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In our globalized, muticultural world, the individual and the family can no longer be understood solely as separate, discrete entities. Psychology must... Read more

While the death of a marriage is undoubtedly painful, it doesn't have to be pathological. Buddhism can offer the concrete guidance to help even the most... Read more

Contrary to popular opinion, resilience isn't so much an innate quality as a feature of human connectedness. Read more

This issue doesn't present new treatment models, therapeutic answers, or easily learned strategies for becoming a multicultural specialist. Instead it poses... Read more

Some comedies about unwed motherhood reveal deeper truths about those subjects we can laugh about and those we can't. Read more

Far from being a relic of Psych 101, the theory of cognitive dissonance may have more relevance in understanding today's world than ever. Read more

The experience of Asian immigrants is often characterized as a classic rags-to-riches tale. Yet for all the stories of success and assimilation, there's... Read more

Life in the empty nest can be humbling, exhilarating, and occasionally, just plain weird. Read more

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Therapists helping children confront OCD face a formidable obstacle: helping their young clients get beyond their immediate terror in the hope of reaping... Read more

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Heralded by the New York Times and Time magazine as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the... Read more

Our widespread fear of and disregard for darkness—both literal and figurative—may be the most overlooked factor in the contemporary epidemic of sleep... Read more

If global warming is the macrocosm of our growing disjunction with the natural world, the microcosm may be represented by our fraught relationship with sleep. Read more

Relentless stress in the high-tech workplace of the 21st century is taking an unprecedented toll on our emotional lives and our capacity to wind down at the... Read more

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A book by a respected researcher argues that telepathy and clairvoyance may be on a continuum with more common traits of intuition and empathy. Read more

Letting go of our childlike fascination with the promise of the future is one of the hardest challenges of truly being in the moment. Read more

There's increasing evidence that mindfulness helps depressed people fight relapse. Read more

Controversy at APA * Motivating the Depressed Client * Educational Videos for Babies Flunk * Different Alcoholics, Different Treatments * Does Therapy Breed... Read more

In twenty-seven years as a behavioral pediatrician, I’ve asked more than 2,500 children, “Why are you here?” when evaluating them for... Read more

American Gangster, Michael Clayton, and 3:10 to Yuma. Our complex relationship with our screen idols is at the root of the Hollywood movie experience. Read more

What to do when your teen clients give you the silent treatment. Read more

If you're a therapist these days, it's hard to open a publication—or your mailbox—without hearing about mindfulness. Are the Eastern wisdom traditions... Read more

A woman recovering from cancer develops a new sense of her body and her comfort zone. Read more

Making "contact" with our partner means first recognizing a subtle inner substrate where we encounter everything from boredom to anxiety to sexual interest to... Read more

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Although he influenced a generation of therapists with his strategic methods, Jay Haley was always more at home as an observer of behavior than as an... Read more

For much of psychotherapy’s history, clinicians have worshiped at the shrine of the field’s superstars, the charismatic “masters,”... Read more