Psychotherapy Library

• My Journey to Loving Myself Following Sexual Abuse
  Historically any article with “self-love” in it has given rise to a ...
• Seeking Mental Health Care: Taking the First, Scary Step
  Despite increasing acceptance and public awareness, there is still a stigma associated with seeking help from mental ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Therapist Joyce Marter
  Every month we feature a different clinician, who gives us a snippet into their work and life. ...
• Therapists Spill: 8 Ways Clients Spoil Their Progress in Therapy (& How to Change That)
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• Why Can’t I Change? How to Conquer Your Self-Destructive Patterns
  In Why Can’t I Change?: How to Conquer Your Self-Destructive Patterns, Shirley Impellizzeri outlines the psychological issues surrounding attachment from birth through adulthood. Using the latest research on brain science plus well-supported theories, Impellizzeri does a solid job ...
• Therapists Spill: The Moment I Realized I Am Enough
  Many of us feel like we have to earn our ...
• 4 of the Biggest Barriers in Bipolar Disorder
  People with bipolar disorder can face many challenges -- from the illness’s fluctuating feelings to its destructive effects ...
• OCD and Hyper-responsibility
  One of the driving forces behind obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an inflated sense of responsibility, known as hyper-responsibility. Those who suffer from ...
• Children with Fibromyalgia Benefit from CBT
  Recent research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy can improve the lives of children and adolescents suffering ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist John Duffy
  In this regular series, we interview a different clinician every month about everything from the trials and ...
• Handbook of Counseling Military Couples
  Handbook of Counseling Military Couples is a collection of essays by psychologists and therapists, edited by Bret A. Moore, Psy.D. It is intended to be read by clinicians working with military couples. The first half ...
• What is Emotional Abandonment?
  Many people don’t realize that they’re feeling emotionally abandoned or that they did as a child. They may ...
• How to Spot Emotional Unavailability
  If you’ve ever been in a relationship with someone emotionally unavailable, you know the pain of not ...
• The Importance of Support for Eating Disorders
  In her first session with me Rose exclaimed emphatically, “No offense to you, but I feel that I should be ...
• A Life Lived Ridiculously
  Dr. Annabelle R. Charbit, PhD in neuroscience, accomplished writer, and lifelong sufferer of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has used all three of these descriptors to write A Life Lived Ridiculously, her intriguing first novel.  The book ...
• Psychoanalysis and Politics: Histories of Psychoanalysis under Conditions of Restricted Political Freedom
  Psychoanalysis and Politics: Histories of Psychoanalysis under Conditions of Restricted Political Freedomis a collection of essays examining the complex, often paradoxical relationships between psychoanalysis and politically repressive European, Latin American and North American regimes from ...
• OCD: Rational People, Irrational Disorder
  When my son Dan was suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) so severe he couldn’t eat, or move ...
• The Little Psychotherapy Book: Object Relations in Practice
  The Little Psychotherapy Book by Allan G. Frankland is a user-friendly, small (187 pages) manual designed to assis understanding psychodynamic psychotherapy from an object relations (O-R) perspective “in a dynamic and easy-to-follow way.” It presents very ...
• Marked by Fire: Stories of the Jungian Way
  Composed of 13 distinctly powerful stories, Marked by Fire: Stories of the Jungian Way is a fascinating read. Each contribution is well-written, well-informed and uniquely insightful. The book does a solid job of placing the ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Therapist Jeffrey Sumber
  Every month we interview a different clinician about everything from practicing therapy to leading a meaningful ...
• What OCD Feels Like: Being Absolutely Uncertain
  Mike's thoughts were driving him “crazy.” One thought would lead him into another and another. His anxiety would ...
• Understanding & Coping with Cyclothymia
  It’s a disorder that leaves you at the mercy of your moods, but tends to be subtle enough that you may not ...
• Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
  When I ordered Dr. Shapiro’s book titled Getting Past Your Past, I was expecting a self-help read about how to deal with your past issues with some type of behavioral therapy. However, the subtitle made ...
• Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up
  What happens when the use of psychotropic drugs in children becomes part of everyday life? If you were a child or raised children in the United States in the last 20 or 30 years, you ...
• Brooklyn Zoo: The Education of a Psychotherapist
  Darcy Lockman left her journalism career to become a psychotherapist. Clearly a gifted writer, the decision could not have been easy. But she made it and stuck with it. After earning her doctorate, she needed ...