Hello, everyone. It has been quite a long time since the last post. The longest time between posts in the history of Talk Therapy, in fact. It’s been mostly positive …
Like Fine Wine…
Happiness gets better with age. This NYT article details results from a recent survey on happiness across the lifespan. The article contains several interesting stats on how our levels of anxiety, …
Changes in the DSM-V
Hello, everyone – I’ve mentioned the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (or DSM-IV-TR) on Talk Therapy during a conversation on diagnosis and its role in therapy. Like many in my field, I’m not …
Validation is Sweet (and a Shout-Out to my Graduate Advisor)
So there was a big “oopsy” in the world of psychology this week. A major article looking at the etiology of pervasive developmental disorders was retracted. Which basically means that …
What’s in a Name?
Today’s post is all about labels. A big part of being a clinician is figuring out how much to use diagnostic labels in working with clients. Insurance companies say it’s …
Got Nonsense?
I’ve been drawing a lot of inspiration from various New York publications lately, and I’ll continue that trend today with another article from the NYT (thanks, Andrew). Doug Allen made a comment …