Confronting Homophobia in the Therapy Room
Are We Still in the Dark?Back in the therapeutic Dark Ages of the 1990s, many clinicians, like the rest of the population, were still just beginning to confront their own discomfort... Read more
Behind the One-Way Mirror
An Interview with Jay HaleyJay Haley has been so successful in setting the terms for how we think about therapy and change (whether one agrees with him or not) that it may be hard to... Read more
Work Spirit
Helping People Create More Satisfying Work LivesFew people today are willing to accept a bad relationship, yet many settle for jobs that don't bring out the best in them. Some practical ideas for helping... Read more
Leaving the Mothering to Mother
Helping a parent become accountableFrom the July/August 1994 issue AS A PSYCHOLOGIST IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I AM involved in the day-to-day lives of children, not as someone set apart from... Read more
What A Mother Can Offer Her Son
Not only does his mother withdraw from him, she may even defer to him at this stage, which can be just as upsetting. Out of fear of emasculating him a boy... Read more
The Shadow of Evil
How Do You Speak about the Unspeakable?In the "talking cure" of therapy, silence is usually associated with resistance, denial and shame. But silence may also be a recognition that ordinary language... Read more
Resisting Cultural Meltdown
From the July/August 1994 issue THE PHRASE, “THE MELTING POT” ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE title of a popular turn-of-the-century play that... Read more
What Textbooks Don't Tell You
Acknowledging the complexities of real-life therapyAcknowledging the complexities of real-life therapy Read more
Appasionata
Fables and fairy tales and fires in our soulsFrom the May/June 1994 issue NOW THAT THE EXPIRATION DATES HAVE PASSED ON OUR familiar fables and fairy tales about gender, it is time to create some... Read more
Diagnosing LD and ADHD
From the May/June 1994 issue LEARNING DISABILITIES (LD) AND Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are distinct disorders that not only... Read more