Psychotherapy Articles

Listed by most recent articles first.

• Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety
  In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed ...
• Easy Steps to Reconnect: A Guide for Emotionally Avoidant Dads
  It was torture for Jason when his 13-year-old ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Ryan Howes
  Every month we chat with one clinician about everything from the trials and triumphs of being a ...
• Parallels between Improv Comedy and Therapy
  What do psychotherapists and standup comedians have in common? If you guessed they use many of the ...
• Therapists Spill: 11 Myths About Therapy
  In past pieces in the “Therapists Spill” series, clinicians have shared everything from ...
• How to Overcome Obstacles to Positive Change
  We all are faced at times with trying to persuade others to make behavioral changes, or needing to do so ...
• Life is Full of Transitions
  Retirement: "removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business;" "withdrawal into privacy or seclusion." No wonder this word retirement seems so inappropriate ...
• War and Finding Peace
  First responders and veterans are similar in being willing to face danger in order to protect and save others. While they give their all, ...
• Can You Benefit from EMDR Therapy?
  EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy has been declared an effective form of trauma treatment ...
• Depression: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
  Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness, yet at the same time also one of the most poorly understood. Most people have felt emotionally depressed at some point in their life. ...
• Being a Grownup When Your Kid Hates You
  This column tells a story based on a composite of real-life situations in therapy to represent both teen and ...
• 7 Reasons to Seek Marriage Counseling
  Marriage rates supposedly are on the decline. While it's an oft-repeated statistic that 50 percent of first marriages end in ...
• The Blueprint for a Sucessful Practice: Methods of Marketing Your Business and Increasing Your Bottom Line
  The Blueprint for a Successful Practice by Gina Spielman is a book for people who have decided to take the plunge and start their own business. Although Spielman is a licensed clinical social worker ...
• The Escape of Sigmund Freud
  Eighty years old, sick with cancer, and reeling from the Nazis' takeover of his beloved Vienna, Sigmund Freud, in 1936, faced a harsh reality: he had to leave. But where would he go, and how ...
• Using EMDR Therapy to Heal Your Past: Interview with Creator Francine Shapiro
  Francine Shapiro, Ph.D, first discovered and developed EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in ...
• Facing Bipolar: The Young Adult’s Guide to Dealing With Bipolar Disorder
  This book on bipolar disorder is written specifically for teens and young adults with the condition. I chose to read it because I work in the education field and it is helpful to have some ...
• A Current Look at Chronic Depression
  A chronic form of depression, dysthymia is characterized by depressed mood on most days for at least two ...
• Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners
  The popular TV series "Mad Men" contains several scenes depicting psychoanalysis. Betty Draper lies on the couch in her analyst’s office, the doctor seated impassively behind her. Betty reports on her mundane thoughts in great ...
• Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents
  Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents by William Steel and Cathy A. Malchiodi is a powerful and user-friendly book aimed at educating clinicians in their work with child and adolescent trauma survivors. This comprehensive book ...
• ERP Therapy: A Good Choice for Treating OCD
  During OCD Awareness Week in October, I sat in front of my computer, mesmerized, as I watched a live ...
• NeuroCounseling: Simple Therapeutic Interventions for Rewiring the Maladaptive Brain
  While I was taking my undergraduate and graduate classes many moons ago, my least favorite courses were the ...
• What You Need to Know About Treatment-Resistant Depression
  Depression can be effectively treated with psychotherapy and medication. But it takes time to find the correct medication ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: Q&A with Psychologist Charles H. Elliott
  In this regular feature, we talk with a different therapist each month about their work, advice to ...
• A Special New Year’s Resolution for Procrastinators
  Procrastinators rejoice! The coming of the New Year is a fantastic opportunity for you to energize yourself toward achieving ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Deborah Serani
  In this brand-new feature, we interview a different therapist each month about their work. Below, you'll learn ...