Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association articles from January 2002

Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association archives from January 2002

Member update.(American Psychotherapy Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... APA Executive Advisory Board Due to our overwhelming success and prestige, the APA is attracting some of the most influential psychotherapists to the organization. The American Psychotherapy Association has added preeminent psychotherapists...

Chair's corner.
January 1, 2002... It will certainly be an interesting year. Less than four months ago, the world changed for Americans. We lost another part of our innocence and sense of safety. Children sleep less securely at night and parents think twice about vacations and...

New Executive Advisory Board leads APA into the future. (Cover Story).(American Psychotherapy Association)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2002... The American Psychotherapy Association continues to grow in membership and prestige. One measure of that growth is the caliber of psychotherapist APA attracts to serve on the Executive Advisory Board. In recent months, seven world-renowned...

New insurance benefits exclusively for APA members, their families and employees.(American Psychotherapy Association)
January 1, 2002... In its constant pursuit of ways to strengthen the value of its membership, the American Psychotherapy Association announces new insurance benefits available exclusively for APA members. Members now have the choice of long-term care, life...

After Sept. 11. (Psychotherapy in a New World: Board Members React).
January 1, 2002... I think we will see an exacerbation of the symptomatology that afflicted our clients prior to Sept. 11, 2001. Thus, the OCD sufferers will develop a wider spectrum of rituals, fears and avoidance. Phobics will become more phobic, depressed...

Illusion of control. (Psychotherapy in a New World: Board Members React).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... At our Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders in Boston, perhaps 10 to 15 percent of our patients currently in treatment suffered emotional reactions severe enough to require immediate attention. Many took advantage of the flee hours of...

Moving on from trauma. (Psychotherapy in a New World: Board Members React).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... 1. Nobody can tell you the best way to respond to trauma. And not all the effects of trauma are bad. Some people move on quickly and some never get over it. Some people use the trauma to change their lives. Others withdraw, become embittered...

Annals increases its value to you!(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Imagine! You can be earning CE credit to maintain your license or APA Diplomate status from the comfort of your home or office -- at your own pace -- when it's convenient for you! Beginning with this issue, Annals has an exciting new...

APA members head Terrorism Task Force.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Two noted scholars and APA members have been named to head the new Task Force on Terrorism formed by the American College of Forensic Examiners, the world's largest organization of expert witnesses. E. Scott Ryan, M.P.A., Ph.D., DAPA, New...

Annals takes the next step.
January 1, 2002... Annals strives to bring members of the American Psychotherapy Association cutting edge psychotherapy news and information. There have been many changes over the years in format and content. Now your journal is taking another step forward,...

Welcome!(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The American Psychotherapy Association is a dynamic and growing organization. Below is a list of psychotherapy professionals from around the world having recently joined APA. We welcome them and their contributions! Gary B. Bailey, M.S.W....

Word movies: strategy and resources for therapeutic storytelling with children and adolescents.
January 1, 2002... Creating and shaping word movies in psychotherapy can enhance the therapeutic process. Through optimizing the content and setting of storytelling, desirable positive arousal, attunement, resonance and transference may be achieved. Moral...

Bringing the classroom and clinic together for the psychiatric nursing student.
January 1, 2002... Asignificant problem in nursing today is a lack of clinical learning experiences for students at the baccalaureate level While nursing textbooks have ample case study material in the form of vignettes, such presentations lack the impact of a...

Spirituality: a spiritual approach to surviving the stress of terrorism.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001 and other ongoing terrorist threats have plunged some of us deeper into the nightmare of anxiety, fear and hopelessness. Others, although sorely tested, continue to live in the dream of what the human spirit is...

Grief notes -- aftermath.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... It is Oct. 27, 2001. I am sitting at the computer trying to gather my thoughts to write about my experiences in the wake of the traumatic events of Sept. 11, 2001. I find myself easily distracted and unfocused. There is so much to tell and yet...

Being resolved to celebrate life.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Resolutions offer us the chance to examine our lives and make constructive changes. For example, making New Year's resolutions is a time-honored tradition. As each New Year begins, a common custom is to examine one's personal life and reflect...

Somatic psychotherapy with couples.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... I am somatic psychotherapist. I work with the whole person with a focus on the body as a means of getting deeper, faster. I generally go to the level of process through direct experience, not talk. In my last column, I showed a boundary...

Lifestyle Psychotherapy[TM].(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A wakeup call for your lifestyle and how it contributes to our environmental crisis is in order and really long overdue. Does your lifestyle contribute directly or indirectly to the list below? Before you answer, think about the lifestyle you...

Psychiatric medications -- the SSRIs.(Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... "Primer for Prescription Medications" is designed to help psychotherapists recognize and understand the signs and symptoms associated with medications that their clients may be taking. The introduction of fluoxetine (Prozac[TM]) in 1988...

A `minor' variation on consent.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... By law and ethics, clients must freely consent to treatment. This becomes an issue in the treatment of minors, as anyone under the age of 18 is considered incapable of consent. In general, parents have the "right of domain" over their minor...

Good fences don't necessarily make for good therapists.(therapeutic relationship)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... It's been my observation that therapists can become so concerned about boundaries, and so adept at therapeutic distance, that the therapeutic relationship never happens. The therapist, safe in distance, doesn't get close enough to the client to...

The dog ate my manners: (and other lame excuses): applying ethics to professional interaction. (Student's Corner).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... One of the meaningful aspects of professional experience is the opportunity to spend time with others in our field. We all will be required to receive training throughout our careers to fulfill CEU requirements and increase proficiency in our...