by Jon G. Allen, PhD
February 7, 2013
I am fortunate to have a challenging job that requires flexibility and creativity, but it’s often difficult and sometimes downright exhausting. One time I complained about this effortful experience to our former chief of staff, Richard Munich, and he responded, “That’s why they call it work!” I find Dick’s matter-of-fact attitude toward the difficulty of […]
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by Jon G. Allen, PhD
February 7, 2013
More than two years ago, I wrote a post on this blog entitled, “Is psychotherapy going to POT?” Tongue in cheek, I was protesting the proliferation of brand-name, evidence-based therapies with all their acronyms: CBT, DBT, ERP, EMDR and the like. There’s no way any therapist can learn to practice 150+ brands, and a half-century of […]
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