It’s Sunday afternoon. You’ve finally checked off all the things keeping your life outside work afloat, so you exhale, but the rest is short-lived. An old, familiar, yet unwelcome feeling starts to... Read more »
We must be careful not to let one case define psychosis in general, as each case of psychosis can be as unique and varied as fingerprints. Psychosis can draw from and play... Read more »
Something has been bothering me since I spoke at a cardiology conference this summer. The invitation felt significant. As both a psychologist and someone whose life has depended on cardiology since infancy,... Read more »
Part II in a series. Click here for part I. In January 2023, three young children died in their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Their mother, Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery... Read more »
I was raised with the notion that, as infants, we enter this world as a blank page. Our parents, family, relatives, friends, society, culture, and religion then begin to write a story... Read more »
Think of those conversations that never seem to get beyond the surface. How’s work? Good. How was your weekend? Nice. Been up to much lately? The usual. Now think of the conversations... Read more »
Fifty years ago, when I was 17 and in rehab, my therapist gave me a journal. Her name was Norma. She suggested that I write one page every night. At the time,... Read more »
This fall, a number of therapists wrote in to ask me questions on the same theme: What happens to desire when one partner is carrying a lot more of the mental load?... Read more »
As scientific investigations continue to explore and debunk suspected environmental contributors to autism, and unsubstantiated vaccine theories resurface, we risk diverting attention away from a critical public health question: How do we... Read more »
I’m still mad about Nolan Wells. I’m still sad. I still have questions, and some nights I wake up with worry on my heart for my own sweet innocent Black baby boy.... Read more »