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In This Issue:
Many of us are familiar with the mantra, “It’s the relationship that heals,” and we all try to create positive connections with our clients. But as therapists, we all are wired differently, and some clients are easier for us to connect with than others. How can we attend to our own internal relational sensors, while simultaneously tuning in to the longings and fears of our clients? These critical issues are explored in our featured interview with David Wallin on Attachment in Psychotherapy, the topic of his highly acclaimed book. Wallin delves deep into attachment theory and it’s implications regarding the therapeutic relationship in clinical practice, mindfulness, and more; we think you’ll be enriched by this lively exploration. When a Patient Dies... Should the Therapist Attend the Funeral? In this revealing piece, Richard Halgin explores his own feelings, dilemmas, and experiences in dealing with the death of a long-term patient. In this most human of all professions, he shows us how as psychotherapists we must use our hearts, minds and clinical judgment to navigate challenging boundary situations. Also, we have several Existential Poems by Tom Greening for your enjoyment. Plus, as always, a new Psychotherapy Cartoon. We are sad to report a loss in the therapy community: Mary Goulding died this past Sunday December 7th at the age of 83. Mary developed Redecision Therapy along with her late husband, Bob Goulding, and has taught it along with Transactional Analysis for over 20 years. She was a master faculty presenter at all the Evolution of Psychotherapy conferences, and published eight books, including Who’s Been Living In Your Head and her most recent I Am Interrupting This Program. Click here to read more about Mary’s death, including a letter she wrote to the community soon before she died. Since our last issue, we’ve released 10 new DVDs. Understanding and Preventing Suicide (for the public) and Voices of Suicide: Learning from those who Lived (for professionals) fill a large gap in training videos on this critical issue. PTSD and Veterans: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg provides a wealth of useful information and clinical wisdom for treating this deserving population. “I’d Hear Laughter”: Finding Solutions for the Family and Irreconcilable Differences: A Solution-Focused Approach to Marital Therapy feature the brilliant and heartwarming work of Insoo Kim Berg. Finally, 5 titles from the series Psychotherapy with the Experts: Object Relations Therapy with Jill Scharff, Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy with James Bugental, Family Systems Therapy with Kenneth V. Hardy, Solution Focused Therapy with Insoo Kim Berg, and Multimodal Therapy with Arnold Lazarus. We'll be releasing 10 more from this series in the coming months.With the financial crisis blowing up new storms daily, the holiday season already seems a bit subdued this year. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of silver linings in this cloud, but let me suggest a possible one: Perhaps we can use this time to connect more with our loved ones, and to our own core values, instead of shopping till we drop. Well, it’s an idea… Best Wishes, Victor Yalom, PhD p.s. As always, if you have an idea for an article, or a joke for our humor section, please let me know. Check out our Guidelines for Submission. December, 2008 |
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