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Positive Psychology Revisits Depression Therapy
If Thomas Jefferson were a psychology graduate student today, he’d probably think of himself as a positive psychologist. It was Jefferson, after all, who began the Declaration of Independence with the...
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Anxiety: A Modern Phenomenon?
In April 1869, a young doctor in New York named George Miller Beard, writing in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, coined a term for what he believed to be a new and distinctively American...
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Coping with Anxiety by Welcoming Stress
As I tell this story, you can ask yourself, “What’s this have to do with the practice of therapy?” I’ll answer, I promise—after the story. I visit the bathroom to discover the toilet is plugged up. I...
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The Rise of Therapy’s Positive Psychology Movement
Martin Seligman reports spending much of his life as a “walking nimbus cloud enduring mostly wet weather in my soul.” Former president of the American Psychological Association and about as famous as...
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Overcoming Depression Using a Mind-Body Approach
Mindfulness isn’t a skill that comes naturally. If you want to anchor your attention to what’s happening in the present moment, you must actively engage your mind’s natural tendency to fly all over the...
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Hypnotic Language in the Consulting Room
I first learned my permissive approach watching Milton Erickson’s work in the late 1970s, particularly the way Erickson used hypnosis and challenged standard ideas about hypnotic techniques and...
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The Anxious Client Reconsidered
Several years ago, my wife and I were at the end of a rather long line waiting to be seated in a popular local restaurant. Tired of standing, we took a seat in an alcove secluded by a large pillar. As...
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A Breathing Exercise Regimen for Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is not only ever-present, it is ever-threatening. It is a phantom that steals people’s freedom. Living with panic attacks is like belonging to a street gang: one must always be on the alert for...
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Uncovering the Source of Suicidality with Brain Science
“My mother died today. Or perhaps it was yesterday,” says Victoria Arango. She’s a tall, lean, handsome woman, who happens to be one of the world’s most productive neuroscientists. She’s just quoted...
View ArticleCoping with a Genetic Disposition for Depression
My family is haunted by depression. My mother can trace it back in her family at least six generations and it's in my father's family, too. When it hits, it hits hard. Understanding the legacy of...
View ArticleKetamine: Leading the New Wave of Antidepressants?
Since it was introduced as an anesthetic in the 1970s, ketamine has occupied an uncertain pharmacological status. It’s been used as both a Vietnam-era battlefield painkiller and an illicit party drug,...
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The Many Reasons Why Therapy Clients Cry
How can both joyful and tragic events elicit tears? This question puzzles many clinicians, including some who are considered experts in the field of emotional expression. The problem is that few of us...
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