Psychotherapy Articles

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• Avoidance in OCD: It’s Never the Answer
  One of the common ways that people deal with anxiety is through avoidance. Afraid to fly? Well then, don’t. A large crowd of people ...
• The Truth About Animal-Assisted Therapy
  You know the impact your pet has on your life. But can the same sense of healing, security and unconditional love that ...
• Are You SAD This Winter? Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder
  Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) goes beyond the winter blues. It goes beyond feeling tired or sad or ...
• The Media and Mental Illness: The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous
  When portraying mental illness and psychotherapy, the media tends to get it wrong -- ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Therapist Julie Hanks
  Want to get a glimpse into a therapist’s world? Learn what therapy is really like? And get some wise advice ...
• Trauma Essentials: The Go-To Guide
  Trauma Essentials: The Go-To Guide by Babette Rothschild is a reference book for clinician and client alike. Rothschild has successfully taken the enormously complex subject of trauma therapy and recovery and broken it down into ...
• Length of Stay for Residential OCD Treatment
  Toward the end of his freshman year of college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
• Therapists Spill: The Best Advice I’ve Received On Conducting Therapy
  There are certain words of wisdom that stay with you the rest of your life -- especially ...
• Is Using Technology To Treat OCD a Good Idea?
  For people who are suffering for any reason, the Internet can offer ready-made support. Those with OCD, for ...
• The Emotional Vulnerability of Borderline Personality Disorder
  Imagine you have a cut. The skin around your cut heals. But it heals all wrong. The scarred tissue ...
• 5 Ideas for Boosting Your Energy When Depression Strikes
  Depression is as much a somatic (physical) disorder as it is a psychological one. Energy loss is a ...
• Therapists Spill: Why I Love Being a Clinician
  Being a therapist is hard work. It requires extra schooling, usually involves long hours and a plethora of paperwork ...
• The Quest for Mental Health
  One thing about getting older is that history feels more relevant. I grew up in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Cognitive-behavioral therapy was in its infancy, and dialectical behavior therapy had not yet been ...
• Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment
  Social Anxiety Disorder -- also known as social phobia -- is commonly treated by either psychotherapy or certain types of psychiatric medications. ...
• 9 Myths and Facts About Therapy
  Unfortunately, therapy still remains a shrouded subject, and many myths persist. The problem? These misunderstandings can prevent people from seeking ...
• A Counselor’s Clients Can Make the Best Teachers
  From a reasonably young age, I knew exactly what I wanted to be -- a professional helper. I ...
• Music Therapy May Aid Brain-Damaged Patients
  A review of the evidence to date suggests that music therapy can help patients recover their movements after experiencing brain damage. ...
• Mixing Minds: The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism
  Anyone with even the slightest interest in psychology will have come across the concepts of mindfulness and meditation before. They are mentioned in almost all of the literature in the field, and frequently referred to ...
• Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
  Gazing into a mirror, what is it that you see?  You see a reflection of the person others see when they look at you.  If the mirror should shatter you would then see not just ...
• Should You Consider Alternative Treatments for Anxiety Disorders?
  Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), ...
• How to Help a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder, Part 2
  When your loved one has borderline personality disorder (BPD), you might feel like you’re already ...
• How to Help a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder, Part 1
  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) can seem like an enigma, even to family and friends, who ...
• Crazy: Notes On and Off the Couch
  Have you ever wondered what’s going through your therapist’s head? Or, if you are a mental health professional yourself, have you ever wondered if you were alone in your thoughts about your job? Whichever side ...
• 8 Surprising Myths About Relationships
  There are hundreds of myths about relationships, according to Terri Orbuch, Ph.D, a Michigan clinical psychologist and author of ...
• A Band-Aid for a Marriage in Crisis
  Imagine a heavy-duty truck riding off the road, slipping down a hill and getting stuck in thick, sticky mud. Trying ...