Category: Psychotherapy: Models & Methods
The Good Therapy Blog
August 31st, 2010 |
Standing in line a few weeks ago at my local Whole Foods market, Time magazine caught my eye. Its cover had an idyllic full page picture of a young boy skipping stones on a pond with the headline “THE CASE AGAINST SUMMER VACATION”. I caught my breath and groaned shaking my head in dismay. The sub title read our children are falling behind and loose even more after summer break.
I have since read the article. Some of the concern is directed to lower income children who as the article states are often 3 grade levels behind their more affluent peers. I certainly agree that more enrichment... Read More
August 30th, 2010 |
This phrase is relevant to so many situations in life: work that we’re not that happy with at the moment but that pays the bills, a relationship that used to be great and now not so much. In more subtle ways this feeling of ambivalence can apply to how we feel about our children (“I love you but I really need a break from you right now”), friendships and even therapy.
Ambivalence is a really tough feeling – always changing, arguments pro and con – and all this can make it difficult to know what to do next. Most often, people go with the side of ambivalence they’re feeling in... Read More
August 29th, 2010 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Summary
The annual convention of the American Psychological Association offers a notable collection of presentations and lectures, often from some of the leading names in psychology. This year, two particularly high-profile presenters at the APA Convention were Sir Michael Rutter, MD and Steven Hayes, Ph.D. Sir Rutter, who is widely published and has been described as “the father of modern child psychiatry,” is currently with King’s College London’s... Read More
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August 26th, 2010 |
For women in abusive relationships, getting out of the relationship is very difficult. But it is only the beginning of the struggle. While one might imagine that quality of life improves immediately after leaving the abuser, a new study shows this is not the case. Women—specifically mothers—who leave abusers still struggle with depression and anxiety levels similar to those they experienced while in the relationship, a new study shows. The study’s authors stress that the finding doesn’t... Read More
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August 24th, 2010 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Summary
“The shortage of mental health services in Portland is well documented,” notes Mike Sherbun of Cedar Hills Hospital. Now, a new program at that hospital is offering a range of much-needed services to help one portion of the population in particular: women. Named “Exclusively Women,” the program provides a number of different therapy strategies to help women overcome a number of different psychological and behavioral health issues. The program utilizes a number of mental health professionals... Read More
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August 23rd, 2010 |
The ability to navigate life as it comes. Our Autonomic Nervous System is elegantly designed for negotiating our encounters with all that is unexpected, shocking, threatening, frustrating, painful, dangerous, or enraging that life throws our way. Our complicated social relationships and structures, medical interventions, and technology can at times effectively block our hard-wired ability to make our way through these events completely.
The nature of life as evolved beings pretty much ensures that no one escapes all stress, overwhelm and ultimately some degree of trauma. The dynamics that produce... Read More
August 20th, 2010 |
This week, Mumbai hosted the 37th annual International Conference on Holistic Healing, which drew from dozens of disciplines aimed at overall health and well-being. Traditional psychotherapy and counseling joined color therapy, hypnosis, meditation, reiki many others to present a comprehensive picture of the various avenues of healing and wholeness available today. Often, people enduring emotional and psychological struggles begin with therapy and counseling, and this is... Read More
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August 19th, 2010 |
Cooperative Dialogue Skills--let's unpack those words...
Cooperative means the tone stays positive, often because, like in a game of catch, both parties have skills for tossing and of catching. The smooth sharing of information back and forth is like throwing and catching without dropping any information.
Cooperative also means that partners are interacting as friends. They feel and act like they are on the same team, not playing against each other. Read More
August 18th, 2010 |
Young parents, especially exhausted moms, relish the moments when their children fall asleep in their arms. Ask any parent of teenage children: those long-ago moments when their infant children rested against their chests, heavy with sleep, are among their most cherished memories of parenthood.
We spend a third of our lives asleep. Issues of children, parenting and sleep are perennial topics of debate and changing best practice. And few topics raise more anxiety than the issue of the family bed: when and how do parents allow their children to sleep with them? Whether infant or toddler, most... Read More
August 18th, 2010 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Summary
Quitting smoking or overcoming reliance on other behaviors—such as eating, drinking alcohol, drinking caffeine, sex, excessive exercise, and others—can be difficult. From addiction counseling and group therapy to nicotine-reduction aids and cold-turkey self motivation, there are any number of approaches for how to quit or reduce a habit. One mental strategy that many rely on is suppressing their thoughts of that specific habit. So, for example, suppressing thoughts of cigarettes and smoking when they arise. A new study sought to explore... Read More
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August 11th, 2010 |
Children who have a parent in jail or prison are prone to unique stresses that do not impact many of their peers whose parents are not incarcerated. An estimated 1.7 million children have a parent in prison at any given time within the United States. Correlation has been found between incarcerated parents (both present and past) and higher rates of arrest, substance abuse, and school and behavioral problems. Children of incarcerated parents are also more than twice as likely to be incarcerated themselves. Reaching out to provide... Read More
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August 10th, 2010 |
Joseph, the beloved son of Jacob was famous for his ability to interpret dreams. The biblical story tells us that when he was in Egypt the Pharaoh had two dreams. In the first he saw a field with seven healthy and ripe sheafs (bundles) of grains and seven thin sheafs of grain consumed them. In the second dream there were 7 healthy, fat cows coming up from the Nile and after them, 7 lean, bad looking cows came up and ate the healthy ones. No one knew the meaning of the dreams until Joseph was called to the palace. His interpretation of the dreams was that there are going to be 7 good years for Egypt... Read More
August 9th, 2010 |
He called me, as most new clients would, needing to know the usual questions about me, my practice, and my approach to helping. Of course he would; he is supposed to. The catch is that on this call, I found myself having to educate him about EMDR, not because he didn’t know, but because what he had “heard about it” from his current therapist, was inaccurate. Unfortunately, and with therapy especially, this happens a lot.
As I tell many folks, finding your therapist is like finding the right pair shoes. Some look good, but don’t fit. Some don’t look like you would expect, but are.... Read More
August 7th, 2010 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Summary
Albert Ellis, the psychotherapist who played a large role in the development of cognitive-behavioral therapy and the self-help movement, passed away in 2007. But a new book chronicles the story of his life, a story which sets the groundwork for his professional work in the field of psychology. The book, Ellis’ autobiography, is titled “ALL OUT!” and was written by Ellis in an attempt to be as forthcoming, as all-out, as possible about his personal successes and failures. One of Ellis’ main... Read More
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