems are generally highly reluctant clients who come to our offices only because they’ve gotten “the ultimatum” from their wives... Read more
Psyche and Soma
How Our Bodies Reveal Our Inner ExperienceFor more than 25 years, Pat Ogden has been at the forefront of developing somatic approaches that can succeed where the talking cure fails. Read more
The Anatomy of Self-Hatred
Learning to Love Our Loathed "Selves"With stalemated cases in which the task of self-acceptance feels impossible, the therapist needs to offer more than compassion and encouragement. Read more
The Power of Emotion in Therapy
How to Harness this Great MotivatorNeuroscientists recently established emotion is the prime force shaping how we cope with life’s challenges. Psychotherapists are beginning to learn how to... Read more
Why We Cry
A Clinician’s GuideOur understanding of what happens when we weep hasn't progressed much beyond Freud's theory of catharsis. However, knowing how our nervous systems work can... Read more
System One Meets System Two
Daniel Kahneman Expands Our VisionDaniel Kahneman, the founder of behavioral economics, has written a comprehensive dissection of the reasoning mind, which should be on every therapist’s... Read more
A Buddhist Approach to Helping Low Self-Esteem
Teaching Self-Compassion in TherapyA Buddhist approach to enhancing self-esteem. Read more
Psychotherapy At The Crossroads
A New Vision of Integrative Mental HealthAn alternative to the old talking cure is expanding the knowledge base of psychotherapy as we recognize the role that exercise, nutrition, spirituality... Read more
Brain-Based Parenting
What Neuroscience is Teaching Us About Connecting With Our KidsOur growing understanding of attachment and the processes that shape the parenting brain are opening new possibilities for helping stressed-out parents who are... Read more
Going Beyond Meditation with IFS
How to Move from Acceptance to HealingMeditation supports clients in being more present and accepting. But if it’s transformation they want, IFS can help them take the next step. Read more
The Heart of Darkness
Plumbing the Nature of EvilPlumbing the eternal question: Why are there bad people? Read more
Editor's Note: September/October 2011
The Mindfulness Binge/Minding MindfulnessI first became aware that there was such a thing as meditation as part of my immersion in the cascade of mind-body-spirit esoterica unleashed by the human... Read more
West Meets East
Creating a New Wisdom TraditionAs mindfulness practices work their way into the psychotherapeutic mainstream, we’re starting to ask more clinically sophisticated questions: Who needs what... Read more
Suggesting Mindfulness
Awakening the Hypnotist WithinAs a clinical intervention, mindfulness is best understood by stripping away its aura of mystical spirituality and understanding the crucial role suggestion... Read more
Shadow Side Of Meditation
Getting Stuck in the Present MomentA Zen teacher describes the benefits and limitations of traditional meditation practice. Read more
Relational Meditation
Moving from Conflict to AttunementWhile meditation is usually considered solitary, two therapists discover that the couples intervention they’ve been using for over 20 years is actually a... Read more
In Search of a Lost Self
Reclaiming Our Missing ExperiencesA primer on the specifics of incorporating mindfulness into therapeutic practice. Read more
Dancing with the Unconscious
A Mindful Approach to CommunicationSometimes conversation isn’t the best way to communicate with clients. There are times when therapists must go beyond the words. Read more
The Attuned Therapist
Does Attachment Theory Really Matter?In recent years, attachment theory, with its emphasis on early bonding, connection and relationship, has exerted as much influence over the field of... Read more
Bringing Up Baby
Are We Too Attached?While therapists may consider some intuitively appealing ideas about human development---like attachment theory---beyond dispute, the researcher's job is to... Read more
The Verdict Is In
The Case for Attachment TheoryFifty years of research has confirmed that the emotional quality of our earliest attachment relationships is central to our well-being as adults. Read more
Breaking Free
A Mind-Body Approach to Retraining the BrainPutting the power of neuroplasticity to work in the consulting room. Read more
Gender and the Brain
Louann Brizendine's Work Stirs New ControversyNeuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine has stirred up plenty of controversy by arguing that men and women have very different brains. Read more
I Think, Therefore I Eat
Skills for Successful DietingFrom the viewpoint of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, the reason that dieters so frequently fail to stick to their healthy eating plans is simple: knowing what... Read more
It's Not About The Food
The Truth About Eating DisordersThe key to working effectively with eating disorders is understanding that starving, bingeing, and purging aren't simply bad habits. For treatment to work, it... Read more
Recipe For Life
Is Attuned Eating the Answer to Diet Failure?Despite the common cultural notion that anyone can successfully lose weight---constantly reinforced by the $60 billion-a-year diet industry---at least 95... Read more
The Case for Energy Psychology
Snake oil or therapeutic power tool?A wizened, seen-it-all psychologist describes how he came to embrace an approach that much of the orthodox psychotherapy world considers the latest incarnation... Read more
Lions Without a Cause
Men's Animal Instincts Don't Fit the Modern WorldLet's face it: love means something quite different to men and women. A look at other species of social mammals offers some remarkable insights into the... Read more