Psychotherapy

Is psychotherapy under attack?

Despite their differences, all psychotherapies have these things in common—and are important to consider.

How important is psychotherapy today?

There is absolutely no good reason for competition among therapies—none is by itself necessary or sufficient, and most are completely complementary, even synergistic.

The people who make us laugh are more important than you might think.

Depending on how you look at it, manuals have either played a heroic role in the history of psychotherapy or have been responsible for its degradation.

The clarifying lens of Zen philosophy focuses our attention on common factors that drive change across the different forms of psychotherapy.

Sometimes what you do for others benefits you, too.

Exploring the importance of the psychotherapeutic relationship.

Dr Beck leaves behind a great legacy.

How can cognitive behavioral therapy be adapted to different cultures and address larger social issues?

Travelling the middle road between skepticism and scientism in psychiatric research and treatment.

Why did medicine and psychotherapy part ways? How can they be brought back together?

A brain-based perspective could explain how and why psychotherapy leads to enduring change.

New research find altered states of consciousness may allow veterans and other patients with PTSD to face unspeakable experiences and find peace.

Motherhood depicted in film is replete with meaning, symbolic to the core.

Powerful psychic defenses are keeping humanity from facing a number of interconnected crises. How can these psychic defenses be overcome?

Mental health care for victims of violence may be a way out of the darkness for Latin America.

If we had 1 extra minute with our patients, what question would we ask?

Although botulinum toxin does not have regulatory approval for the treatment of depression in the United States, some reports indicate neurotoxin treatment may mitigate symptoms.

Facts and myths about depression during the holidays.

First conceptualized over a century ago, conversion disorder continues to present a challenge to clinicians.

Antipsychotic medications for young children are not being prescribed appropriately, according to a recent study.

Scary or sweet? Read about the value of nonverbal communication and have some spooky fun.

These techniques may help promote self-efficacy and elicit patients’ commitment to resolve ambivalence about treatment.

An added component of cancer treatment is discovering what is most meaningful in the patient’s life and using that to buoy them during difficult moments. That, in a nutshell, is the psychiatrist's role.

One can only hope today's challenges will become a “corrective emotional experience."

Sometimes our best intentions lead us down the wrong road. By reconsidering a few seemingly harmless questions, this psychiatrist was able to make the most of his medication-check visits with his patients.

As we slowly and cautiously work toward a practice where space can be shared between therapist and patient, perhaps Freud’s “walking cure” can be enlightening.

In this interview, Dr Aftab and Dr Shedler discuss the relationship between the psychoanalytic worldview and the medical model, and they reexamine the role of psychodynamic psychotherapy in contemporary psychiatry and psychology.