There’s An App for That
I just read an interesting little article on using the iPhone to help with OCD symptoms, particularly checking behavior. Here’s a link to the article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-my-turn-iphone-ocd-20110627,0,2727205.story. The basic premise is that the author’s daughter used her iPhone to take pictures of things she typically needed to check several times (i.e., making sure the oven was off, […]
Surfing the Urge
I found a great series of posts on using mindfulness for addictive behaviors the other day at Dr. Elisha Goldstein’s blog. Well worth checking out the entire series, but I’d like to highlight a particular piece that really stuck out to me. Dr. Goldstein includes “urge surfing” in the skills needed to combat addictive behaviors […]
Online Marketing for Therapists
A dear friend of mine, Nick Holliday, recently wrote a book aimed at helping therapists increase their online presence. The book is called Internet Marketing for Psychologists: Advertising and Promoting Your Business Online…, and it’s available on Amazon. It’s got a lot of great information for any therapist looking to build an online presence and gain new […]
Psycho-Babble
A friend of mine (thanks, Kyle) recently shared a link to an online community for individuals taking psychotropic medications. It’s called Psycho-Babble, and it’s maintained by Robert Hsiung, a psychiatrist in Chicago. Questions range from mundane to outlandish, and it’s got a ton of great information for anyone with questions about their medications. Like any site […]
Great Resource on Interpersonal Neurobiology
Here’s a link to Dan Siegel’s “Neurobiology of We” audio series. I’ve been listening to this over the month or so, and it just blows my mind. He speaks in depth about the connection between attachment styles, relationships, and brain functioning. Maybe most importantly, he talks about how relationships can be healing, even for those who […]
Changes in the DSM-V
Hello, everyone – I’ve mentioned the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (or DSM-IV-TR) on Talk Therapy during a conversation on diagnosis and its role in therapy. Like many in my field, I’m not entirely pleased with the DSM and sometimes hate what it does to clients and the therapeutic process. That said, the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force on DSM-V […]
