Keith R Wilson

Story Worth

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. There’s a lot about your loved one you never knew: your mother’s first crush, your father’s secret dream, the time your grandfather took up the saxophone. They never thought to tell you and you never thought to ask. For $79, when it’s not on sale, StoryContinue reading “Story Worth”

Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy Class

Bringing you the best of mental health If you live near Rochester and are interested in learning more about Dialectical Behavior Therapy, either as a patient, a therapist, or a family member, then I recommend attending this class on October 20th, by my colleague, Kate Knapp. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, as it’s generally known,Continue reading “Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy Class”

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Some people think psychotherapy is like getting their teeth cleaned. For others, it’s like getting their teeth pulled. There are some who value a comfortable, long term relationship with a therapist: someone who doesn’t judge, someone who lets them be who they are and go at their own pace. They go periodically to get thingsContinue reading “Solution Focused Brief Therapy”

The Peace of Wild Things

Bringing you the best of mental health on this anniversary of 9/11. When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water,Continue reading “The Peace of Wild Things”

Philip Larkin

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. This Be the Verse By Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn ByContinue reading “Philip Larkin”

What if nothing changes?

If you effectively ask for your loved one to right a wrong he committed, you might find that he’s interested in what you have to say and will do everything he can to please you and become a better person in the process. He just might surprise you and change. Continue reading

A Narcissist’s Apology

A Narcissist’s Apology You’re imagining it, it didn’t happen. But, if it did, it wasn’t so bad. But, if it was, it wasn’t so big a deal. But, if it is, it wasn’t my fault. But, if it was, I didn’t mean it. But, if I did, you deserved it. My variation of the widelyContinue reading “A Narcissist’s Apology”

Eventbrite

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Just as long as you don’t put too much on your plate, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to try something new. That’s something that can help with depression, anxiety, fighting with your partner, recovery from addiction, as well as gardenContinue reading “Eventbrite”

Sharpening the Point Till You Miss It

There are two way of asking for what you want; you can be broad, or you can be precise. It’s possible to be too broad or too precise. Let’s say you’ve been together for years and you have become vaguely dissatisfied. Nothing really bad has happened between you; but nothing exciting has happened, either. OneContinue reading “Sharpening the Point Till You Miss It”

How The Art of War Can Help Your Marriage

The Art of War, that classic work of Chinese literature, written in from the 5th century BC and attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, is packed with good advice on marriage, although marriage is never once mentioned. It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that canContinue reading “How The Art of War Can Help Your Marriage”