Archive for June, 2009
The Good Therapy Blog
June 29th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
It's no secret that a good night's rest is a key ingredient of a happy and healthy waking life. In modern societies where time is often seen as a commodity and stress prevails among much of the population, getting a night of quality, undisturbed sleep is often seen as a luxury. But the need for adequate rest is clear, as it affects everything from mood to productivity to physical health. Recently, a study was performed to understand... Read More
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June 26th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
Over the past several decades, the emergence of powerful new drugs has made recovery possible for many people who had previously struggled with other methods. While there are advocates of medication for use in mental health treatments as well as fervent opponents, however, the prevalence of these drugs tends to be collectively understood as inordinately high, especially in wealthy Western societies. Stressing the need for quality, comprehensive therapy for clients intent on resolving their issues,... Read More
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June 23rd, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
For many therapists and other mental health professionals, the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, are fairly clear. But for parents of children who suffer from related difficulties, it's not always a straightforward matter to distinguish between positive and unhelpful behaviors, and sometimes parents' efforts to help their children can have the opposite effect. Validating the behaviors associated with OCD is a common, and often unintentional, result of parents' reactions... Read More
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June 22nd, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
Though there have been many positive trends in the worlds of therapy and mental health treatments over the past few years, not all areas have been improving. Amidst a chaotic and stressful society with increasingly tight demands on youth, eating disorders have become a more prominent issue in the United States and around the world than many had imagined, touching the lives of children –especially adolescent girls-- with alarming frequency. A great deal of treatments and programs have been developed in an effort to help curb the development and pervasiveness of... Read More
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June 18th, 2009 |
The GoodTherapy.org Team is pleased to announce the release of GoodTherapy.org Version 3.0, our updated and highly improved website and therapist directory. The Team has been working on GoodTherapy.org V.3.0 for over a year and is excited to introduce all the upgraded features of the new system. It's taken much longer than anticipated to finalize V.3.0 and we appreciate all the patience our members have shown in waiting for its release. GT 3.0 includes:
More appealing and attractive design
Updated Member's Area
Easier to register and cancel participation... Read More
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June 17th, 2009 |
Chances are good that someone you know suffered or will suffer from a major depressive episode (MDE), according to a nationwide study by the US government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA’s 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)). An estimated 16.5 million people in the US, one in 13 adults aged 18 or over (7.5 percent), experienced major depression during the study's one-year time-frame. While their May, 2009... Read More
June 16th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
We've all seen the occasional Dear Abby article or glanced at the column of a local love “expert,” in which writers send in their romance woes and are served a paragraph or two of opinion, sense, prejudice, or any number of slanted answers (with, of course, the occasional honest piece of advice). The dilemmas described in these pieces are often not so far removed from trials experienced by most people during the course of their love lives; concerns may include a suspected affair, feelings of... Read More
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June 15th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
It's no secret that a lot of modern insurance companies harbor a preference for what they view as the most cost-effective measures when it comes to addressing emotional well-being and health in general. In relation to therapy, this attitude has often lead to a hasty endorsement of short-term therapies, especially in conjunction with various medicines. But Falk Leichsenring, a professor of Psychotherapy Research at the University of Giessen in Germany, has long suspected that this hasty endorsement... Read More
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June 12th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
The idea of putting the pieces of our lives together only to have them suddenly halted in an accident in the prime of our years is, for most of us, well, paralyzing. Yet that's exactly what happened in the tale of Daniel Gottlieb, a New Jersey psychologist and family therapist whose journey through the mental health profession was remarkably turbulent. Through a series of trials which may have claimed the professional aspirations... Read More
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June 10th, 2009 |
According to a new research study, couples who lose a premature baby and communicate their personal grief with each other fare better than couples who don't. The researchers indicate that couples who don't communicate with each other about their bereavement frequently believe that the other person cares less or not all. They point out that women... Read More
June 9th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
In the mental health care professions, there is a vast collection of specialties ranging from a focus on specific events or periods in life to different kinds of care. The great diversity of concentrations and applications within the field can achieve great things for clients and helps to propel the industry toward greater breakthroughs with collaboration and the benefits of a variety of perspectives. But when it comes to regulation surrounding mental health care, the distinctions between titles, degrees, and licensure can sometimes get caught up in misunderstandings... Read More
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June 8th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
The pace and structure of modern life are undeniably different from the picture of daily living experienced hundreds of thousands of years ago. While we've accomplished many spectacular and meaningful things as we've progressed as a civilization (as well as some not-so-positive bits and pieces), we've also dramatically changed the way we live, from the most overarching principles of dwelling and working to details such as diet and sleep. When you take into account the fact that depression has exponentially... Read More
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June 5th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Update
One of the most influential mental health texts used by modern professionals is the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, blessedly shortened by most to "DSM." The last addition of the text, the so-called "DSM-IV," has served as a basis for diagnosing, understanding, and treating the full scope of psychological syndromes for over fourteen years, and authorities have decided that it's time to give the old book a new life. The need for fresh, relevant material is clear; if therapists... Read More
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June 2nd, 2009 |
Recovery is a noun that describes a continuing process. To start eating disorder recovery is to start a journey.
To be on that journey is to be on your path to health and emotional and intellectual development. Your path leads to your true self, to your inner resources of courage, creativity, self respect, strength and ability to be committed and dedicated.
Recovery from bulimia or anorexia or binge eating or compulsive eating is not just about making peace with food and developing healthy eating habits. Recovery is not... Read More
