We Weren't Meant to Live in "Screenworld"
Why Therapy is the Counterculture We NeedNowadays, you see screens at checkout counters and laundromats, in restaurants and waiting rooms, and on the dashboards of cars and in their back seats. Isn't... Read more
Affair Repair
Lessons on Changing DirectionsCouples therapy can be difficult and dicey, especially when there’s an affair in the mix. To keep afloat in the emotional tumult, most therapists cling to... Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2017
In spite of what seems to be as many different therapy methods as stars in the sky, and in spite of reams of outcome studies, no empirically studied model... Read more
The Immigrant's Odyssey
Trauma, Loss, and the Promise of HealingImmigration is often a trauma that leaves indelible marks on those who’ve left behind family, cultural values, and status. Perhaps more than any other client... Read more
Navigating the Bipolar Spectrum
Diagnosing Mood Disorders Requires Great CareDiagnosing and treating mood disorders can be tricky, especially when it comes to an often overlooked, subtle form of bipolar II. Read more
Adjusting the Unconscious
Making Quick Work of Lasting ChangeSome claim that much of psychotherapy is a pseudoscience, promising far more than it can deliver, with lengthy, expensive interventions for the common problems... Read more
How Psychotherapy Lost Its Magick
The Art of Healing in an Age of ScienceStudies show more people pay for the services of advisors claiming special powers than see mental health practitioners. How can mentalists and mediums be... Read more
When Helping Doesn't Help
Why Some Clients May Not Want to ChangeRather than just commiserating with clients’ misery, most therapists want to engage in more active forms of helping. So we try to persuade clients... Read more
Leaping for Joy
The Secret Lives of ChildrenRecalling a time when kids were supposed to be out of the house—and their parents’ hair—as much as possible. Read more
Hearing Voices
Eavesdropping on Our Inner ConversationsThe Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves Making sense of the particular internal mix of words, conversation, music, and images... Read more
Speak Easy
Keeping It Real with Your Teen ClientsHow to keep it real with teenage clients. Read more
Feeling Anxious?
A Longtime Researcher Weighs InHow can you keep on top of the proliferation of anxiety treatments today? Read more
Therapists Answer the Millennial Question
Therapists respond to the increasingly popular notion that we have a Millennial crisis on our hands. Read more
Is It Possible to Divorce Well?
Three Buddhist Practices for Helping Partners Split AmicablyThree simple steps from Buddhism to help hostile spouses cultivate a spirit of nonviolence, generosity, and compassion toward their ex-partners. Read more
VIDEO: Janet Edgette on Getting Real with Kids in Therapy
The Perils of Being Too EmpathicWe all want to build strong relationships with our clients, but when working with adolescents, don’t overdo the empathy, says therapist Janet Edgette... Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel Explains Why Brain Integration is the Key to Good Mental Health
Here's What a Healthy Mind Looks LikeAccording to Dan Siegel, understanding the connection between the brain and the miraculously various operations of the human mind and body is the first step in... Read more
VIDEO: A Breathing Antidote for Stress Responses
A Six-Minute Exercise for Overcoming StressOur depressed clients don’t only exhibit their symptoms through speech and vocal tone. You see them in their body language too—in slouching torsos, folded... Read more