Treatment Library

• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Marla Deibler
  Ever wonder what clinicians really think about their work? How they navigate stressors? And the resources they ...
• Where to Start and What to Ask: An Assessment Handbook
  Two decades ago, in January 1993, Susan Lukas released Where to Start and What to Ask: An Assessment Handbook, aimed at guiding mental health practitioners toward better psychological assessments and intake interviews. Though the author ...
• Good Therapy for OCD
  With the help of the Internet, my son Dan correctly diagnosed himself with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at the age of 17. After his ...
• When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy
  You know you’re in trouble. Maybe you’ve been depressed for what seems like ages. You can’t get motivated to do things. You ...
• OCD, Guilt and Religion
  "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…." ~ Proverbs 23:7 Grace had grown up in a religious home. She ...
• Treatment of ADHD in Children
  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can take quite a toll on both the adults and the child who has the disorder. It's ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Therapist Ashley Eder
  In our monthly series, mental health practitioners give us a peek into their professional and personal lives. They ...
• Teens: Coping with Being Unwanted, Unloved and Unhappy
  Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. ~ Childhood rhyme Whoever made up that ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Christina Hibbert
  In our monthly series, clinicians share the behind-the-scenes of their work and life. They talk about what it’s ...
• Learning to Live with Charles Bonnet Syndrome
  “In the evening, I like to watch the news. That’s when my ‘visitors’ ...
• Heart Failure May Trigger Forgetfulness
  Heart failure has been linked to detrimental changes in the brain, says new research published recently in the European Heart Journal. The condition may occur due to ischemic heart disease or high blood pressure, and ...
• OCD: When Once is Not Enough
  “Say good-night mommy, say good-night,” pleaded Johnny every night. It wasn’t as if he had not already ...
• Brain Fluid Changes Predict Alzheimer’s 10 Years in Advance
  New signs of future Alzheimer's disease have been identified by ...
• 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 ...
• When Fantasy Crosses the Line
  Fantasizing about another person may seem like a harmless indulgence, but it actually draws us closer to ...
• Better Management of Stress and Its Effects
  The dictionary defines stress as “the importance attached to a thing,” or “the physical pressure, pull, or ...
• Therapists Spill: 8 Ways Clients Spoil Their Progress in Therapy (& How to Change That)
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• Wired for Success: Using NLP to Activate Your Brain for Maximum Achievement
  There’s a great quote from Charles Darwin that forms the basis of Wendy Jago’s new book: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the ...
• Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are
  Memoirs have a unique ability to give life to a possible journey that a reader is considering making. "Coming of Age on Zoloft" by Katherine Sharpe is one such memoir. Prozac, the first and probably the most ...
• 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 ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: The Eyes Have it
  Seeing is believing, yes? In our day-to-day world, we believe that ...
• OCD and Humor
  Obsessive-compulsive disorder often is portrayed as a quirky, cutesy, bothersome at most, illness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: Environmental Impact
  Memory loss is the most well known problem associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (ADRD). ...
• 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 ...
• Playing the Genetic Lottery
  In her first novel, Playing the Genetic Lottery, Terri Morgan tells the story of Caitlin Kane, a young woman whose parents and sibling suffer from schizophrenia. The novel is written as a sort of faux-memoir ...