Couch Fiction allows you to peep through the key-hole of the therapy room door and read the mind of the protagonists.
Frank Ochberg on Treating PTSD
Dr. Ochberg, a leading PTSD and trauma specialist, discusses the Japan tsunami, veteran issues, Stockholm syndrome, therapist burnout, and the importance of a comprehensive treatment approach for trauma survivors.
Treating Special Clients in Psychotherapy
In the film, The King’s Speech, George VI seeks treatment for his stammer from a maverick Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, played brilliantly by Geoffrey Rush. “My patch, my rules,” is what Logue tells the King when he insists on being given special treatment. He is, after all, the King of England, used to deference and privilege. Logue accords him neither, treating him just like any other client. Or so we are led to believe. As a therapist I applaud…
The Gossamer Thread: My Life as a Psychotherapist
Using three different case studies with clients, a British therapist describes his personal journey from his early career as a behavioral psychologist, to his later years, where he embraced a more intuitive and reflective psychodynamic approach.
Free Psychotherapy Training
As a psychotherapy training nerd, I’m always looking for good training opportunities. What’s the most training one can find on a limited time and budget? I recently talked about this with Carol Odsess, PhD. Dr. Odsess is a psychotherapy trainer in Albany, California who specializes in EMDR and Energy Psychology. (www.carolodsess.com)
Collaborative Couple Therapy With High Conflict Couples
Ever wonder how to help your high conflict couples turn high-velocity attacks into opportunities for intimacy and connection? Collaborative Couple Therapist Dan Wile has some tips.
Fact and Fiction in Psychology
In 1992 I was a Visiting Fellow in the Psychology Department at the University of Western Australia in Perth. For two months nothing was demanded of me other than to talk to the staff and students of the Department in a learned and wise manner, which is easy to do even if you are neither. I was asked one favour which was to give a lecture to the whole department on a subject of my choosing. Can it be any…
Working in the Here-and-Now of the Therapeutic Relationship
Working in the here-and-now of the therapeutic relationship requires therapists to be fully engaged, and take risks in revealing themselves. But utilizing the transference and counter-transference makes for rewarding and powerful therapy.
Molyn Leszcz on Group Psychotherapy
Molyn Leszcz, co-author (with Irvin Yalom) of the 5th edition of The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, discusses the core principles and techniques of this powerful but underutilized modality.
Interacting Sensitivities in Couples Therapy
It is a typical night at Tom and Betsys house. Tom has his nose in a newspaper. Betsy is leaning in the door of his study trying to talk to him, getting more and more frustrated at his periodic, vague “Uh huh.” After a few minutes of trying to entice him into a conversation, Betsy starts complaining, and then criticizing him for being cold. Tom snaps, “Cant you just once leave me alone?” Betsy yells, he withdraws further, and Betsy…