Letting Go - A Family Opens Up About Change
I dreaded the first face-to-face family therapy session since covid. I had pimples on my chin from masking and I didn't care to put on...
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Aug 17, 20224 min read
College Mental Health - On the Rocks
PHOTO CREDIT @Rosalind Banks; Art By Rosalind @Facebook Previously published: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2022/06/12/college-st...
Apr 8, 20224 min read
A Memoir in 5 Parts
A Memoir in 5 Parts LOSS: I was born in New York, New York. NYC. The Big Apple. Nothing too dramatic happened. I attended Rivervale, NJ...
Apr 3, 20223 min read
Communication 101 for Healthcare Providers - A Primer
Once I was waiting in a crowded city waiting room, in the paralyzing dread of my upcoming amniocentesis. These were the days before...
Mar 13, 20223 min read
They Lead Common Lives: How Parents Can Lean In
By now we've discussed pandemic fatigue, languishing, anxiety, lack of services, suicide rates, social media, FOMO, triggers, fake news,...
Feb 7, 20223 min read
Hook-ups, Hangovers, and Hopelessness: How Not to Waste Your College Years
Let’s get rid of it. The hook-up culture. I don’t know when it started. But let’s stop it. I’m guessing it began as a feminist thing. We...
Jan 1, 20222 min read
When COVID Hits Home for the Holidays
As we enter this third year of pandemic madness (which I thought was going to be over in two weeks), I managed to work constantly while...
Dec 11, 20214 min read
Surgeon General Warns Life is Getting Harder for Teens
PHOTO CREDIT: Jennie Carr My phone rings three times a day with the same message: my teenage (daughter) needs someone to talk to. I try...
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Trauma-Informed Success in Two Sessions: A Case Study
Three weeks ago a former patient contacted me because she had suddenly recalled an episode from her past, so long ago it was nearly...
Oct 9, 20212 min read
Why Not Soar?
**PHOTO CREDIT: AUDRA AVIZIENIS What is the latest on teens and mental health? How about the NY Times Expose on Instagram being bad for...
Jul 14, 20213 min read
My Books Got Wet
When my books flooded I was of course devastated. Most of these I have duplicated on my kindle already. But who can read anymore? Lack...
May 28, 20213 min read
Teen FAQ: What's Going on Here
Post Pandemic Teens: My landscaper said, after this the kids are "spiritually bankrupt." He's right you know. There are a lot of kids...
Mar 6, 20212 min read
The Before Times
Really it's so bad. Teens are in trouble. The teens in my group are laughing and screaming, alone in their rooms or wandering in cars or...
Dec 25, 20204 min read
Case Study in Normalcy - Where Did it Go?
I studied family therapy for many years. Then I studied working with teens. Then I studied trauma. So when I got a new case that had all...
Nov 10, 20203 min read
Depression in Young Adults - Time for Some Pandemic Soup
***Photo Credit: Rebecca Weston Corona Times Every day my phone rings, a parent calling for their 13 yo daughter with depression; or a...
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Let's Talk About Panic
**photo credit: Rosalind Bank I get it, you get it. For me it only started when my kids began driving. While I'm sitting in my peaceful...
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Trauma - What is PTSD Therapy?
I kept away from trauma treatment for a long time; I thought it would make me depressed. Yet now that we're in a pandemic, I decided to...
Sep 1, 202010 min read
Hook-up Hell and Other Tales: A Year in the Life of a 20-Something Support Group
Several of my clients were talking about change. Hard to leave college. Hard to make friends. Hard to find a job, live at home and not...
Sep 1, 20205 min read
A Personal History
Photo credit: Rosalind Bank It occurred to me the other day that I was laughing with a client because I completely and utterly understood...
Aug 23, 20203 min read
It's Not Contagious - How Teens Handle Stress
My adolescent clients have been coming in with terrible angst. They are triggered and tested to death. Kids say that school has no...
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