January 15th, 2013 at 4:48 pm (Uncategorized)
One of the most productive and innovative periods of psychotherapy was that of the 1960's through the early 1980's. Transactional Analysis, REBT, Gestalt Therapy, Attachment Theory and observational research in sex and sexuality, all got their start in this period. While the interim has brought a proliferation of modalities and methods of psychotherapy, most of that has been derivative and market driven. Of course improvements and research have helped, but nothing has really made the breakthrough in results nearly so much as TA or REBT or Attachment. Masters and Johnson, Kaplan, Hartmann and Fithian provided the pioneer work which is still the touchstone for sex therapy.
Another major innovation/invention of this period is Dr. William Glasser's Reality Therapy. Reality Therapy put the responsibility for healing, improvement and growth on the client in a starker way than even REBT (RET in those days), but it also viewed the client as the locus of success. More recently, Glasser has explicated the underlying basis for Reality Therapy, which is Choice Theory. In this interview, Kim Olver provides us with more insights into this results oriented model, modality, and technique
Kim Olver is the Executive Director of the William Glasser Institute. She is also founder of the The Academy of Choice, a Choice Theory-based coaching organization. Click on either link for more information.
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October 20th, 2012 at 8:14 pm (Uncategorized)
Airial Clark is a San Francisco Bay Area-based parenting expert and sexologist whose expertise is centered on, but not limited to parenting and sexuality. She holds her master's degree in human sexuality, doing research on race, family structures, parenting and alternative sexuality.
A regular contributor to several on-line media outlets such as Oakland Local, Fearless Press, Good Vibrations magazine, Airial is sought out as an expert on sex-positive parenting, mine was the second interview for her day. She has been featured in Salon.com and Progressive Talk Radio as a parenting expert.
Her sex-positive parenting workshops are highlighted in the offerings of the Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, a division of San Francisco State University.
More information about Sex Positive Parenting can be found at her website, The Sex-Positive Parent. Her book, The Quick Start Guide to Sex-Positive Parenting can also be purchased at her website.
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August 28th, 2012 at 2:38 pm (Uncategorized)
Dr. David Ley has written his recent book, the Myth of Sex Addiction, published in March of this year, to challenge the concept of sexual addiction and explore a different model. Because the diagnosis of addiction is applied almost exclusively to men and is therefore a male diagnosis, he also looks at a different model of male sexuality. It is instructive that in the making of the DSM-V, the "bible" of psychotherapy, the concept of sex addition was rejected for lacking any scientific basis.
Dr. Ley's other popular work is Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them. Both books are available from the usual sources including your local independent book store.
I first encountered Dr. Ley in the midst of a strong debate with one of the proponents of the concept of sex addiction and was impressed by the superiority of his argument, but also with the caring and concern of both parties.
For more information on this or other podcasts, or other issues in emotional health, see my website Turningspirit
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July 26th, 2012 at 1:43 pm (Uncategorized)
For this broadcast, I have decided to interview myself. I usually interview representatives from various therapy modalities, or others who contribute to an enlightened and positive way of life. For this subject, I believe my ideas will open up new avenues for discussion for many people. Let me add that many of my conclusions are not conclusive. I don't think I have the last answer. They are ideas open to discussion. If you have a contribution to make, feel free to add a comment or email me at the address given in my profile. Thank you.
Just as I do for guests, some of my credentials: I am a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, a clinical member of AAMFT, of ITAA, NACBT, and of several other professional associations including two sex therapy organizations. I sometimes give lectures and talks on the subject of spirituality and counseling/psychotherapy and that frequently leads to questions from the audience. I also get questions from my clients.
For more information on this and other counseling/psychotherapy subjects, visit my website, Turning Point
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July 20th, 2012 at 2:04 am (Uncategorized)
Our guest for this show is Dr. Jim Byrne who received his doctorate in counseling from the University of Manchester. Dr. Byrne is a Fellow of the International Society of Professional Counsellors. He is also the developer of Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy.
CENT is very interesting because it is almost unique in refusing to reduce human beings and their emotional behavior to only one, or a limited set of explanations. Dr. Byrne has integrated the insights of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy and other approaches, mapping them together in a more comprehensive approach.
To read more about Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy as well as REBT, TA and other modalities which Dr. Byrne has incorporated, you can go to his website at the Institute for CENT.
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July 18th, 2012 at 6:41 pm (Uncategorized)
Dr. Amy Marsh, a clinical sexologist, is a creative sex counselor who has developed the use of hypnosis to aid her clients in improving their sexuality. This is just one of Dr. Marsh's contributions to the practice, but it is indicative of someone who has extensive experience in a variety of therapy practices and has integrated the best of it into her work.She has founded the Center for Sexological Hypnotism in order to teach others what she herself has discovered. Also a lecturer at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, one of the major universities which teach doctoral-level sexology and where she teaches the use of hypnosis in treating sexological dysfunction.
Dr. Marsh also looks deeply at culture in sexuality and has researched broadly, with special connection to Hawaiian wisdom and practice. Some of her work can be found in her Loves Outer Limits columns in the archives of Carnal Nation at carnalnation.com.
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May 16th, 2012 at 2:09 am (Uncategorized)
Wayne Froggatt is a leader in the REBT community. He is the director of the New Zealand Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and has devoted over thirty-five years to helping people bring more joy and more authenticity to their lives through REBT.
Among his many accomplishments are several books on the subject, training materials in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and REBT and a number of self-help materials to train average people in being their own counselors through REBT. In addition, he is the author of a questionnaire which helps people discover the underlying philosophies and habits that cause distress or problems of living and keep them from joyful, authentic living, so that they can be clearer what they must change to make their lives better.
(This questionnaire can be accessed from the home page menu of TurningPoint Counseling as can other resources from Wayne and the New Zealand Centre.)
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February 27th, 2012 at 3:58 pm (Uncategorized)
Jonathan von Breton is our guest on this episode of Joyful, Authentic Living. Jonathan is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, trainer and coach with over twenty years experience is a Rational Emotive Behavior therapist trained at the Albert Ellis Institutes. REBT is the original form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and is the CBT which get closest to the root of emotional health issues.
Jonathan is an REBT Clinical Supervisor, helping others learn this most powerful and original form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
Mr. Von Breton has worked in a variety of settings from private practice to residential and day treatment agencies. One of his interests and efforts is as a volunteer as a professional Advisor to the SMART Recovery Online community, training other SMART Recovery coodinators and advisors. For more information about Smart Recovery, please listen to my interview with Tom Horvath in this podcast series. SMART Recovery is a very successful abstinence based, scientific self-help program for overcoming addictions.
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February 22nd, 2012 at 12:52 am (Uncategorized)
Sex and Seniors. Our guest for this interview is Joan Price, who calls herself an advocate for ageless sexuality. At sixty-one Joan wrote Better Than I Ever Expected:Straight Talk about Sex after Sixty, celebrating the delights of older life sexuality. She has recently written Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex. This was in response to hundreds of readers who sent her questions about improving their own senior sex lives. Joan went to forty-three experts in the field to find answers to their questions. Visit Joan's website at www.joanprice.com and her blog about sex and aging at www.NakedAtOurAge.com.
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February 10th, 2012 at 8:40 pm (Uncategorized)
With an overwhelming proliferation of therapy modes and a confusing alphabet soup of names, it is easy for Transactional Analysis to get lost in the mix. However TA as it is informally known, has proven one of the most effective forms of counseling or psychotherapy to have come forward in the last sixty years.
Originally developed by Eric Berne, his book, Games People Play, came a long way to describing and explaining many of the interactions people have where they walk away, shaking their heads and asking, "What just happened? Why do I feel bad? Where did we go wrong?" and giving us tools to analyze and improve our interactions. As TA developed it became a leading humanistic psychotherapy as well as a way for ordinary people to improve their lives. (This is a place for me to recommend what I consider one of the finest "self-help" books to ever come to market. Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward wrote Born To Win [Available on Amazon, but also at your local independent book seller] many years ago, and they have updated it since. It is still a wonderful helpful book.)
Transactional Analysis has been used in education, business, non-profit organizations, individual, group and marital and family counseling, and many more applications.
John Heath is the president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, the professional body of those who use TA either as their primary modality or in conjunction with other forms of counseling. The "Clinical Member" of ITAA is the certified practitioner.
For even more information you can go to the ITAA website, ITAAWorld.org .
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