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WTF is Going On Here - A Broke World
Next Patient This week has been a year. The clients are asking me, WTF?? What is Trump and his cronies doing?? How do I know? I am...
Jan 243 min read


Triangulation - Why is 3 So Hard?
In therapy 3's are dangerous. Â The potential for triangulation is rife. Â Three means exclusion, secrets, pairs and pains. Â Like the...
Feb 17, 20243 min read


Teenagers and Therapists; Trust and Red Flags and Negotiation
Going through your younger years in isolation from peers and family is the ultimate loneliness. Â When young people tell you I didn't...
Dec 21, 20232 min read


Rain Over New Paltz
Everything is fine. Â Anxiety - check, depression - check, trauma - check. Â So why do I feel so bad? Â What if you just realized that your...
Sep 4, 20234 min read


Post-Pandemic Holiday Blues Take 10
What is going on here? People are still: tired, cold, burnt-out, lonely, stressed, bored, stuck and unmotivated. Â Kids. Â Especially...
Dec 15, 20222 min read


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...
Aug 21, 20223 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...
Nov 10, 20203 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. Â Hard to leave college. Â Hard to make friends. Â Hard to find a job, live at home and not...
Sep 2, 202011 min read
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