Queer therapist and writer Mark O'Connell shares a psychotherapy vignette about navigating traditional heterosexual milestones as a gay man.
Tony Rousmaniere on Deliberate Practice for Psychotherapists
Psychotherapist and expert on experts, Tony Rousmaniere, explores the importance of "deliberate practice" (you know, what musicians and athletes do to master their crafts) for psychotherapists.
Why Every Therapist Should Read Dr. Robert Firestone’s New Book “Overcoming the Destructive Inner Voice: True Stories of Therapy and Transformation”
A look at the profound influence of historical texts in the field of psychotherapy and psychology.
Why Clients Choose Online Therapy
Online psychotherapist Anastasia Piatakhina Gire´ ponders the reasons that people choose online therapy over face-to-face therapy.
If You Kill Yourself, Don’t Make a Mess: Paradoxical Intention with a Suicidal Client
In this raw but compelling clinical vignette, therapist Dan Williams uses paradoxical intention in an all-out effort to save his client from committing suicide.
William Richards on Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Mystical Experiences
Psychologist William Richards discusses his research on psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for dying cancer patients, and the larger trends to legitimize research and use of psychedelics for alleviating suffering.
Ayahuasca Is My Therapist (Or Is It?)
Can Ayahuasca or other psychedelic medications aid or replace traditional psychotherapy, or is there a danger of "spiritual bypass"?
Wisdom from a Customer
One of the joys of running Psychotherapy.net is my interactions with customers. But of all the correspondence I’ve had over the years, this a recent exchange I’ve had has been perhaps the most intriguing. It began with this email describing our videos: Good evening Victor, I have enjoyed the almost freakishness of Albert Ellis telling it like it is, he was a man to be respected by the way he wanted the patient to come clean, and at the same time to…
A New Year for Psychotherapists
I was just on the phone with Peter Levine discussing a new video we are making using his Somatic Experiencing approach to working with pain. I started to tell him that want to release the video next year….and I caught myself as I realized that next year is now this year. Hello 2017! I still remember my kindergarten teacher writing 1964 on the board after our Christmas vacation, and I was so surprised. How could it be a new year? What…
Tea with Freud: An Imaginary Conversation About How Psychotherapy Really Works
In this delightfully imaginative excerpt from Tea with Freud: An Imaginary Conversation About How Psychotherapy Really Works, psychiatrist and author Steven B. Sandler, travels back in time to consult with Freud on some of his most challenging cases, and challenges Freud to think about his famous theories in new ways.