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Is Mental Illness a Bigger Threat to Kids than Physical Illness?

…r to seek psychological help. The AACAP also introduces different types of psychotherapy that can be extremely beneficial to children and adolescents who are struggling with psychological issues. If we fail to respond appropriately and in a timely manner, we lead our children down a path where their mental health problems are sure to worsen. This is not only bad for our kids but for society as a whole. So how do we improve the mental healthcare of…

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Effective Methods of Treating Depression

…Those with no history of trauma may benefit from medication in addition to psychotherapy. For any individual, treatment should always be case-specific, and for many, a combination of therapy and medication may be most effective to reduce symptoms. One method with great potential to treat depression is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Learning mindfulness skills, through meditation and breathing exercises, helps people develop a different relat…

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The Last Jubilee by Stan Friedman

…ning to the Earth from whence it came…… and surely, something wonderful DID happen! About the Author: Dr. Friedman is a clinical psychologist who has recently relocated his private practice to West Los Angeles from San Mateo, California after 25 years. He specializes in adult and adolescent psychotherapy, with a particular interest in attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology and mindfulness practice. He is on the clinical faculty of Chope Hos…

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Upcoming Free and CE Webinars

…inger, 2002), and Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003). See all of Dr. Firestone’s Webinars   Continuing Education Information * Continuing Education (CE) credits are being offered to mental health professionals through PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER). The Webinar is targeted to entry level, intermediate, or advanced level practitioners. Participants may earn between 1.5 and 3 CE Credits….

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What’s Wrong With Infidelity?

…of larger problems in a relationship. However, a statistic offered in the Psychotherapy Networker article “The New Monogamy” points out that “35 to 55 percent of people having affairs report they were happy in their marriage at the time of their infidelity.” When it comes to their intimate relationships, individuals can make any decision they want about monogamy, as long as this decision is mutually agreed upon by both partners. As the Networker…

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How Trauma Is Impacting Our Culture and What We Can Do to Help

…in helping individuals overcome trauma. These approaches typically involve psychotherapy supplemented by psychopharmocology but can be aided by many beneficial techniques that range from practicing yoga to learning mindfulness. In today’s social and political climate, educating ourselves on the symptoms and treatment of trauma is invaluable. It can mean identifying one more person who is in trouble and directing that person to help. Fortunately, t…

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A New Look at Differentiation

…y were destined to be. However, this struggle is not limited to clients in psychotherapy – it is a lifelong endeavor for everyone, and one that requires considerable courage and dedication. As e. e. cummings accurately observed: “To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world that is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” In our forthcoming bo…

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Dr. Sheldon Solomon on Defenses Against Death Anxiety

…nd let’s say in the spirit of, say, Yalom .I like his point in existential psychotherapy – and he’s not the only one that says this, in fact, I like the way Camus put it in one of his notebooks when he scribbled in the margin, “Come to terms with death. Thereafter, anything is possible.” …only go so far with managing death anxiety by sweeping it under the psychological rug. Ultimately, you got to bring it out and in the Kierdegaardian sense, enrol…

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VIDEO: On Love and the Soul

…ty. He is a former president of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. He is the author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic, Preventing Violence: Prospects for Tomorrow, Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others. As a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School for many years, he headed the Institute of Law and Psychiatry, and directed mental health services for the Massachusetts prisons and prison mental…

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Meredith Watkins, M.A.

…he-life-I-am-leading sort. As a single mom, building a private practice in psychotherapy (during a national recession, no less, when therapy is generally viewed as a luxury), financial concerns are, best-case scenario, hovering in the back of mind, and, worst-case, screaming in my ears. It’s a situation to which I’m sure many of you can relate. Time-Suckers: Turn the Tables on Demanding People and Circumstances It’s an interesting irony, I think,…

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