Author: wtci
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How to help a suicidal teen
The NYT digs in–part of a New York Times Magazine Therapy issue. There is evidence that less intensive and less expensive therapeutic interventions against suicide might help children, at least those at the highest risk and, by extension, put less pressure on the medical system. For a study published in 2001, more than 800 patients in…
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The Trump Effect
Politico headline: America’s Therapists Are Worried About Trump’s Effect on Your Mental Health. Last month, to put some research heft behind his concerns, Doherty commissioned a national poll of 1,000 voting-age Americans and found that 43 percent of the respondents—not limited to people in therapy—reported experiencing emotional distress related to Trump and his campaign. Twenty-eight…
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Therapy + Politics
Why a therapist should talk politics (NYT): If the patient describes a nearly unbearable work situation, the therapist will tend to focus on the nature of the patient’s response to the situation, implicitly treating the situation itself as unchangeable, a fact of life. But an untenable or unjust environment is not always just a fact…
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Book Writing for Therapists–An Interview with Naomi Rose, MA
Naomi Rose, MA, is an Oakland, CA-based book developer with a specialty in helping therapists write books, and the author of Starting Your Book: A Guide to Navigating the Blank Page by Attending to What’s Inside You. She talked to WTCI via email about her work, why she believes it’s good for therapists to write…
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In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch
What Your Shrink’s Office Says About You…or under what circumstances would you let a fellow therapist photograph you in your office? (Daily Beast): Thanks to his unique combination of being both a practicing psychoanalyst with nearly 30 years of experience and also a trained professional photographer, Dr. Mark Gerald has been able to throw open a…
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Sharing Notes with Clients
It’s being tried (NYT): Mental health patients do not have the ready access to office visit notes that, increasingly, other patients enjoy. But Mr. Baldwin is among about 700 patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who are participating in a novel experiment. Within days of a session, they can read their therapists’ notes on their…
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A Directory is Born
Anthony Centore details the process of launching a new online therapist directory.
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DSM-5 Arrives
The psych bible gets a rewrite.
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Licensing Exam Help
WTCI sister site, Social Work Test Prep, has relaunched with new features, including a test bank.
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“That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It”–An Interview with Melody Beattie
A conversation with the author of “Codependent No More.”