We talk in therapy, right? So what’s with all the scribbling? A reader asked a question about the written word that’s too good to erase. It pertains to the value of longhand in the therapy office, ...

The HIPAA privacy rules give special protection to “psychotherapy notes,” but providers often misunderstand what are and are not covered and how they differ from other mental health records. I.

In the '60s, the perfect therapy client was described as YAVIS: youthful, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and successful. Do therapists still believe this? In 1964, University of Minnesota professor ...

On Thanksgiving, there is lots to be thankful for. Maybe it’s family, friends, even food, but for those at Palmetto Music Therapy, they are especially thankful for music. They use it as a form of ...

An hour a week in a shrink’s office is increasingly treated as a prerequisite for a healthy, happy life. There, we imagine, friends learn new coping skills and enemies realize the errors of their ways ...

For the US and around the world, the last few years have been especially intense, to say the least. Therapy is in high demand as more people, especially youth, suffer from mental health issues. The ...