December brings the annual pleasures and challenges of holiday gifts and how to deal with them in dynamic psychotherapy. Although it is relatively easy to follow a simple rule about this, ideally a good deal of thought goes into a therapist’s decision about whether to accept a patient’s holiday gift. Below I will give a […]
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Cross-posted from “Sacramento Street Psychiatry“. In dynamic psychotherapy, patients often say how hurt and victimized they feel as a result of unkind judgments or criticisms by others: “My coworker called me a hypocrite!” “My mother told me I neglect her by not visiting enough.” “My husband complains I’m too self-centered.” Although sharing such complaints with […] My fellow psychiatrist and blogger Dr. Daniel Carlat has an article in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine. “Mind Over Meds” is a memoir of Dr. Carlat’s growing realization that psychiatry can’t be done well in 15-20 minute medication visits, that talking to patients as people is important too. I’m generally a fan of Dr. […] A reader named Kim wrote: I do tend to be cerebral and look for stuff on the internet like this blog to try to get more insight into what my therapist is doing. I am curious, do you think this dilutes the “magic” of the therapy somewhat, or do you think it is helpful or […] Cross-posted from “Sacramento Street Psychiatry“ For more than a decade I’ve taught a seminar in dynamic psychotherapy to psychiatry residents. One tricky issue that arises every year is the apparent choice between conducting a “supportive” psychotherapy, versus an “analytic” or “insight-oriented” one. I developed a sailing analogy to clarify this issue, and to teach an […] |
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