if you take medication or are thinking about it, i’d suggest you make your way over to shrink wrap, where dinah, a psychiatrist, has a fabulous post on how she goes about prescribing medication. here’s an excerpt: 1) past history of response. if the patient says, oh, yeah, six years ago i felt this way,… Continue reading psychiatrists and medication
Category: therapy
the phoenix recovery centre
last thursday, i had the great fortune of meeting michael wilson of the newly created phoenix recovery centre in surrey, just southeast of vancouver. a friend of mine, who has a little contract job there, had told me about it and said that i absolutely had to see it. so when i drove there, i… Continue reading the phoenix recovery centre
family therapy for people with eating disorders
from medicalnews a few days ago: bulimia treatment success doubles when parents involved in therapy mobilizing parents to help an adolescent overcome the disorder can double the percentage of teens who were able to abstain from binge eating and purging after six months. a team based at the university of chicago medical center showed that… Continue reading family therapy for people with eating disorders
7 ways to use writing for healing
yesterday i talked about the book writing yourself home. as i mentioned, it uses excerpts from women’s writings – some well-known, some not – to illustrate how we can use writing and journaling as a way of healing and self-discovery. here is one that i found interesting, about “matrophobia”, by ellen amber from her work… Continue reading 7 ways to use writing for healing
guffs and schlopps: a bit of seutherapy
dr. seuss never ceases to amaze me. maybe we should start “seutherapy” – aaah, the sound alone of the word already conjures up something great. soothing, subversive, seuss-y and let’s not forget suess – the german word for sweet. if you think that dr. seuss is all about nonsense, you are, with due respect, way… Continue reading guffs and schlopps: a bit of seutherapy
evolutionary psychology and eating disorders
today: a dose of evolutionary psychology. theories on … the development of overeating: imagine when we were a species of primates in the open savannah. there were no mcdonald’s around. and there were no other fast foods, no ease of availability of foods. so we evolved, by natural selection, a tendency to eat whatever contained… Continue reading evolutionary psychology and eating disorders
getting through depression
when people ask me, “how do i get through this depression?”, one of the concerns behind this question is often: “i’m overwhelmed by and afraid of the pain, effort and time that goes into dealing with this depression” they usually already know that there are few quick-fix solutions. the way they phrase the question, “how… Continue reading getting through depression
“don’t should on yourself”: albert ellis dead at 93
what’s the goal of therapy? “to minimize the client’s central self-defeating outlook, and to acquire a more realistic, tolerant philosophy of life.” that is one of the the central tenets of rational-emotive therapy (RET), founded by albert ellis in 1955. albert ellis died yesterday at the age of 93. albert ellis walked his talk. he… Continue reading “don’t should on yourself”: albert ellis dead at 93
treating alcohol addiction
according to medicine.net, there is more and more agreement that alcohol abuse occurs on a continuum. it needs to be treated accordingly; traditional methods of helping alcoholics work for less than half of them. project MATCH, a project involving over 80 therapists, is now looking at ways to match patient preferences with different kinds of… Continue reading treating alcohol addiction
depression – 120% cured!
“i have the solution for depression!” “i’ll give you the best addiction treatment ever!” i wish i could say that. unfortunately, i can’t. but. if you need help with addiction, want to discuss what you think are signs of depression, or would like some help with getting your weight under control, we will get together… Continue reading depression – 120% cured!