Word: therapist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...definition of madness is tamer than it sounds. He uses the word to indicate the inner turmoil and contradictions that are present in everyone. But his conclusion is anything but tame: the average consumer of therapy is likely to be influenced, and perhaps overwhelmed, by the emotional problems of therapists. The bad news is that many patients are more damaged by their therapists than they realize, and some actually end up seeking out one disturbed therapist after another. The good news is that patients, on an unconscious level, often tend to be aware of the erratic behavior of those...
...problems are not confined to the young and affluent. Housework and watching the children are as much issues for traditional couples of moderate income who work simply to make ends meet. But the lack of job satisfaction sometimes exacerbates difficulties. Joy Johnson, a Chicago clinical therapist, cites the case of a woman who works at a factory, stuffing coupons into cereal boxes. Says Johnson: "There is nothing stimulating about it. At the end of the day she turns to her marriage to make up for what she didn't get during the day." Johnson says that the woman...
...most instances it is the wife who initiates the move into counseling. In sessions, the therapist may play the part of one partner; sometimes couples act out each other's roles. James Framo, a family therapist in La Jolla, Calif., insists that his patients bring in their parents and siblings to help dig out family-rooted problems. His couples may also take part in group therapy to see how other pairs are coping. Ian Alger, a New York therapist, uses a more novel technique: videotaping couples' visits. Instant replays are often so revealing that some partners begin to resolve their...
...World Championships a year ago. Her resolve is stony: "I want to do all the commercials. I want fame and fortune." But her 5-ft. 5-in., 115-lb. body is made of china. "If you sharpen a pencil point so finely," says Leslie Kaminoff, Ashford's physical therapist, "it can break...
...Boston affiliate, showed a half-hour program last week called This Secret Should Be Told, featuring Therapist-Ventriloquist Susan Linn and her two star puppets, a girl duck and a boy lion. The puppets encourage children to "tell a trusted adult" whenever they have been touched in a peculiar...