Great post by John Grohol at PsychCentral. Each challenge is accompanied by some thoughtful and pertinent commentary. Here are the first two challenges:
1. It can take awhile to find the “right” therapist and you shouldn’t stop at Therapist #1. Finding the right therapist can be a frustrating hit-or-miss proposition. But it’s also imperative…
2. Therapy is [...]
Archive for May 30th, 2008
7 Challenges of Psychotherapy
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Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Posted in psychology in the media on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fluffy piece at the New York Times about the use of mindfulness techniques in therapy. This is a very popular area, combining meditation, and meditative practices with psychotherapy. The article rightfully points out both that interest in mindfulness techniques has a faddish quality, but also that it has substantial therapeutic benefits. This has been done [...]
