Renowned psychiatrist, Allen Frances, decries the overdiagnosis of adult ADHD and offers critical steps forward to avoid serious psychiatric and medical problems.
When Clients Ask, “What Do You Want for Me?”
Listening carefully for what clients want for their lives is essential, but sometimes they want to know what we want for them, too.
How to Use Inference and Speculation for Psychological Assessment
Sometimes, inferences and observations about a client can take the place of a psychological assessment.
Narrative Therapy in a Cross-Cultural Conversation with Someone Approaching Death
Bridging the distance between herself, a Pakeha" New Zealander, and her client, a Maori" New Zealander, Sasha McAllum Pilkington shows how relationships can mean the difference between life and death.
Brief Therapy with Single Mothers: The Transformational Alchemy of Metaphor
Working with single mothers, metaphors can be a powerful therapeutic tool for anchoring change and growth with stability and durability, leading to increased resilience.
Providing Culturally Sensitive Narrative Therapy and EMDR to Original Peoples
A culturally sensitive therapist connects deeply with an indigenous client, using Narrative Therapy techniques and EMDR to support her in healing herself and her community.
Critical Tips for Building and Maintaining Your Private Practice: Avoiding Self-Defeat
How to successfully build and maintain your private psychotherapy practice by taking a client-centered approach towards your office and communication protocols.
Strengthening the Therapy Relationship with Gay Men
The keys to successful therapy with gay men are connection, support, and attunement. Excerpted from Unwrapped, Integrative Therapy with Gay Men…the Gift of Presence.
The Costs and Benefits of Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy
Therapists considering the role of virtual reality with their clients, particularly the elderly, must carefully consider the costs and benefits.
Stealing a Passage Home: Narrative Therapy to Re-claim Honesty
Kay Ingamells uses playful Narrative Therapy techniques to help a young client regain his honesty.