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After a summer of ups and downs and kids coming and going there tends to be a little whiplash on my end. The good parts outweigh the bad....

When I attempt to enjoy myself, it usually involves being near water. We were so lucky to have arrived at a wonderful spot, with family...

When I first saw Mork & Mindy I was completely thrilled with his fanciful voices and good-natured laughs; the silly riffs and the tone...

As Pride Month draws to a close and the nation commemorates various aspects of independence, it prompts a reflective pause to ponder the...

Since the ubiquity of the iphone in the hands of everyone above middle school around 2011, we got a window into the whole world of...

From my almost famous Podcast: Describe how to engage an adolescent starting therapy - start very slowly and gently, take a few sessions...

My Father was a book man. Door to door at first, like his father, selling magazines before him, although they both had a secret penchant...

In my groups we discuss pets a lot. I have always allowed space for my clients and their pets. Pets are an amazing source of comfort to...

I read the following passage from a colleague: My research has gotten me thinking about how burnout has shown up in my own life, and in...

In therapy 3's are dangerous.  The potential for triangulation is rife.  Three means exclusion, secrets, pairs and pains.  Like the...

The year we spent in China was life-altering.  We learned to rely on each other in very specific ways, my husband for his stature...

Going through your younger years in isolation from peers and family is the ultimate loneliness.  When young people tell you I didn't...

IF my life was described nowadays, it would be soooo different.  The story of my life would be A. Trauma, B. Trauma Bonding C....

During a poetry therapy workshop I recently took, I wrote the following: Fear and change are part of the inevitability We shape the...

This past week, with the assault on Israel's way of life, will change the course of history.  A millennium old conflict will now be...

Working as a consultant for a local suicide prevention group, I have been exposed to harrowing stories and heartbreaking losses....

Welcome to my hometown where the breathtaking views of the Hudson only caution the inability to dip in. Life requires self-discipline and...

Everything is fine.  Anxiety - check, depression - check, trauma - check.  So why do I feel so bad?   What if you just realized that your...

Now my big girl is turning 25. She is off to big law which means you continue law school knowing you are scooped up into a world of...

7.27 IN my family of origin, birthdays were big deals.  My Dad always called and said, "how could you be this old - that makes ME old!"...