By Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
on 5/5/15 - 7:27 PM
Multi-lingual therapist Anastasia Piatakhina Gire´ helps one of her couples clients gain a deeper understanding of one another not in spite of, but <em>because of</em> their language barriers.
By Howard Rosenthal, EdD
on 2/4/15 - 9:58 AM
It all began in my undergraduate abnormal psychology class after I made the curious observation that our faithful professor was absent for each and every one of our exams. The professor's pattern of behavior struck me as odd. I leaned over and asked a fellow student who worked as a teacher's aide what he knew about this since I figured he might just have the inside scoop. My cohort whispered, "You really don't know. The guy is in private practice and...
By Howard Rosenthal, EdD
on 7/22/14 - 5:23 PM
Nine year old Malcolm was one of the fortunate clients. Because his family had a very modest income a local counseling center with a sliding fee scale was seeing Malcolm on a pro bono basis. Better yet, the agency was providing free transportation for him on a school bus. His emotional difficulties began two years ago after his parents got a divorce. He was now living with his natural father and his new step-mother. Treatment seemed to be working well. Then...