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Make room for feelings. I just got back from my last child's college graduation.  It was not easy.  Kids drink and party and get...

I find myself thinking on death.  So many deaths around me, us.  So much loss and pain.  Your best friend's mother. Your other friend's...

How do you get unstuck from feeling like you're underwater?   In this world of mass home-grown gun violence that terrorizes our own...

INTRO: Courtney was the kind of 10th grade client that I completely enjoyed.  She was cute, clever and motivated. So when she began to...

Sandra was 34, had just left a bad relationship of stuckness and sadness.  Her friends had left.  Her parents were never in her corner....

If you're hard on yourself like I am, why not make the new year about change and growth?  It's not about eating less, or stopping your...

What is going on here? People are still: tired, cold, burnt-out, lonely, stressed, bored, stuck and unmotivated.  Kids.  Especially...

I just got back from my 40+2 years High School reunion.  It was the ultimate connection and we all agreed we were so very fortunate to...

Photo Credit @madgescottstudio       I get no respect, said Jackie Mason the comedian.  That's how I feel.  Oh mom's in the basement...

Something is off and it's not just "languishing." My clients are tired, fatigued, burnt-out and incredibly lonely.  You wouldn't think...

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...

PHOTO CREDIT @Rosalind Banks; Art By Rosalind @Facebook Previously published: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2022/06/12/college-st...

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...

Once I was waiting in a crowded city waiting room, in the paralyzing dread of my upcoming amniocentesis.  These were the days before...

By now we've discussed pandemic fatigue, languishing, anxiety, lack of services, suicide rates, social media, FOMO, triggers, fake news,...

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...

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...

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...

Three weeks ago a former patient contacted me because she had suddenly recalled an episode from her past, so long ago it was nearly...

**PHOTO CREDIT: AUDRA AVIZIENIS What is the latest on teens and mental health? How about the NY Times Expose on Instagram being bad for...