Doorknob Bombshells in Therapy: The Deadline, the Brain, and Why It Is Important to End on Time
Doorknob Bombshells in Therapy: The Deadline, the Brain, and Why It Is Important to End on Time

Author: Daniela V. Gitlin

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2024-09-17

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1324052600

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What should a therapist do when a patient reveals critical information at the end of a session? It’s a near-universal experience among mental health practitioners: a patient drops a bombshell—a critical disclosure that moves the treatment forward—on their way out, with a hand on the doorknob. This “doorknob moment” creates a stressful dilemma for clinicians, especially when the patient is distraught. Should the clinician end the session on time, or run over and be late for the next patient? Here, seasoned psychiatrist Daniela V. Gitlin provides clinicians with a clear, evidence-based answer. By conceptualizing the functional differences between patient and therapist in the treatment relationship as a metaphor for the functional differences between right and left cerebral hemispheres, Gitlin’s argument yields a comprehensive explanation for why doorknob moments occur, why they are necessary to prevent treatment stagnation, and why ending on time makes patients feel safer to deliver them.

Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice

Author: Daniela V. Gitlin MD

Publisher: Corner Office Books

Published: 2020-02-17

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780960008551

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Patient ambushes! Clinician pratfalls! Community curveballs! Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist's Life gives you a fly-on-the-wall view of therapy sessions along with actual transcripts of what's going through this therapist's mind as she's working, living and saving the day (or trying to). What else does this immersive memoir spanning twenty-five years of rural psychiatric practice expose? Flawless performance is not required for a therapist to be genuinely helpful. Written with unsparing candor and a light touch, these interconnected clinical and personal tales reveal a way of thinking that is essential for learning actively, living fully, and doing good work, with a sense of wonder, year after year. Whether you're simply curious, already in the field, or a mental health educator, you're sure to get some ideas for what to do (or not do!) with the people in your life. "I loved this book. It's interesting, compelling, and very insightful. I found it a sort of DIY therapy- Ohhh, so that's how I should approach.... Also, the faux science articles are HILARIOUS." Lori B. Duff, If You Did What I Asked in the First Place. "If you have ever wondered what a shrink's life is really like - from education, to training, to the large and small details of treating other people's inner pain every day- this book is for you. Gitlin's stories about her career as a psychiatrist in an underserved rural community are warm, funny, human, and deeply humane." Kristin Kimball, The Dirty Life; Good Husbandry "You'll enjoy this witty, scintillating account of treatments rendered to patients living hardscrabble lives. You'll benefit from her clinical acumen too- I've already used some of her nuggets with my own caseload. Noteworthy is her struggle to save her practice when a key insurance company drastically slashes her reimbursement rates. Get ready for an exciting read!" Alvin Pam, Ph.D, Splitting Up: Enmeshment and Estrangement in the Process of Divorce.

Out Of Control
Out Of Control

Author: Kevin Kelly

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2009-04-30

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 078674703X

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Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.

Learning by Heart
Learning by Heart

Author: Corita Kent

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-10-14

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1621535908

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Tap into your natural ability to create! Engaging, proven exercises for developing creativity Priceless resource for teachers, artists, actors, everyone Artist and educator Corita Kent inspired generations of artists, and the truth of her words "We can all talk, we can all write, and if the blocks are removed, we can all draw and paint and make things" still shines through. This revised edition of her classic work Learning by Heart features a new foreword and a chart of curriculum standards. Kent's original projects and exercises, developed through more than 30 years as an art teacher and richly illustrated with 300 thought-provoking images, are as inspiring and as freeing today as they were during her lifetime. Learn how to challenge fears, be open to new directions, recognize connections between objects and ideas, and much more in this remarkable, indispensable guide to freeing the creative spirit within all of us. With new material by art world heavyweights Susan Friel and Barbara Loste, Learning by Heart brings creative inspiration into the 21st century!

WALC 6
WALC 6

Author: Leslie Bilik-Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Provides a comprehensive series of tasks and functional carryover activities allowing for integration of language and cognitive skills for neurologically-impaired adolescents and adults with diverse levels of functioning. Exercises cover a broad scope of skills including orientation, auditory comprehension, verbal expression, and reading comprehension.

Brain Rules
Brain Rules

Author: John Medina

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Published: 2011-05-30

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1921753986

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An updated and expanded edition of the international bestseller Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details that every business leader, parent, and teacher should know — for instance, that physical activity helps to get your brain working at its best. How do we learn? What do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multitasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget — and so important to repeat new information? In Brain Rules, Dr John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in brain science, and how it can influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule — what scientists know for sure about how our brains work — and offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. In this expanded edition — which includes additional information on the brain rules and a new chapter on music — you will discover how every brain is wired differently, why memories are volatile, and how stress and sleep can influence learning. By the end, you’ll understand how your brain really works — and how to get the most out of it.

An American Engineer in Stalin's Russia
An American Engineer in Stalin's Russia

Author: Zara Witkin

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0520351088

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In 1932 Zara Witkin, a prominent American engineer, set off for the Soviet Union with two goals: to help build a society more just and rational than the bankrupt capitalist system at home, and to seek out the beautiful film star Emma Tsesarskaia. His memoirs offer a detailed view of Stalin's bureaucracy—entrenched planners who snubbed new methods; construction bosses whose cover-ups led to terrible disasters; engineers who plagiarized Witkin's work; workers whose pride was defeated. Punctuating this document is the tale of Witkin's passion for Tsesarskaia and the record of his friendships with journalist Eugene Lyons, planner Ernst May, and others. Witkin felt beaten in the end by the lethargy and corruption choking the greatest social experiment in history, and by a pervasive evil—the suppression of human rights and dignity by a relentless dictatorship. Finally breaking his spirit was the dissolution of his romance with Emma, his "Dark Goddess." In his lively introduction, Michael Gelb provides the historical context of Witkin's experience, details of his personal life, and insights offered by Emma Tsesarskaia in an interview in 1989.

The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley

Author: R. Alton Lee

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2002-12-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780813170374

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Tells the story of the infamous “Goat Gland Doctor”—controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner—and recounts his amazing rags to riches to rags career. A popular joke of the 1920s posed the question, “What’s the fastest thing on four legs?” The punch line? “A goat passing Dr. Brinkley’s hospital!” It seems that John R. Brinkley’s virility rejuvenation cure—transplanting goat gonads into aging men—had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that “Doc” Brinkley’s medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. The man built an empire. The Kansas Medical Board combined with the Federal Radio Commission to revoke Brinkley’s medical and radio licenses, which various courts upheld. Not to be stopped, Brinkley started a write-in campaign for Governor. He received more votes than any other candidate but lost due to invalidated and “misplaced” ballots. Brinkley’s tactics, particularly the use of his radio station and personal airplane, changed political campaigning forever. Brinkley then moved his radio medical practice to Del Rio, Texas, and began operating a “border blaster” on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande. His rogue stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and were not only a haven for Brinkley’s lucrative quackery, but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests.

Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging It and Own It as a Therapist
Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging It and Own It as a Therapist

Author: Michael Alcée

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1324019603

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Putting together what you learned in grad school and beyond into a coherent voice that is both personalized and professional. As a new or seasoned therapist, it’s so hard to make transformational moments out of all that’s being thrown at you in sessions. You’re just winging it, but deep down you know there’s a way to make your sessions more dynamic and intentionally responsive. This book shows how to develop a keen ear and sharp eye for the many changes coming your way. Examples from music, movies, and literature will illustrate how the scientific principles of interpersonal neurobiology can help you claim your artistry as a therapist. This inspiring and informative book will help you find your voice and navigate the complexities and joys of the mysterious relationship that is therapy itself. Supervisors and new clinicians alike will be refreshed by the innovative vision of mental health practice as having a flexible and creative capacity.

The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife

Author: Audrey Niffenegger

Publisher: Night Bookmobile Editions

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0578889412

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A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).