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In This Issue:Featured in the Winter 2008 Issue is an Interview with Owen Renik MD by Psychotherapy.net’s editor-in-chief Randall Wyatt, PhD—along with a few questions of my own that I couldn’t help throwing in. Renik is at once a highly esteemed psychoanalyst, as well as an incisive critic of the psychoanalytic establishment. He minces no words in going after some of the most sacred psychoanalytic cows, such as therapist anonymity and even the supremacy of insight. He argues instead for therapist authenticity, symptom relief, and an egalitarian therapist-client relationship—and does this in quite colorful, jargon-free language. Plus, an exclusive excerpt from Renik’s book Practical Psychoanalysis for Therapists and Patients. We think you’ll be fully engaged and challenged by this innovative thinker.
We are pleased to offer an exclusive excerpt of Irvin Yalom’s latest book, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death. This just released work delves into one of the central themes that Yalom has been exploring since his text Existential Psychotherapy—that wrestling and coming to terms with the fear of death is central to the human experience. This book offers insights and nuggets of wisdom can enhance both your personal and professional life. If the excerpt whets your appetite, we have signed copies of this book (as well as other Irvin Yalom texts) available. We continue our efforts to bring you dispatches from colleagues around the globe. In A British Psychologist’s View of Psychotherapy in China, professor Stephen Myler, PhD shares his rich experiences of teaching and conducting therapy in this country. Hui Qi Tong, a Chinese trained psychiatrist and psychology graduate student in the U.S. shares her response and insights in Commentary by a Chinese Psychotherapist in the United States. Together, these two pieces provide a fascinating look at how western
Our latest addition to our collection of psychotherapy videos is the 11-DVD series of Child Psychotherapy with the Experts. This includes modalities of play therapy, adolescent family therapy, parent consultation and more, and features notables in the field such as Violet Oaklander, David Scharff, and Jon Carlson. Many more DVDs are scheduled to be released in the coming months; we encourage you to subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter so you can be kept abreast of our new offerings, as well as receive special offers available only to subscribers. Cheers, Victor Yalom, PhD p.s. As always, if you have an idea for an article, or a joke for our humor section, please let me know. February, 2008 |
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