Towards a more Scientific Approach to Psychotherapy
Most therapists believe that the treatment approach/model that they utilize is clearly the best way to do therapy. I can remember as far back as graduate school, where the Behaviorist…
Habits, Will Power, and Change
In her recent book, Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, the psychologist Wendy Wood, examines how we develop habits, both good and bad, and…
Guess who may or may not be coming to dinner; managing holidays during the Pandemic
It should not be surprising that couples/families have different opinions about whether or not they should get together in person over the holidays. We have witnessed conflicts about whether to…
The Power of Positive Thinking: What Works
The past several decades have seen a proliferation of work focusing on the idea that how we think drives how we feel, and that positive thinking can have many benefits.…
Helping families navigate the choppy waters of partisan politics
Whose lives matter: A middle aged man began a session by stating how his adult son is refusing to talk with him because of an argument over Black Lives Matter.…