Hard to believe, but it’s been 22 years since I set up a small booth at The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in 1995 in Las Vegas, peddling my first videotape. My how times have changed.
Teaching Clients to Meditate
Christian Conte shares some valuable tips on helping your clients find time to meditate.
Janina Fisher on Innovations in Treating Trauma
Trauma expert and clinical psychologist, Janina Fisher, shares her wisdom from decades of treating clients with trauma and complex PTSD.
What is Mental Illness? Donald Trump and the Psychiatrists Who Would Diagnose Him
A gentle reminder from contributor Richard Makover that character traits are an ambiguous area of diagnosis.
PhDs in Therapy
A therapist reflects on her work with PhD students doing field work abroad and the healing that can happen doing online therapy at such a vulnerable moment in people's lives.
The Death of Privacy
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.