In Therapy

A User's Guide to Psychotherapy

Ryan Howes, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, writer, musician and professor at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, California. See full bio

January 28, 2009

Seven Questions for Thomas Szasz

"If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia" - The Second Sin, 1973

Well, today Dr. Thomas Szasz talks to us, and we're fortunate. My honored guest is a genuine maverick in the mental health field, a man who has "done more than anyone else to challenge psychiatry to abandon the destructive use of force and replace it with consent, trust, and adherence to the Hippocratic injunction to do no harm."

January 21, 2009

Seven Questions for James H. Bray

Today the Seven Questions welcomes the 2009 president of the American Psychological Association. It just seems fitting to hear from a president this week. Dr. Bray joins an esteemed panel of influential authors, theorists and policymakers who impart their views on fundamental issues in psychotherapy. Read More

January 14, 2009

Seven Questions for Harriet Lerner

Bestselling author and relationship expert Harriet Lerner dances with the Seven Questions. Read More

January 7, 2009

Seven Questions for David D. Burns

The author of the "most prescribed self-help book" has a lot to say about the Seven Questions. Brace yourself, he doesn't pull any punches. Read More

January 2, 2009

Seven Questions for Jeffrey Barnett

We resume the quest for psychotherapeutic truth with Dr. Jeffrey Barnett, 2008 President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychotherapy (Div. 29). Read More

December 24, 2008

Seven Questions for Glen O. Gabbard

Today’s responses come from Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., a psychoanalytic psychiatrist who wrote the book on psychotherapy. Literally. But non-shrinks may know him best as the guy who analyzed Tony Soprano. Read More

December 18, 2008

Seven Questions for John Gray

This week's installment features John Gray, Ph.D., author of the Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus series that has sold over 40,000,000 books. The Seven Questions project asks the same seven psychotherapy-related questions to influential therapists: prominent historical figures, top officers in the professional associations and popular authors. I welcome Dr. Gray, one of the best selling authors of all time. Read More

December 10, 2008

Seven Questions for Nada Stotland

The Seven Questions project continues with Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H., President of the American Psychiatric Association and authority on women's health issues. Read More

December 3, 2008

Seven Questions for Donald Meichenbaum

The project kicks off with Cognitive Behavior Therapy co-founder Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., voted one of the 10 most influential therapists of the 20th century. Read More

November 26, 2008