Category: Frontiers Friday Series

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 15 Mar. 2024 Comparison is like porn. You can’t help but look. And If you look long enough, you might mistake it for reality. There...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack 12 Apr. 2024 1. Please give us your personal definition of what constitutes an expert in psychotherapy practice (not as a researcher or academic). A novice...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 29 Mar. 2024 Let the Data Speak Take a look at the graph below. If we were to follow the lines up until 2010, besides...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 22 Mar. 2024 In The Arc of Life, the journey entails the following: Freedom, Responsibility, Adventure. The Arc of Life is not a prescriptive formula, but...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 08 Mar. 2024 Improve Your Taste, Not Your Ability I recently heard Cal Newport on an interview with Brent McKay. Cal is...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 01 Mar. 2024 Psychotherapists on the Frontline This week, we take a pause from the usual Frontiers Friday (FF) format....

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 19 Jan. 2024 Part I You would think that therapy would be the one place you can speak the unspeakable,...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 12 Jan. 2024 Developing a Motif Most of the people I’ve met in my clinical practice this week do not...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 05 Jan. 2024 Two Things to kickoff 2024: Here’s a related video from the Frontiers archive on developing your own...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 15 Dec. 2023 Part I Part II Part III If you would like to learn more topics that can help...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 08 Dec. 2023 At its best, therapy termination is a beautiful practice in grief work, the end of something important...

Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 17 Nov. 2023 I often think about this profession of psychotherapy. It’s crazy. I mean, what the heck are we really doing?...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 06 Oct. 2023 PART I Parenting (Part I) I first read this story in Bill O’Hanlon’s book, Do One Thing...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 22 Sept. 2023 Could less information actually be better in our improving our clinical decision-making process? Turns out that with more information, our confidence might...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack released on 1 Sep. 2023 People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. ~ Coach John Wooden, from You Haven’t...

What are the most pressing problems in the practice of psychotherapy? There are several issues at hand. For example, it’s a bit of a scandal that, on average, therapists do not get better with...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 16 Jun. 2023 PART I One of my clients in his mid-20’s said to me, “How is it that...

PART I Research: A meta-analysis of outcome studies comparing bona fide psychotherapies: Empirically, “all must have prizes”This is a seminal meta-analysis. This high-impact study had twice that of the next highest-cited relevant article in the...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 17 Mar. 2023 PART I 📕Must-Read: Premature Termination in Psychotherapy: Strategies for Engaging Clients and Improving Outcomes This 2015 book...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 3 Feb. 2023 PART I Why So Serious About Humour? THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING FUNNY. Why cover this...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 09 Dec. 2022 PART I One of the most profound ideas I’ve learned to take very seriously is the...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 21 Oct. 2022 PART I Writing about existence is like writing about writing. This particular series is not exclusive...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 26 Aug. 2022 PART I As a child, my uncle used to perform magic tricks for my cousins and...

Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 06 Aug. 2022 PART I Reflection: Think of the people in your caseload who are highly sensitive individuals. Does...