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Bookmarks, Looking for There There
Nov 01, 2008; ... BOOKMARKS By Richard Handler Looking for "There" ThereMaking sense of the claims for mind-body medicine The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine Anne Harrington W. W. Norton. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0-393-06563-3 A centerpiece of Anne ...
Clinician's digest
Nov 01, 2008; ... Clinician's digest By Garry Cooper Infidelity and Disclosure Louisa confides to her couples therapist that she had an extramarital affair last year and asks him not to divulge this to her husband Frank. Although therapy has been progressing, Louisa's revelation troubles ...
From the Editor
Nov 01, 2008; ... From the Editor To the bold, expansive systems thinkers of the Ô60s and Ô70s, it seemed perfectly natural that if we really wanted to help our clients change, we couldnÕt ignore the society in which they lived. But then, with the political and economic shifts of the Ô80s and Ô90s--the ...
Case Studies, Fantasy in Couples Therapy
Nov 01, 2008; ... CASE STUDIES By Tammy Nelson Fantasy in Couples TherapyIs encouraging sexual fantasies playing with fire? Couples who are satisfied with their sex lives are happier than those who aren't, and are likelier to stay together. They describe their relationships as connected, ...
Contents
Nov 01, 2008 ... November/December 2008Vol. 32 - No. 6 SPECIAL FEATURE Therapists Reconsider Their Role in the post-election World Beyond the Consulting Room By William Doherty Too much is at stake these days for us to take refuge in our practices after the election. In such challenging ...
Beyond the Consulting Rooms
Nov 01, 2008; ... Beyond the Consulting RoomTherapists as catalysts of social change by William Doherty As you read this, the 2008 presidential election is behind us, and we therapists must decide what to do with our civic-minded impulses, which seem to peak and then subside every election cycle ....
The Bridge
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Bridge Facing disaster in your own backyard By Patrick Dougherty Wednesday, Day1 I got home from my yoga class about 7:30, feeling refreshed and ready to make some dinner. I turned on the computer and looked at my e-mails. There was one from a friend in California that ...
Family Matters, The Grandma Mantra
Nov 01, 2008; ... FAMILY MATTERSBy Jeanne Mills The Grandma Mantra A guide to keeping peace in the family "I donÕt love her hat," I announce. The item in question is an ersatz safari number in pink and white gingham, and itÕs on the head of my first grandchild, Hannah, whoÕs 5 months ...
Intention to Action
Nov 01, 2008; ... From Intention to Action Following through on a $50 impulse by Jeffrey Kottler I first went to Nepal seven years ago. After taking four planes, a bus, a truck, and an hourÕs walk, I found myself in a remote village in the Chitwan District, near the Indian border. IÕd gone there ...
Breaking Through
Nov 01, 2008; ... Breaking Through Poet David Whyte invites us to the edge of discovery By Mary Sykes Wylie Imagine yourself scurrying through a typical day, innocently following your all-too-familiar routine, when suddenly everything begins to unravel. You find yourself sitting in blank-eyed ...
In Consultation, Enlisting the ODD Child
Nov 01, 2008; ... IN CONSULTATION By James Levine Enlisting the ODD Child How to move beyond the power struggle Q: IÕm a public school counselor with a fifth-grade boy diagnosed with AD/HD and ODD. At least five behavioral plans have been tried unsuccessfully. What should I do? A: ...
Screening Room, More than Just Frivolity
Nov 01, 2008; ... SCREENING ROOM By Frank Pittman More than Just Frivolity Joel and Ethan Coen give us the antidote to the happy ending Last year, filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, long the darlings of a cult audience devoted to their quirky, over-the-top output over the past 25 years, finally ...
Journey to Rwanda
Nov 01, 2008; ... Journey to RwandaA therapist confronts the unthinkable by Laurie Leitch "We know we must not run away from suffering. The truth of suffering contains the truth of emancipation." --Thich Nhat Hanh Thursday ItÕs hard to believe that IÕm on a plane going to ...
Beginnings
Nov 01, 2008; ... Beginnings Embracing the terror of possibility by John O'Donohue There are days when Conamara is wreathed in blue Tuscan light. The mountains seem to waver as though they were huge dark ships on a distant voyage. I love to climb up into the silence of these vast autonomous ...
Brain to Brain
Sep 01, 2008; ... Brain to Brain Applying the wisdom of neuroscience in your practice By Bonnie Badenoch Anyone who's ever worked with trauma survivors knows the therapeutic challenge of helping them deal with the overwhelming emotional cascade so often triggered by seemingly innocent life events ....
Bookmarks, Night Visions
Sep 01, 2008; ... Bookmarks By Richard Handler Night Visions Dreams can free us from the constricting world of rationality A History of Last Night's Dream: Discovering the Hidden Path to the Soul Rodger Kamenetz HarperOne. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0-06-057583-0 Throughout history, humans have ...
Case Studies,The Healing Power of Play
Sep 01, 2008; ... Case Studies By David Crenshaw The Healing Power of Play Helping the traumatized child find safety again Play is the natural way that young children discharge the tensions of their daily lives. When children are picked on at school, they may come home at the end of the day and ...
Clinician's Digest
Sep 01, 2008; ... Clinician's Digest By Garry Cooper Researching for Dollars In recent years, increasing evidence has accumulated about the pervasive impact of the millions of dollars flowing from pharmaceutical companies into the pockets of psychiatrists working on research, diagnosis, and ...
Practice Makes Perfect
Sep 01, 2008; ... Practice Makes Perfect There's no shortcut to lasting change By Carolyn Daitch "I'm sorry for canceling on such short notice, Dr. Daitch. Therapy was really helpful," Bill began half apologetically. "You taught me how to keep my cool when Denise criticizes me, instead of ...
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Sep 01, 2008; ... Unlocking the Emotional Brain Finding the neural key to transformation By Bruce Ecker As therapists, we're all too familiar with the strength and tenacity of ingrained emotional schemas--unconscious templates of feeling and behavior, usually established during childhood, that can seem ...