The Patient Between Therapists
What Clinicians Can Learn When They See the Same Patient Differently James Tobin, Ph.D. When clinicians—such as individual and couples therapists, psychiatrists, or other treating professionals—consult with one another about a shared patient, they may discover that...
Difficult Conversations in Relationships: Why Couples Avoid Them
Difficult Conversations in Relationships: Why Couples Avoid Them KEY POINTS Couples often struggle not because they have stopped communicating, but because certain important experiences have become increasingly difficult to bring into the relationship. Every long-term...
Where Meaning Waits –
Psychotherapy and the Organization of Experience James Tobin, Ph.D. Nothing New Happened Several years ago, a patient whom I will call David came to therapy following the unexpected death of his father. He wanted to understand why his grief felt strangely muted. He...
When the Familiar Becomes Strange
Psychotherapy and the Recovery of Perception James Tobin, Ph.D. Introduction Years ago, while watching Adrian Lyne’s 1986 film 9½ Weeks—a controversial and often provocative exploration of erotic desire and power—I was struck by a brief conversation that seemed...
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