Not long ago, I faced what seemed like a defining career decision. Thirty-five years earlier, I had made a choice that changed the course of my professional life: I left a highly... Read more »
Note. Some spoilers may follow. The September 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosted the world premiere of Prima Facie, a screen adaptation of the Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning play of... Read more »
This is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Over the decades, I have learned so much from my experiences in my consultation room, from my patients and from taking... Read more »
The whiplash around AI these days is real: One minute, we’re hearing from the most powerful AI leaders of our time that the technology could arguably kill us all. A minute later,... Read more »
As a sex therapist and an educator, I keep thinking about what the “Cornell 7” case is illuminating. A brief overview: A woman, publicly identified as Jane Doe, has sued Cornell and... Read more »
It should be no surprise to anyone that criticism can tear a child down. Parents may not always realize how important their words are in shaping a child’s sense of self. If... Read more »
Anticipatory grief, regret, triggering, guilt: All of these and more may be ingredients of the stew of complex emotions swirling around for adult children of a dying parent. For the adult child... Read more »
There is no shortage of dire warnings about the dangers of AI. In fact, these days the question is not so much whether AI will kill us all, but about just how... Read more »
One of the most difficult tasks a psychologist takes on is getting a client to slow down. For many of my patients, once they’ve been worked up into a frenzy, the last... Read more »
Co-authored with Sarah Bergenfield Internal family systems (IFS) therapy generally begins with this request: Turn your attention inside and notice. Whatever you notice, we’ll call it a part. It might be saying... Read more »