Good reads, interesting articles about parenting, mental health, couplehood, the practice of couple and family therapy and related topics.
From Reese Rickards Blog
http://www.b93.com/pages/Reeserickards.html?article=11689913
“This was sent to me by a member of the listener family.
It took me a very humbling moment to realize the second grader deserved a perfect A on his homework.
Read more: http://www.b93.com/pages/Reeserickards.html?article=11689913#ixzz2gwqTfvyi
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https://montrealtherapy.com/events/5/expressing-that-which-lies-within-art-therapy-for-awareness-understanding-and-insight/
A really nice introduction to Adele Faber, co-author of one of my all time parenting favorites. "You can mess up and you get another chance... you always have another chance to do better..." http://youtu.be/Rv0k1U1NfCA
From the New York Times. Despite the dire title, I find this article hopeful.
“...for patients with the most common conditions, like depression and anxiety, empirically supported psychotherapies — that is, those shown to be safe and effective in randomized controlled trials — are indeed the best treatments of first choice. Medications, because of their potential side effects, should in most cases be considered only if therapy either doesn’t work well or if the patient isn’t willing to try counseling. ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/opinion/psychotherapys-image-problem.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0
