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My “Best Practices” in Psychotherapy: Part I
As I write this, I am 75 ½ years old, doing psychotherapy part-time, and coming off the highest practice income month ever in the history of my 50-year career. I continue to find the work captivating and meaningful. As one of my graduate school professors, the renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, M.D., used to remind us, […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
October 14, 2024
My “Best Practices” in Psychotherapy: Part II
Techniques: Weaving and Blending Surface and Depth I have found it a powerful combination to utilize both pointing out and working with surface behaviors as they occur and alternatively, interpreting unconscious dynamics as appropriate. The surface—what is happening in the present as the patient presents themself—blended with making conscious what has been unconscious, may work […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
October 14, 2024
2021 President’s Column 56(4)
For my Presidential Initiative, I have chosen a topic dear to my heart, that of what therapists DO in sessions that help clients change. I assert that while client factors (e.g., personality, diagnoses, motivation), therapist factors (e.g., personality, training, theoretical orientation) and the therapeutic relationship (e.g., working alliance) are incredibly important, what therapists do is […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
December 2, 2021
The Psychology of Hypogonadism
Abstract Hypogonadism is a little-known endocrine condition that is not easily noticed by psychologists and other medical professionals. The disease can have a strong psychological and physical impact upon those who contend with it. This paper offers an overview of the condition and suggests some interventions for clinicians who work with the patients who have […]
Adam Duberstein, M.A., TLLP
December 1, 2020