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.
Straight Life Cycle/Queer Life
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.