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Plant Medicine and Meditation – Synergies and Lessons

October 7, 2015 Jeff Warren 2

It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story” – Native American proverb These days it seems everyone is into ayahuasca, an indigenous plant medicine that has become the focus of a fledgling tourism industry in greater […] […]

The New Childhood of the Non-Traditional Family

March 25, 2015 Stanley Siegel 3

Today’s American Family isn’t what it used to be. The days of “Leave It to Beaver” have been replaced with “Modern Family,” a more accurate representation of home life. The nuclear family, the blended family, […] […]

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 […] […]

Gaining Perspective: Animal-Assisted Therapy as an Alternative Approach for Sexual Abuse Victims

August 3, 2014 admin 2

Today I am twenty-three years old, but I was twenty-one years, two months, and twelve days old when I was raped. It happened on a regular afternoon in my hometown, back in a country that […] […]

Magdalena Bak-Maier, PhD – How labels can erode our humanity

July 31, 2014 Editor 1

Labels: We all have them and use them. One of my clients, a visionary leader focused on eradicating mental blindness, works tenaciously to help raise awareness and change how companies deal with diversity. In fact, […]

Adam Neal – Poli-Psi: The Politics of Psychic Practice, Part II

July 4, 2014 Editor 0

In this three-part feature, we will discuss the politics, dynamics, and ethics of psychic exchange. | PART I “If he’s psychic, why didn’t he know that my wife was about to die in a car […]

The Cuddler

May 31, 2014 Anonymous 1

Yes, I Paid a Woman to Cuddle With Me In my mind’s eye, I am backstage behind a curtain while Oprah tells her studio audience they are about to meet a man who paid a […] […]

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 […] […]

Adam Neal – Poli-Psi: The Politics of Psychic Practice, Part I

April 21, 2014 Editor 3

In this three-part feature, we will discuss the politics, dynamics, and ethics of psychic exchange. The ongoing arguments against psychic practice echo the same “reasoning” of the self-proclaimed ‘godless,’ whose certainty of the comprehensible, fully […]

Zapping the Vapors: Scott Stossel’s “My Age of Anxiety”

April 14, 2014 admin 0

“Sam” is my oldest friend. Growing up, I watched her go through long, painful bouts of depression and anxiety. She had difficulty getting motivated to do anything, didn’t sleep well or slept too much, and […] […]