Science & Research
Exploring the evidence behind what we do
Altered States
Why Insight by Itself Isn't Enough For Lasting ChangeIncreasingly, neuroscience is making it clear that therapists rely too much on the consulting room drama of insight and not enough on good, old-fashioned... Read more
Riding the Waves
Neurofeedback: A Breakthrough with Learning Disabilities?Neurofeedback is one of a group of new technologies that promises not only to treat the symptoms of mood, attention, and learning disorders, but to address the... Read more
The Hidden Logic of Anxiety
Look for the Emotional Truth behind the SymptomIn our rush to remove the symptoms of anxiety, we too often ignore the client's hidden system of personal meaning. Focusing on that murky inner world can both... Read more
Discoveries from the Black Box
How the Neuroscience Revolution Can Change Your PracticeIncreasingly, therapists are trying to make sense of the cavalcade of neuroscientific discoveries regularly trumpeted in the research literature and the... Read more
Rx for Passion
Antidepressants needn't depress the libidoFrom the March/April 1999 issue As a psychiatrist and couples therapist, some days it seems as if I never talk about anything but sex. And increasingly, I... Read more
From the May/June 1994 issue LEARNING DISABILITIES (LD) AND Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are distinct disorders that not only undermine... Read more