By Jim Hutt, Ph.D., MFT Click here to contact Jim and/or see his GoodTherapy.org Profile Yelling at Children This is a topic that has meaning for everyone. All of us have raised our voices, probably more than once. No, I did not come from a home of screaming parents or siblings. However, I do see many families and [...]

A GoodTherapy.org Featured Column written by Sarah Jenkins, MC, LPC Click here to contact Sarah and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile “You can outdistance that which is running after you, but you cannot outdistance that which is running inside you.” -African Proverb My soul thirsted for down time, as if it was parched for the very fundamental nature [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW New research indicates that women are generally better at expressing emotions and articulating their presenting their problems in therapy. A new study of 18 men and 18 women, carried out by the University of Montreal department of Psychology, used the “Grille de l’Élaboration Verbale des Affects” (GEVA, [...]

A GoodTherapy.org General Announcement The GoodTherapy.org Team is thrilled to announce that Google has recently promoted our organization’s website to PageRank (PR) Level 6. This new level is awarded on the basis of a number of things, notably: the quality of content and the number of websites that link back to us. GoodTherapy.org’s increased PageRank means [...]

By Jennifer Lehr, MA, MFT Click here to contact Jennifer and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile I was in a therapy session the other day when the person I was working with, who had been struggling with some challenges, said that he was taught that things had to be easy to be okay. I found myself responding…it is [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW On Tuesday, the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation to ensure parity between mental health coverage and other medical care. The law would apply to group health plans with 51 or more employees. Differences in the bills’ language must be worked out before it [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW The economic downturn has lead to a spike in the demand for psychological crisis services, according to several sources. In New York, calls to Hopeline, a telephone crisis service for people experiencing severe depression increased by about 75 percent between the summer of 2007 and the summer of [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW How many people have found solace by calling a friend on the telephone in a difficult time? Northwestern University is reporting research indicating that telephone psychotherapy seems not only to be effective, it may be an even better treatment for depression than face to face meetings. The new [...]

By Deborah Reeves MGPGP, LPC, CGP Click here to contact Deborah and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile What is a Psychotherapy Process Oriented group and how does it work? A process group usually consists of around eight people who meet regularly for the common purpose of finding out more about who they are and what it is perhaps [...]

By Jennine Estes, MFT Intern Click here to contact Jennine and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Many people have heard of the advice to never go to bed angry. This relationship advice has such a great value. It addresses the idea of how couples may feel if going to bed angry, such as feeling emotionally disconnected [...]

A GoodTherapy.org Featured Column written by Mary Ellen Barnes, Ph.D. & Ed Wilson, Ph.D., MAC Click here to contact Mary Ellen and/or see her Profile Click here to contact Ed and/or see his Profile We recently returned from a conference on alcohol treatment called “New Perspectives.” The conference, hosted by Edgewood treatment center in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British [...]

By Jeanine Austin, Ph.D. Click here to contact Jeanine and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Because I am a huge comedy fan and was saddened by the recent passing of George Carlin, I have been watching many of Carlin’s comedy vignettes on television and on the internet. One of his central themes throughout the years was that [...]

By Mary Disharoon, MA, LMFT Click here to contact Mary and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Author’s Note: This article was written as a way of introducing the idea of inner selves and the benefits of Voice Dialogue to my new clients. The word multiplicity means “the state of having many parts or aspects”. Recognizing that you [...]

By Ernest S. Schmidt, LCSW Click here to contact Ernest and/or see his GoodTherapy.org Profile When people come to therapy they are often unsure of what to expect and sometimes ask me about how to get the most out of our meetings. There are several important things that you can do to increase your chances for success [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW A recent study by the Center for Disease Control, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, is being touted as evidence that some very common treatments for trauma lack empirical evidence of success in helping children and adolescents. The study, which reviewed a small percentage of [...]

A GoodTherapy.org Featured Column written by Cedar Barstow, M.Ed., C.H.T. Click here to contact Cedar and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Given that brain research and universal religious values support basic goodness and natural altruism, why is it that there is so much misuse and abuse of power? This is a question I have been tracking since I [...]

By Jolyn Wells-Moran, PhD, MSW Click here to contact Jolyn and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that can cause significant damage to the sufferer’s life. OCD begins with obsessive thoughts. These lead to the development of behaviors meant to control the thoughts. The behaviors then become compulsive rituals. The person [...]

By Sherry Gaba, LCSW Click here to contact Sherry and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile A frantic mother of a 15 year old daughter of a local suburban neighborhood tells her therapist that her daughter has quit the cheerleading squad, no longer dreams of college and becoming a lawyer, and her childhood friends have been replaced with friends [...]

A GoodTherapy.org News Update Presented by Daniel Brezenoff, LCSW A new study examining the effects of the common antidepressent Citalopram (brand name: Celexa) has found clinically significant differences in how the genders respond to its use in treating depression. A study of nearly three-thousand Americans found women 33% more likely to acheive a full remittane of [...]

By Jeanine Austin, Ph.D. Click here to contact Jeanine and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Because most of us like to think of ourselves as nice, thoughtful and kind, saying no may be something that can be difficult for us. We all seek behavior that is consistent with our self concept. If we think that saying no [...]