By Howard Rosenthal, EdD
on 5/12/11 - 11:37 PM
A friend of mine (let's call him Kurt to preserve confidentiality and perhaps more importantly not to embarrass him) told me was gearing up to take his state licensing exam. Had he prepared for the exam? "Come on Rosenthal, I just spent two of the best years of life in grad school and another three or so in supervision. I think I know this stuff by now." "Really," I remarked. "Who is the father of rational emotive behavior therapy?" "Come on dude, that's...
By Howard Rosenthal, EdD
on 12/12/10 - 12:19 AM
We've all heard it on a local or national television or radio station, "And when we return after the weather, we'll examine the tremendous increase in suicide during the winter holiday season."<br />
Well that's great, except for one small thing: It doesn't exist. In fact, the direct opposite is true. The suicide rate generally hits a peak during April and May. The National Center for Health Statistics placed November and December as the months with the lowest daily rates of...
By Victor Yalom, PhD
on 8/30/10 - 10:52 PM
<br /><strong>It’s been twenty-plus years now</strong> of returning from some sort of summer vacation to resume seeing clients. I wake up this morning, still unsettled from my dream life, reminded that my own anxiety, seemingly under wraps, is not too far from the surface. As I mentally ready myself to go back to work, images and memories seep in from prior years: early in my career nervously wondering whether any clients would return; other times eagerly anticipating seeing a specific client or...
