Counseling and Therapy

CBT - Online Therapy To Fight Insomnia
by eNotAlone.com
A recent scientific study has recently proven the effectiveness of an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on fighting insomnia. The new findings demonstrate that CBT significantly improves insomnia severity, daytime fatigue, and the quality of sleep

The Body-Image Therapy Helps Women Quit Smoking
by eNotAlone.com
Scientists at Temple University have found that body-image therapy can be more effective than an exercise plan to help women not only keep their pounds at bay, but also to stay smoke-free.

Deciding On Marriage Counseling
by eNotAlone.com
Marriage counseling is becoming more and more popular these days. Many couples going through a tough time in their marriage automatically consider marriage therapy as a possible way to help the relationship survive.

Smallville as a Counseling Tool: A Therapist's Approach Using Smallville for Homework Assignments
by John D. Moore, MS, CADC
Usually, when a client enters my office for counseling, the individual has arrived at a point in their lives where trying to work through a problem on their own is no longer possible. These psychological and emotional dilemmas run the counseling gambit

Choosing A Mental Health Therapist
by SAMHSA
Therapy is a collaborative process, so finding the right match-someone with whom you have a sense of rapport-is critical. After you find someone, keep in mind that therapy is work and sometimes can be painful.

Divorce Counseling May Prevent Teen Substance Abuse
by SAMHSA
Most children of divorced parents in the United States (40 percent of all children) adjust well to their parents' split. But 20 to 25 percent of children have trouble dealing with their parents' divorce.

Counseling Awareness Month: April
by SAMHSA
April is Counseling Awareness Month. This observance provides an opportunity to recognize the counselors, or therapists, who make a difference in the lives of so many people. Counseling provides a way for you to get professional help with problems you can

Introduction
Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
This book really began in the early nineties, on an icy, rain-soaked January day. I had been invited to the Roberto Clemente Guidance Center, in New York City, to teach a seminar on the family systems model of treatment first elaborated

Twenty Questions To Get You Started, Part 4
Am I Okay?
by Michael B First, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D.
Question #16: Does your mind seem to be failing you? This question addresses problems with a number of different mental functions. Do you have trouble with your memory - learning new things and recalling past events?

Twenty Questions To Get You Started, Part 2
Am I Okay?
by Michael B First, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D.
Question #5: Are you haunted by an extremely traumatic event from your past? When people are exposed to a terribly stressful event, they often cannot get the haunting images of it out of their daytime thoughts or nighttime dreams and may become unhinged

Twenty Questions To Get You Started
Am I Okay?
by Michael B First, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D.
When you go to a doctor for a routine physical checkup, part of the examination will include what is called a 'review of systems.' The doctor asks you a comprehensive series of questions covering everything about your health from head to toe in order

Why are families growing apart?
Family Estrangements: How They Begin, How to Mend Them, How to Cope with Them
by Barbara LeBey
Are there more estrangements today than in the past? While there are no statistics on the subject, considering how easily I found people who have had an estrangement or are in the midst of one, it appears to be an escalating problem.

Do You Need Therapy?
How to Go to Therapy : Making the Most of Professional Help
by Carl Sherman
Things aren't going well. You leave for work with a sense of dread and come home half-dead with fatigue. You fight incessantly with those you love-or can't find anyone to love. The toll of smoking or excessive drinking is obvious, even to you

On the Couch or Off?
Shrink to Fit: Answers to Your Questions About Therapy
by Dale Masi, Robin Masi Kuettel
A book that gives you all the information you need and want before entering therapy as well as the tools you need to maximize your time with your therapist. Learn to determine whether therapy is the right course of action, find the best therapist

Introduction, Part 1
The Drama Within: Psychodrama and Experiential Therapy
by Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
Here is a comprehensive manual that presents the basic concepts and theoretical underpinnings of psychodrama, the experiential therapy rapidly gaining popularity with clinicians and treatment centers worldwide.

Introduction
Drama Games: Techniques for Self-Development
by Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
Since the cultural revolution and growth potential movement of the '60s and 7()s, games have increasingly come into use in group settings. They are a natural way of bonding a group and creating trust.

The Walking Wounded and the Worried Well
Talk is Not Enough: How Psychotherapy Really Works
by Willard Gaylin, M.D.
While the population of the mentally ill has grown dramatically since Freud's time (by definition, if by no other means), the percentage of that population who seek and receive treatment is still small. And a bizarre situation has evolved.

Consequences of the Medical Model
Talk is Not Enough: How Psychotherapy Really Works
by Willard Gaylin, M.D.
What had formerly been seen as unhappiness, or a crisis in confidence, or a moral failing was now defined as a clinical condition. Some might say: What's the difference? Only the name of the game has been changed. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The Medicalization of Woe
Talk is Not Enough: How Psychotherapy Really Works
by Willard Gaylin, M.D.
Prior to Freud psychiatry only recognized what we now call the major psychoses. These patients were irrational and bizarre, different from the rest of us. Crazy, lunatic, insane, were words interchangeably used by layman and physician.

Who Needs Help?
Talk is Not Enough: How Psychotherapy Really Works
by Willard Gaylin, M.D.
Until the end of the nineteenth century, few people with emotional disorders went for help, i.e., professional treatment. They were taken, or more accurately dumped, someplace, that place usually being the insane asylum.