Guarding Against Violations of Your E-Boundaries © Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., Psy.D., ABPP Clients with borderline and organizing (psychotic) transferences may request extra telephone contact between sessions which is usually manageable because it is direct contact. But some clients may want to e-mail or fax frequent and long messages, letters, pages from their journal, or […]

Some General Record Keeping Guidelines Law and ethics require that we exercise due diligence in keeping confidential and secure the records of all of our professional contacts. Licensing boards, attorneys, and judges expect us to comply with case law, professional ethics, and administrative regulations. Our confidential notes are considered a limited access public record that […]

Summary Chart:  The Seven Deadly Fears 1.  The Fear of Being Alone We dread reaching out and finding nobody there to respond to our needs.  We fear being ignored, being left alone, and being seen as unimportant.  We feel the world does not respond to our needs.  So what’s the use? 2.  The Fear of […]

Why Listening Perspectives In Psychotherapy is a Classic  Stephen Johnson, PhD Listening Perspectives is a classic in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. It deserves to be kept alive for a long, long time. First, and most obviously, Listening Perspectives… is a tour de force of scholarship and integration. It is a unifying review of the most important contributions of psychoanalysis beginning […]

Taking Your Laptop Seriously! © Lawrence E. Hedges It is now estimated that a laptop is stolen somewhere every minute of every day. Desktop thefts are also prevalent. Most therapists carry personal as well as professional information stored on their computers— thus risking identity theft as well as confidentiality violations. We have a duty to […]