The GoodTherapy Blog

When I opened my psychotherapy practice in the late 1970s I saw myself as a feminist psychotherapist, putting the majority of my focus on women. I would have been disdainful of books like ... Read More

While some disabilities are immediately evident, other disabilities are invisible. Beginning in childhood, people with disabilities who have the option of passing as nondisabled often get ... Read More

In this article I will look at this physiological response of the body to stimulus that occurs in our environment and how, from an early age, that reaction pattern becomes internalized ... Read More

Dramatic activities are powerful tools when used in a family therapy setting. One such tool is called psychodrama. An example of one type of psychodrama is family sculpting. The first step ... Read More

When parents divorce they are faced with the need to continue a relationship that has not worked. For some this is not a difficult transition. They set up separate households, work out ... Read More

Partner abuse, or intimate partner violence (IPV), is most simply defined as coercive control directed toward an intimate partner. Abuse is behavior that physically harms, incites fear, ... Read More

“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” —Buddhist proverb One morning when I was trying to leave a meditation group, I became agitated because others were “making me late” ... Read More

When might earning more feel like making less for women? When it comes with the emotional baggage of being the primary breadwinner in a culture where men are expected to bring home the ... Read More

Maybe you’ve been struggling with anxiety and panic and you’ve tried everything: medication, progressive relaxation, meditation, exercise, deep breathing, herbs, watching TV till your ... Read More

People who come to therapy are not ready to take it easy. They are interested in problem-solving and are usually frustrated by what they perceive to be their own failures in remedying a ... Read More

Each child—indeed, each human being—has a mixture of strong points and weak points. Parents can choose to focus on either. A wonderful book that illustrates this point clearly ... Read More

People diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety (GAD) are characterized as being obsessively worried, restless, irritable, easily fatigued, tense, and as having difficulty concentrating and getting ... Read More