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

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...

My adolescent clients have been coming in with terrible angst. They are triggered and tested to death. Kids say that school has no...

Many therapists have "branded" their practices: Winding Road, Finding Yourself, Path to Fulfillment, Thoughtful Change, etc. etc. Nice, calm and creative names. They have a blog and a podcast. They pitch themselves on Youtube. What does it all mean? To be honest, I'm not sure. I just finished reading "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" and it was good. Better than I expected in this hallowed Irvin Yalom corner of the world where therapy becomes the drama for a book, filled w

I am currently running three groups: teen girls, young adult women and 30-something women. The technology is the easy part. Zoom is...