The Dance of Therapy – PsychologyTomorrowMagazine

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Why Women Lose Their Sex Drive

October 2, 2015 Alyssa Siegel 4

As a relationship counselor I work with individuals and couples on a number of sex and intimacy related issues. By far the most common one in monogamous partnership is a low or no sex relationship, […]

A Case for Treating the Worried Well

June 8, 2015 Sarah Aronson, LCSW 3

As a clinical social worker providing psychotherapy to the wealthy “daughters of the 1%,” as I’m prone to quip at dinner parties, I have learned to adopt humor and self-negation as armor against career-shaming. Formal […] […]

ADHD

March 25, 2015 Alyssa Siegel 13

It’s amazing how long it took me to realize that my son has ADHD. I suppose it’s because I had seen worse. I expected it to look somehow different than it did. My son as […] […]

Twenty-somethings

December 24, 2014 Alyssa Siegel 5

I find it hard to believe on a regular basis that I am ten to fifteen years older than many of my clients. That when they look at me and talk to me, they see […] […]

Choosing Motherhood

October 14, 2014 Alyssa Siegel 3

When I learned that the focus of this month’s issue was going to be on women, I knew that I wanted to write about how motherhood impacts a woman’s identity. But clarifying what aspects of […] […]

Radical Therapy

August 3, 2014 Alyssa Siegel 0

I was taught that as a counselor, I should never let my personal values enter into therapy. To maintain a veil of neutrality. The idea behind this approach is, for the most part, sound. We […] […]

Choreography of Tantra in Therapy

May 31, 2014 admin 8

The office doesn’t look quite like a regular therapist office. There are these interesting floor chairs in the corner of the room on a multi-colored tribal-looking rug. I smell something both sweet and musty at […] […]

The Effects of Trauma on Caregivers

April 14, 2014 Alyssa Siegel 7

The effects of trauma manifest in different ways between individuals. Some bury the experience deep within and those around them may never know of it. Others wear their trauma on their sleeve and it seems […] […]

Across Gender Lines: Counseling Male Clients

January 28, 2014 Alyssa Siegel 0

Cross-Gender Therapy: Female Therapist Meets Male Clients If I were asked to describe my gender I would probably do so like this: I am a cisgender female – I identify with the gender I was […] […]

Am I Worthy?: The Psychology of Self Esteem

November 26, 2013 Alyssa Siegel 16

Positive self-esteem to many is an illusive and almost mythical force. It feels intangible – something aspired to but hard to grasp, much like forgiveness or trust. We all want it, yet most of us […] […]

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