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Divorcing Well
Bringing Buddhist Practice to Divorce CounselingWhile the death of a marriage is undoubtedly painful, it doesn't have to be pathological. Buddhism can offer the concrete guidance to help even the most... Read more
Tapping into Strengths
A systems approach to resilienceContrary to popular opinion, resilience isn't so much an innate quality as a feature of human connectedness. Read more
The Worry Hill
A Child-friendly Approach to OCDTherapists helping children confront OCD face a formidable obstacle: helping their young clients get beyond their immediate terror in the hope of reaping... Read more
The Art of Self-justification
We're all at the mercy of cognitive dissonanceFar from being a relic of Psych 101, the theory of cognitive dissonance may have more relevance in understanding today's world than ever. Read more
Time Traveler
An Empty Nest Can Portend a Freer LifeLife in the empty nest can be humbling, exhilarating, and occasionally, just plain weird. Read more
Technotrap
When Work Becomes Your Second HomeRelentless stress in the high-tech workplace of the 21st century is taking an unprecedented toll on our emotional lives and our capacity to wind down at the... Read more
A Quiet Revolution
Therapists Are Learning a New Way to Be With Their ClientsIf you're a therapist these days, it's hard to open a publication—or your mailbox—without hearing about mindfulness. Are the Eastern wisdom traditions... Read more
The Soul of Relationship
Where Self and Other MeetMaking "contact" with our partner means first recognizing a subtle inner substrate where we encounter everything from boredom to anxiety to sexual interest to... Read more
Any Day Above Ground
After Recovery, What Then?Letting go of our childlike fascination with the promise of the future is one of the hardest challenges of truly being in the moment. Read more
Finding Daylight
Mindful Recovery from DepressionThere's increasing evidence that mindfulness helps depressed people fight relapse. Read more
Controversy at APA * Motivating the Depressed Client * Educational Videos for Babies Flunk * Different Alcoholics, Different Treatments * Does Therapy Breed... Read more
Mission Possible
The Art of Engaging Tough TeensWhat to do when your teen clients give you the silent treatment. Read more
Blinded by Science
Are There Ways of Knowing That We Refuse to Acknowledge?A book by a respected researcher argues that telepathy and clairvoyance may be on a continuum with more common traits of intuition and empathy. Read more
Run with It!
Redefining the Comfort Zone After CancerA woman recovering from cancer develops a new sense of her body and her comfort zone. Read more
Pathologizing for Dollars
The Rise of the ADHD DiagnosisClinical diagnoses can have more to do with politics and economics than with science and effective treatment. Read more
Supershrinks
What's the Secret of Their Success?Why do some therapists clearly stand out above the rest, consistently getting far better results than most of their colleagues? According to the research, it... Read more
How Being Bad Can Make You Better
Developing a Culture of Feedback in Your PracticeRegularly using a few simple feedback measures—plus paying close attention to your failures—can make you a better therapist. Read more
Once skeptical about the value of regularly seeking client feedback, therapists at a public agency become true believers. Read more
The Accidental Therapist
Jay Haley Didn't Set Out to Transform PsychotherapyAlthough he influenced a generation of therapists with his strategic methods, Jay Haley was always more at home as an observer of behavior than as an... Read more
Learning from Memory
Sometimes the True Value of a Gift Can Only Be Appreciated LaterA parentless woman recalls her childhood Christmas rituals. Read more
How Clients 'Do' Their Problems
NLP Can Help You Do the "Briefest" TherapyCareful attention to body language and nonverbal cues can dramatically streamline the process of therapeutic change. Read more
Blindsided
Coming Face-to-Face with the UnimaginableDespite everything I had no choice about, I did have one fundamental choice to make: my choice of a "stance" toward life. Would I find joy in the options that... Read more
Caring for the Caregiver
6 TipsThose who care for ailing family members often are undertaking a marathon, not a sprint. Read more
Reliable Witness
What it Takes to be With Your Clients to the EndFew of us instinctively know what to do and say when families are confronting the death of a loved one. But we can start by being with them in the struggle. Read more
Winter Passage
Acknowledging Spirituality in Life's Final JourneyDrawing on spiritual resources can ease the pain and sorrow of death for client and therapist alike. Read more
Three Tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Discovering Our Values by Confronting Our FearsLearning to accept our fears as guideposts to who we really want to be. Read more
* Is Therapy Harmful? * The Unintended Consequences of Black-Labeling Antidepressants * A Depression Vaccine * Unexpected Resilience Among Adolescents ... Read more
The 4 Stages of Supervision
Establishing a Lasting Relationship with Your SuperviseeEffective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more
Our best teachers aren't always the two-legged kind. Read more