Counseling Kids: When a Cigar Is Just a Cigar
Nine year old Malcolm was one of the fortunate clients. Because his family had a very modest income a local counseling center with a sliding fee scale was seeing Malcolm…
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Who Else Wants To Know Why Americans Spell Counseling With A Single “L”?
A while back, when I opened my afternoon snail mail I received a card from Dr. Thomas W. Clawson, CEO of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Dr. Clawson…
Albert Ellis and the Traveling Road Show
As a master’s level graduate student at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, I was very fortunate to have Dr. Patricia Jakubowski as my advisor. Pat was not only a…
Ethical Guidelines: Do We Really Want What Is Best For Our Clients?
Most therapists are familiar with the affliction of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD impacts approximately seven million people each year in America, mainly women. At one point in my career…
How One Desperate St. Louis Psychotherapist Cured A Schizophrenic
Maggie began the session by telling me that she had been diagnosed by three different psychiatrists. The good news was that all three agreed on the diagnosis. The bad news…
Suicide During the Holidays . . . Not So Much!
We’ve all heard it on a local or national television or radio station, “And when we return after the weather, we’ll examine the tremendous increase in suicide during the winter…
What if Its All Been a Big Fat Psychotherapeutic Lie?
In the early 90’s I developed a classroom exercise to teach my students an important academic lesson. This is one of those experiential exercises where the professor feels holier-than-thou because…
Methinks Jay Haley Hit the Bulls Eye
My client began her session with an interesting saga. In an attempt to improve her health she began each day by ingesting a nutritional drink that was loaded with nearly…
Why a Therapist Should Care About a Clients Favorite Brand of Shampoo
When I was a youngster my father owned a company that manufactured shampoos and hair conditioners. His bestseller was the original Rum & Egg Shampoo, a product he invented himself. …
Could Biohacking for Better Dream Recall be the Next Big Boost to Psychotherapy?
Saying dreams are a big deal in certain psychotherapies is like saying Amazon sells quite a few books. Freud raised the status of dreams with a, now, monumental statement asserting that dreams are the royal road…