Treatment Articles

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• Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety
  In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed ...
• 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 ...
• Before The World Intruded: Conquering The Past And Creating The Future
  Michele Rosenthal’s memoir, Before The World Intruded, is the story of her struggle with a life-threatening illness and the trauma it created. Rosenthal shares her battle with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), leading us from her diagnosis ...
• Parallels between Improv Comedy and Therapy
  What do psychotherapists and standup comedians have in common? If you guessed they use many of the ...
• Things to Consider When Choosing a Residential Treatment Program for OCD
  I’ve written before about my son Dan’s stay at an intensive residential program for ...
• Drug Effects on Alzheimer’s Patients Reassuring
  Researchers have added further detail to their findings on the risks of common drugs for elderly people. Dr. Chris Fox of ...
• Is Adult ADHD Linked to Addiction?
  The prevalence of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) greatly exceeds the prevalence of this diagnosis among the adult ...
• 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 ...
• Compassion for Annie: A Healthy Response to Mental Disorders
  Compassion for Annie: A Healthy Response to Mental Disorders is a user-friendly book aimed at individuals suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD) and those who love them. Dowell writes from the layperson’s perspective and covers ...
• Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
  Sometimes the title of a book is so intriguing that you can barely contain your eagerness in wanting to begin reading it.  Such may be the case for you as well with Better Than Normal: ...
• 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, ...
• 8 Keys to Recovery From an Eating Disorder
  Babette Rothschild, the Series Editor of 8 Keys, explains in her introduction that the purpose of the 8 Keys series is to provide intelligent, thoughtful help from highly experienced professionals.  In this case, Carolyn Costin ...
• Personifying OCD: An Effective Recovery Tool
  My son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder became so severe during the end of his freshman year of college that he could ...
• 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 ...
• Revisiting a School Program that Rescued ‘Losers’
  A few years ago, I read Dr. Bob Brooks’ monthly article which focused on one of his favorite themes: schools ...
• 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 ...
• Increasing Treatment Adherence in Schizophrenia
  "Adherence is one of the most important issues in illness management,” according to Dawn I. Velligan, ...
• Therapists Spill: The Best Advice I’ve Received On Living a Meaningful Life
  We all want to lead a life with some sort of meaning. What that meaning ...
• How Family and Friends Can Aid Mental Health Recovery
  Recovering from mental illness is terrifying and exhausting, both for the person diagnosed and those who ...
• When Crisis Becomes Chronic: What to do When Friendships Fade
  It’s a common experience. Something goes wrong in ...
• Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope
  Ben Behind His Voices is an inspirational story about a family’s experience with schizophrenia. The focus of Randye Kaye’s book is on her son Ben, who struggled for many years with mental health and substance ...