psychotherapy

I'm secretly addicted to porn
My girlfriend thinks I just play computer games a lot!
My husband doesn't want to have sex with me
He's being treated for depression, and it's making me crazy.
I feel like a fraud: I'm an unmarried marriage counselor!
How can I help others when I can't get beyond a third date myself?
My boyfriend danced dirty to make me jealous
I asked him why he was doing the bump and grind with a woman, and he said he thought it would get him laid.
An elderly salesman terrorized me in front of my kids!
He propositioned me and threatened me and wouldn't leave until I signed the contract!
My sister triggers my rage
I know we had a difficult childhood, and I'm over most of it, but when I see my sister I start to get a little crazy!
After all I've done for my mother, I'd like to strangle her!
I realize how much of myself I sacrificed, and I'm furious.
My mother-in-law, my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law!
I would like to see a very bad thing happen to my mother-in-law.
My therapist is hawking awareness training
I was uncomfortable with his suggestions, but he persisted.
Van Gogh on Prozac
Treating depression doesn't quell our humanity and creativity but restores them, argues "Listening to Prozac" author Peter Kramer. So, please, let's stop making a virtue out of despair.
How do I find a therapist?
I have a little problem I'd like to discuss, but don't know how to get started.
Is therapy dead?
A new book argues that the decline in long-term psychotherapy -- along with our reliance on medication and quick fixes -- is a public health tragedy.
Monkey gone to heaven
In Part 2 of Salon's series on Ecstasy, a controversial study on E's effects on the brain creates fear; a breakthrough moment in MDMA's therapeutic use sparks hope; and Generation X ponders its drug days ahead.
The mystery cure
A simple approach to treating trauma has had spectacular results in the wake of tragedies in Oklahoma, Bosnia and Littleton. Will EMDR help in New York?
"Mockingbird Years" and "The Last Good Freudian"
Two memoirists look back on their many years of psychotherapy -- and what they see ain't pretty.
Shrinks and con men
An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers.
"Mumford"
The movies' first sane therapist talks a big game in Lawrence Kasdan's winning comedy.
Grumpy old archetypes
James Hillman, bestselling author and gadfly to the therapy movement, talks about the fine art of aging gracefully.
Therapy is painless
From Freud to divorce court: A therapist to meet your every need. Plus: Dan Savage vs. the Republicans; Elvis' "black satin-like" pajamas on the auction block.
The power of positive shrinking
Is the new optimistic movement in psychology a theoretical breakthrough or a professional survival tactic?
First family on the couch
Therapists say President Clinton's psychological problems run deep -- and Hillary's and Chelsea's are only beginning
Living under the knife
Steven Levenkron's book "Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation" casts an eye on the emotional pains behind a dark adolescent practice.

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