Many clients who come to see me in therapy are coping with an acute injury or health change. For example, they may have sustained an injury while playing a sport or been... Read more »
As someone interested in both morality and human motivation, I’ve found myself thinking recently about the connections between burnout and moral injury. Burnout, as you may have experienced viscerally, is a state... Read more »
“I am sorry you feel this way.” We have all heard the sentence, and felt the sting of it. We are all psychologically aware enough to know that feelings can reflect very... Read more »
Last time, I wrote about what the research says regarding coping after brain injury. This week, I want to analyze how well this research dovetails with a real-world example (mine). The American... Read more »
Imagine two doctoral students with similar intelligence, motivation, and ambition. One progresses steadily through their PhD. The other has a child during graduate school, experiences difficulties with supervision, falls behind, and eventually... Read more »
My brain injury in 2000 affected my balance and gait. Doctors assessed it by asking me to walk across a small room and back again. Aside from that observational method, which would... Read more »
I am the product of a mixed marriage. On my English side, I know much about my family antecedents; on the Zoroastrian side, very little. Only now, through taking a course on... Read more »
Toddlers practice toilet training. Some young children practice cursive writing while others practice riding a bike. Teens practice problem solving and essay skills through daily homework. But as established adults, we don’t... Read more »
I recently had the opportunity to view an early screening of Vietnam: The War that Changed America, a six-episode documentary scheduled for release on Apple TV+ on January 31st, 2025. I was... Read more »