Nowhere is privacy more important than in the mental health field. But with the advent of Electronic Health Records, how can you be sure your notes are private?
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist’s Memoir
After decades of writing about his patients' lives as they journey with him through therapy, Irvin Yalom finally puts himself on the couch in this touching memoir—his final book.
12 Things You Didn’t Know About Milton H. Erickson and His Daughter Betty Alice Erickson
Howard Rosenthal shares with us a quick reality check and attempt to separate fact from fiction regarding Milton Erickson, a larger-than-life figure in the history of our field.
Grief is a Strange Land
The capacity to be wise and spacious around others’ pain, the sense of tenderhearted compassion that comes so readily through us in our roles as a therapist, often tricks us into thinking we don’t need help with our own struggles.
Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop
In this excerpt from Anna Lembke's book, Drug Dealer, MD, she illustrates the dangers early access to prescription opioids can have even for kids who are not at high risk for addiction.
Anna Lembke on the Opioid Epidemic
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Anna Lembke discusses the sharp rise in opioid addiction and deaths, the doctors who have enabled it, and what clinicians can do to help.
Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Bill Wilson’s Long-Lost Treatment Paradigm
AA Founder Bill Wilson spent the last eleven years of his life touting another promising treatment for alcoholism.
Psychotherapy “Terminations” and Beyond
Our CEO and Founder, Victor Yalom, reflects on his terminations and the new beginnings they sewed.
Are High-Risk Clients Suitable for Online Psychotherapy?
Two psychotherapists seasoned in long-distance Skype therapy discuss the unique challenges—and advantages—to treating high-risk clients online.
Bruce Wampold on What Actually Makes Us Good Therapists
Expert clinician and researcher Bruce Wampold talks about his "contextual model" of psychotherapy which, rooted in the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific research, incorporates the most effective elements across all therapy modalities.