Metaphors and analogies are useful tools in psychotherapy. Consider, for instance, that clients are like smart phones with apps for well being that can be downloaded, and unhealthy apps that can be deleted…
Why Therapists Choose Online Therapy for Themselves
Psychotherapists, as much as anyone and perhaps even more so at times, need therapeutic support. Find out why an increasing number of clinicians are seeking this support online.
How To Help Your Clients Undo What They Haven’t Yet Done
How much would you pay to undo impulsive decisions you’ve not yet made? Would you be willing to pay the price of self-control?
Countertransference in the Rearview Mirror May Be Closer Than it Appears
An ordinary afternoon drive transports our editor back to an embarrassing moment from his early career; a painful brush with countertransference that left its instructive mark on his subsequent clinical work with families.
The Not-So-Great Gatsby: An Illustrative Look at the Use of Literature in a Therapy Session
Dan Williams recounts a session with a suicidal teenage girl in which he attempts to use a discussion of The Great Gatsby story to help her understand her own story.
Eliana Gil on Play Therapy and Working with Traumatized Children
Internationally recognized expert Eliana Gil discusses the therapeutic power of play and its use with children and teens impacted by trauma.
Superheroes in Psychotherapy?
Superheroes are far more than two-dimensional fantasy heroes who model impossible standards for us to achieve. They are – despite alien origin, profound trauma and inevitable estrangement – very much human, and as such like the rest of us in need of connection, meaning and inner peace.
The $5 Snake Phobia Cure
What does this Lyft driver have in common with Albert Bandura? You might be surprised…
O Psychotherapy, Where Art Thou?
Acclaimed psychology blogger Howard Rosenthal laments the waning awareness of of psychotherapy in American popular culture.
The Power of Naming
Has Shakespeare’s Hamlet been misdiagnosed all these years? Take a fresh look at the concepts of naming and renaming.