What Therapy Can Be
A natural, normal conversation, that turns out to be like no other conversation you’ve ever had. It leads you to think about everything in a different way and unleashes your creativity towards new solutions.
About Me
I’m a licensed mental health counselor in New York State, with almost forty years experience, but you should know that’s not all that I have done.
What Therapy is Like
I’m committed to helping you fully express yourself and to finding solutions to your problems that work for you.
I tend to be more interactive than many counselors and strive to be clear and direct, down-to-earth and practical.
My Books
Other Writing
I have written hundreds of articles focused on mental health, relationships, philosophy, and the practice of psychotherapy. I’m awed by everything a psychology of depth, insight and relationship has to offer and want to share it all in thoughtful, accessible writing.
I have a Substack newsletter which comes out once a week with the latest I’ve been working on.
My Most Recent Articles
- Standing With the Strange
- I’ve collected some of my essays into a book titled Sorry, But Your Ex Is Probably Not a Narcissist: Essays on Depth, Complexity, and Human Transformation. If you’ve been reading my work, you’ll recognize many of them, but probably not all. They’ve been scattered across several years and several publications, including Medium and this Substack,
- At some point, you must have had as bad a day as I had.
- Sit, Serve, and Digest
- Reduction and Garnish
- In the Fire
- Part One: Slaughter
- People often wonder if their shrink ever gets tired of hearing them talk about their problems.
- If you’re addicted, you might be able to cut down the use of your drug, rather than quit.
- To understand the brain and how it works in addiction and recovery, take a walk in the woods.
- Change many things at once, rather than one thing at a time
- If You Can Get Over the Barriers
- You may think that it’s hard to recover from addiction.
- Get some paper and a pen.
- And What To Do When You Can't
- A Book Review of The World of Yesterday by Stephan Zweig
- Most people divide substances into two categories: the hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, and crystal meth, and the soft drugs like alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescribed narcotics.
- A well-funded behavioral researcher once spared no expense to create a perfect environment for rats.
- You’ve told your doctor you’re anxious or in pain.
- I know.
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