Will therapy work for me?
In thinking about how to best address these issues I first thought about trying to delve more into the research, but as the author of the New York Times article…
What makes therapy work: Part II
The debate about what accounts for therapy’s benefit has raged within the field for decades. Back when this writer was in graduate school the debate tended to be between more…
Why does Therapy Work: Part I
It seems that the world in which we live is increasingly judgmental, factionalized, and distracted. Clearly, social media and technology interfere with people’s capacity to listen to each other in…
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…
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.…