An accessible, brief article on managing daily anxieties to avoid the pot boiling over. Not quite novel, but well said. “If you worry about everything, it will get in the way of what you really need to address,” she explained. “The best decisions are not made when your mind is spinning out of control, racing […]
Managing Daily Anxiety – a few tips Read More »
“Resolution, Not Conflict” is the blog of my mentor and colleague, Susan Heitler. You can find it here. Here’s a quick sample of an interesting post she’s recently added: “4. Enjoyment Any kind of shared fun builds a sense of closeness. Folks that laugh together like being together. 5. Newness and fright Slightly anxiety-producing activities and any activities that have
Bring Novelty into life, from my mentor’s blog… Read More »
cityWILD is a bold effort to bring the typically exclusive world of outdoor experiential education to a broad non-traditional audience: low-income youth of color. For the past 14 years, we have been providing tuition-free, comprehensive experiential education programs for urban youth (10-18 years old) in northeast Denver. Our mission is to provide low income, culturally diverse
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It concerns me that this distinction is an issue: families being torn apart by the Immigration Deportation regime. How can it be so taxing to differentiate between families and violent criminals. I have multiple client families where one parent of a child with a disability has been deported, or lost in detention for months, while
No Shit, Sherlock: “Deporting Parents Hurts Kids” Read More »
Psychedelics in Palliative Care: How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death From the New York Times, August 19, 2012 To help address the crippling, intoxicating fear of death, its anxieties and uncertainties, researchers are opening their minds: “a study being conducted by Charles Grob, a psychiatrist and researcher at Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center who was
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Alive Inside Watch this! See how a man nearly incapacitated by dementia is revivified by music.
‘Alive Inside’ explores the hidden lives of people with dementia and how to unlock them Read More »
“You said that you were in the wrong body, that you should be a man.” In 1997, Les (L) and Scott (R) GrantSmith’s marriage was on the rocks. They had been together for 10 years and were raising two children. But Les was hiding something. Read more and listen to the interview here.
StoryCorps listens to a Trans couple Read More »
A nice, short piece from the NYT about what contributes to the successes and the complexities of couples counseling. And the challenges it poses to therapists attempting to do it well. Does Couples Therapy Work? “WE’VE all had that horrible experience: you throw a party or invite a couple over for dinner, and they start
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Beware: Individual Therapy Can Harm Your Marriage How a therapist’s error led her to better treatment methods. Published on February 24, 2012 by Susan Heitler, Ph.D. in Resolution, Not Conflict
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Psychological Diagnosis: Dangerous, Desirable, or Both? How do labels hurt and how can they be helpful? Published on February 3, 2012 by Susan Heitler, Ph.D. in Resolution, Not Conflict
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