Interesting Psychotherapy Articles

Is there a true self?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/08/22...gical-concept/

Fees in therapy (contains mainly US based things)
Fees in Therapy and Counseling: Summary and Guidelines, by Ofer Zur, Ph.D.

Why Does My Therapist Wait for Me to Start the Session?

https://medium.com/thinking-about-ps...form=hootsuite When you lose your therapist

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0210101955.htm

Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy the Gold Standard for Psychotherapy?

I love schema therapy. I go once every two to three weeks in a spartan hospital outpatient clinic (so not as awesome as cases in the clinical books) but it's done lots for me.

"This present study investigated typical treatment settings rather than rare expert, highly structured, specialized situations. The therapists using Schema Therapy in the study were not experts in Schema Therapy. In fact, they were therapists already employed in Dutch community mental health centers who expressed interest in Schema Therapy, received four days of training, and then peer supervision throughout the study (as well as yearly expert supervision). This study suggests that Schema Therapy can realistically be implemented effectively in typical therapy settings.

An important additional finding of this study is that therapists trained in Schema Therapy by actively practicing techniques in their training sessions and receiving immediate feedback did significantly better than therapists trained in Schema Therapy primarily by readings, lecture and video examples of techniques. "

Very interesting article about being in nature.

http://neurosciencenews.com/forest-a...a-health-7737/

I found this to be a very interesting read:

Boundary Violations: The (Inappropriate) Lethal Weapon of Plaintiffs' Attorneys in Psychotherapy Malpractice Lawsuits
by Dr. Martin H. Williams

https://expertpages.com/news/williams.htm

When 9/11 happened in the USA:

"Professional roles and boundaries were dropped to a large extent in the wake of the disaster... As Dr. Korn noted, however, the hug was not an extraordinary event on an extraordinary day of a psychotherapy process. It became a ritual ending to each session. **Hugs are not part of the psychotherapeutic frame, and the ritual hugging of a patient at the end of each session almost always suggests that something is awry in the therapist's countertransference."

Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy
Glen O. Gabbard
Psychiatric Times. 20.7 (July 1, 2003): p71.

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I thought this was an interesting article:

Boundary Violations: The (Inappropriate) Lethal Weapon of Plaintiffs' Attorneys in Psychotherapy Malpractice Lawsuits
by Dr. Martin H. Williams

https://expertpages.com/news/williams.htm

Transference Focused Psychotherapy changes brain activity and improves clinical presentation in BPD

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-...rder.html#nRlv

Abandonment psychotherapy results in long term decrease in suicidality

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-...-patients.html

The use of imagery in phase 1 treatment of clients with complex dissociative disorders

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...5/#!po=74.2647

The Evolution of Trauma Treatment - Bessel van der Kolk Shares His Hope for the Future of the Field: https://www.psychotherapynetworker.o...auma-treatment

Nice one, QM...I love that article.

QM, that article reminds me of an On Being podcast I listened to recently, with Bessel van der Kolk:
https://onbeing.org/programs/bessel-...-body-mar2017/

I️ liked the article too! It is how my counselor works with me.

It was affirming to me.

Thank you!

Therapists and being terminated not on their terms:

https://www.psychotherapy.net/articl...-feelings,-too
"One therapist friend of mine says, “I feel like an emotional prostitute sometimes. I get to roll around in the all the intense feelings and then I get left alone in the chair.”

Therapist and "placebo effect"
https://www.unk.com/blog/how-to-end-...-your-clients/
Of course, you can’t always tell exactly how many sessions a person will need to get over a depression, or to successfully stop drinking, but you can give them an indication. So I might say:
"Many people can be helped within a few sessions and often times feel better even after a single session. (Remember the power of the placebo effect!)"

Just plain delusional:
http://www.yourtango.com/experts/dr-...or-should-i-go
"while therapy is supposed to, and usually does, instill hope for the future"

Attunement in Hakomi Therapy: Bringing 'Self' to the Surface

Just ran across this. My t does this stuff.... never called it anything, but I recognize what she does in this article. In part:

"The process of Hakomi therapy often includes internal exploration, eyes closed. For many, the therapist represents our first experience of our “witnessing self” (our nonjudgmental observer) and our attuned, compassionate parent."

This. Oh my goodnes, this!!

and "Many individuals arrive at therapy unaware of missing pieces, trying to complete a puzzle that has no form. A grounded, defined sense of Self begins to form when we see our traits, qualities, habits, and bodily movements reflected without judgment. We find missing pieces that may have remained invisible for a lifetime, until an attuned witness, with compassion, acknowledged, accepted, and echoed back to us these valuable and wanted aspects of Self."

This Is Goodbye: Ending Therapy with Intention and Meaning

I found this interesting:
William Doherty: How Therapy Can be Hazardous to Your Marital Health

“Dissociative Phenomena in the Everyday Lives of Trauma Survivors” - PDF

Therapists admitting to manipulating
https://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...herapy.919483/

And a small bit of refreshing honesty
http://www.mentor-coach.eu/EN/articl...st_client.html