Can We Talk About the Mental Load?

Can we talk about the mental load? This is not a new topic. Women have been talking about this for years. Honey, do we have more diapers? Sweetie, where are his clean... Read more »

Why Reasoning With an Upset Child Can Make Things Worse

Erin, a mom at her wits’ end, looked at me pleadingly and said, “Dr. Jeff, what am I missing here? I was being completely reasonable with Paige” (names have been changed to... Read more »

When a Therapist Writes Literary Fiction

The therapeutic use of literary works of art–novels, short stories, and the like–fall under the broad term bibliotherapy when employed as a means to heighten or expand the dialogue, deepen the core... Read more »

The Astonishing Power of Owning Your Story

What do a murderous silent era movie star and the first female gondolier have in common? What they share is that they never were. Fatty Arbuckle didn’t murder actress Virginia Rappe, and... Read more »

Navigating Adaptive and Maladaptive Dependence

Dependence is the state of relying on someone or something to help improve your functioning. Dependence may be reasonable or unreasonable. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of... Read more »

Trapped by a Partner’s Defensiveness? Change Your Response

In my last post, I shared an example of a woman who broke, mentally, physically, and spiritually. I described the moment when her body took over and announced that it couldn’t take... Read more »

How George Soros Trades on Animal Instincts

George Soros built one of the great trading records in financial history, in large part due to his theory of reflexivity. But by his own account, some of his biggest portfolio pivots... Read more »

I Am There for You, but You Are Not There for Me

You wear your heart on your sleeve, and you would do anything for a loved one. Yet, you rarely get the same support in return. You recognize that scorekeeping or having a... Read more »

Beyond Symptom Relief: Psychodynamic Therapy for Anxiety

People generally use the word anxiety to refer to their feelings of excessive worry, fear, restlessness, or physical arousal. Most of my patients understand that “rationally” their fears are disproportionate or that... Read more »

How I Manage Being an Autistic PhD Student

As I approach the one-year mark of my doctoral journey, I have found myself reflecting deeply on what it means to navigate higher education as an autistic researcher. My PhD research focuses... Read more »
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