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The Acronymization of Psychotherapy and Mental Illness

Posted by Lawrence Rubin, PhD, ABPP on 6/6/18 - 4:52 PM

DBT, ACT, CCPT, ADHD and BPD instantly evoke a complete understanding of their parent constructs...or do they?! Perhaps psychotherapy and psychdiagnostics have been trivialized and commodified in the name of catchy acronyms and intialisms.

Countertransference in the Rearview Mirror May Be Closer Than it Appears

Posted by Lawrence Rubin, PhD, ABPP

The $5 Snake Phobia Cure

Posted by Victor Yalom, PhD

O Psychotherapy, Where Art Thou?

Posted by Howard Rosenthal, EdD

The Power of Naming

Posted by Richard Makover, MD on 2/22/18 - 12:21 PM

Has Shakespeare's Hamlet been misdiagnosed all these years? Take a fresh look at the concepts of naming and renaming.

Teaching Clients to Meditate

Posted by Christian Conte, PhD

12 Things You Didn't Know About Milton H. Erickson and His Daughter Betty Alice Erickson

Posted by Howard Rosenthal, EdD

Psychotherapy "Terminations" and Beyond

Posted by Victor Yalom, PhD

Why Every Therapist Should Read Dr. Robert Firestone's New Book "Overcoming the Destructive Inner Voice: True Stories of Therapy and Transformation"

Posted by Howard Rosenthal, EdD on 3/16/17 - 2:11 PM

Some people collect stamps, others baseball memorabilia. I prefer psychotherapy and treatment related books. It would be an understatement to say some select works have had a profound influence on my career. As I type this blog, I have a vintage 1925 hard back copy of John B. Watson's Behaviorism sitting to the side of my monitor. In its day the work commanded a hefty price tag of $3.00 and tied for the most expensive tome in W.W. Norton & Company,...

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