“Even as we grieved, we grew.”
Amanda Gorman, former national youth poet laureate who gave a capturing delivery of her poem during the Biden-Harris inauguration ceremony, said these words: “Even as we grieved, we grew.” Grieving […]
Backhanded Reassurance for COVID-19: This is Not a Staycation
If you’re enjoying virtual tours of national parks on your TV, browsing world renowned museums from your couch, taking a free Ivy League college course on your laptop, or dancing […]
Centering the Margins: Otherness and Othering
Let’s go dictionary diving. An Other is “one that is psychologically differentiated from the self” or “one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior […]
A Baby Walks into Therapy: Attachment and Dependence
A major part of my education and training in adult psychotherapy is infant and child development. Huh? How does understanding babies help me work with adults? Unnecessary news flash: We […]
Are you a human on a hamster wheel?
Whatever you do is never enough. So you stay busy. You fill up all your time. When you do get a spare minute to yourself, you fill it with a scroll […]
Panic Attacks: All the Feels or Not Enough?
If you’ve ever had a panic attack, you know how intense it is. Your ribcage is suddenly two sizes too small for your lungs. You can’t take a full breath. […]
Positive Mind Radio Show: Millennials and the Antidote to Loneliness
With so many connections at our fingertips–think Instagram, Facebook, Grindr, Tinder–why are young people feeling lonelier than ever? I joined the The Positive Mind Radio Show again on WBAI 99.5 FM […]
You need immediate help, but don’t stop with a quick fix
Imagine one day you walk into your bathroom to discover that it’s flooded and part of your ceiling is now hanging out on your floor. You call the super who […]
We don’t like to see the icky parts of other people because they remind us of the icky parts of ourselves.
Last week I read a Facebook post by an old high school classmate. She wrote about having one of the hardest […]
Positive Mind Radio Show: Millennials’ Biggest Issues and How I Help in Therapy
I was on The Positive Mind Radio Show on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC talking about the issues millennials face and how I help in therapy. On the show we get into the […]
Life Is Messy and Some Messes Are Too Heavy to Carry Alone
Imagine you have a huge pile of mess in your room. It’s been in a jumbled heap for so long that you don’t even know what’s in it. Judging by […]
Are You Suffering but Calling it Adulting?
You made it! You’ve arrived! You’re a grown-up! You graduated from college and started your career. Now you have little rectangular cards that say your name, maybe with a few […]