|
Featured Member of the Week: Kathleen Biel, LCPC
With her practice in Naperville, Illinois, Kathleen Biel works with children, adolescents and adults. "Often," she says, "a client’s life is like a puzzle with so many pieces to sort through and put together--but the clues as to how they fit are hidden within the client." Kathleen finds effective therapy is not about the therapist providing the answers, but being patient and guiding the client to their own self discovery.
more...
 |
Current Clients Can Be Your Best Referral Sources
Your current clients already appreciate the benefits of therapy and are also familiar with and value your particular training, style, and skills. Without compromising ethics, you can effectively keep your clients aware of your services when they have a co-worker or acquaintance in need of a good therapist by having brochures about your practice in your waiting room, as well as copies of articles you've published (including those featured on 4therapy.com), information referencing any books you've written, and newsletters featuring workshops or open-to-the-public seminars you’re participating in.
Read more Tips of the Week...
|
|
|
| |
The Future of Teen Addiction Treatment--Trends and Predictions from Jeff Nalin, Psy.D.
By Meghan Vivo
In this article, Jeff Nalin, Psy.D., co-founder and executive director of Echo Malibu, an innovative residential treatment program for adolescents in Malibu, California, weighs in on the trends in teen-focused substance abuse treatment programs and makes predictions about what changes we can anticipate in the years ahead.
Chill Out or Burn Out
By Sherry Persky, CSW
Many of my clients complain about the great difficulty of managing their careers, parenting, and family responsibilities simultaneously. The daily juggling act of “multi-tasking” is easier said that done. One of the most common mistakes people make is trying to accomplish too many things in one day.
Phantom Limb Pain
By Michelle Gottlieb, Psy.D., MFT
I really like doing EMDR for two reasons: it is highly researched and it works! I recently heard a report about doing EMDR for people with phantom limb pain. And it stopped the pain! I was amazed and so I read the research that had been done on it. It was all the same. In just a few sessions, these people who had suffered pain for years were no longer being bothered.
|
| |
Unemployment, Chronic Pain and Depression Can Be Inextricably Connected
After relationship difficulties, unemployment is the most likely thing to push someone into a bad depression. This isn’t surprising, since work is often a significant source of an individual’s sense of worth and self-esteem. For many, depression first shows up in physical symptoms, such as headaches, gastrointestinal distress, and sexual dysfunction.
Depression Patients’ Brain Circuitry Makes Them Vulnerable to Relapse
"The subjects in remission from depression experienced symptoms qualitatively similar to those they had during major depressive episodes," said Dr. Drevets. "Our findings suggest that depression is associated with persistent vulnerability for developing such responses to reduced dopamine and norepinephrine neurotransmission."
Gene Variations and Depression
For what appears to be the first time in humans, scientists have detected an interaction between genes that may help prevent brain changes that increase vulnerability to depression.
Antipsychotic Medications May Ease Some Alzheimer’s Symptoms, Not Others
Antipsychotic medications may lessen symptoms like hostility and aggression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, but do not appear to lessen other symptoms or improve quality of life, according to a recent analysis of data from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness Alzheimer’s Disease (CATIE-AD) study. The analysis was published June 2, 2008, in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
PTSD Can Lead to a More Severe Course and Worse Outcomes When Coupled With Substance Abuse
The first multi-center study of PTSD among individuals seeking treatment for an SUD has found a greater prevalence of PTSD among those who were drug- rather than alcohol-dependent, and that having PTSD was associated with a more severe course and worse outcome for an SUD.
New Grant Supports Stem Cell-Derived Model of Autism-Related Illness
For the first time, researchers are developing a test tube model of Rett syndrome, a debilitating autism-like illness, in neurons derived from human autism-like illness. The new study addresses a crucial gap in understanding the workings of the rare autism spectrum disorder.
|
|
|
|
|
