Another challenging and eye-opening interview on Fresh Air from WHYY: “A Father’s Quest To Help His Severely Disabled Son” “When he was 8 months old, Walker Brown was diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFC), a rare disorder that left him with severe cognitive, developmental and physical disabilities. By the time he was 3 years old, his […]
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One of the more difficult challenges I face with couples is forgiveness and re-shaping: how can I forgive the years of hurt and resentment? How can I re-shape the way I see my partner and his/her role in my life? It is very easy for us to experience the hurt and invest in the anger;
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It’s always a pleasure to work with my therapy colleague Susan Heitler. Through our impromptu conversations between clients, we learn with each other and explore the complexity and nuance of our work. In her blog post today, Susan illustrates a thread of several of our conversations about the levels of treatment in a Conflict Resolution
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The NY Times recently published a clear, informative article on the disparities and challenges faced by same-sex couples pursuing the same financial and legal safeguards afforded to heterosexual couples by marriage. The article both illuminates the complexity of the challenges and gives clear tips on the process of creating a legal document semi-equivalent jigsaw, at significantly higher
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Fascinating. I’m trying to put this together, learn more about how this gets put into practice and how it gets managed in a therapeutic relationship. The possibilities seem remarkable. I welcome your input: Easing the Way in Therapy With the Aid of an Animal By JANE E. BRODY Published: March 14, 2011
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An interesting piece on Resilience and how our challenging experiences lead us to manage the new ones. NYTimes: On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map By BENEDICT CAREY Published: January 3, 2011 “Whatever else it holds, this new year is sure to produce a healthy serving of redemption stories, against-the-odds tales of people who
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Research continues to show that solving puzzles can have significant impact on our brains. I haven’t seen much certainty about how they help or to what extent, but hopefully ongoing research will have more concrete answers in the near future. In the meantime, the likelihood that puzzles help us build and maintain our cognitive skills
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NYTimes’ Well Blog reports on potential structural changes in the brains of those who practice meditation. “Researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.” “M.R.I. brain scans taken
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One of my favorite people from my two short years in New Orleans is a beautiful, engaged mother, married to another of my favorite nola people. I had just met her first son a few times before we scattered. Since then, her tribe has grown, and Facebook allows me to keep up on her adventures, challenges and
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American Radio Works’ Early Lessons Click the blue link just above to read the full article and hear the radio report, plus some pictures. “The Perry Preschool was the idea of a man named David Weikart. He was a school system administrator in the small city of Ypsilanti, Michigan back in the late 1950s. When he
