Author Archives: Keith R Wilson

The Shrink’s Links: Sam Baker

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. This week’s shrink’s link is to a musician: Sam Baker Baker was in a train in Peru when a terrorist’s bomb blew it up. What followed was years of recovery. If you have experienced trauma  and don’t have the words to describe your pain, he might.Continue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Sam Baker”

The Shrink’s Links: Mating in Captivity

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Mating in Captivity A few weeks ago, I brought you her Ted Talk, which I had first discovered. I was so taken by the hypothesis she presented that I went out and bought her book, Mating in Captivity. I was not disappointed. Why does sexual desireContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Mating in Captivity”

The Shrink’s Links: Colleen Klintworth

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Today I want to introduce you to: Colleen Klintworth Colleen Klintworth, CASAC, MHC-LP, will be working with me as an intern, with her own clients, using my office on the weekend and a couple of days during the week. The laws pertaining to counselors in NewContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Colleen Klintworth”

The Shrink’s Links: The Yellow Birds & Fire and Forget

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Today, we have a double shrink’s links. Two links for the price of one. Two great books of fiction I recommend about America’s recent war experience: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and Fire and Forget Edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher In both cases,Continue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The Yellow Birds & Fire and Forget”

The Shrink’s Links: The Secret to Desire in Long Term Relationships

Bringing you the best of mental health and relationship articles on the internet. Today’s link from the shrink is: The Secret to Desire in Long Term Relationships In long-term relationships, we often expect our beloved to be both best friend and erotic partner. But as Esther Perel argues, good and committed sex draws on twoContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The Secret to Desire in Long Term Relationships”

Relationships, Part 29: Collusion versus Collaboration

Not all associations are collaborative. Some associations have no shared goals. Others form a collusion. Collaboration involves working together for mutual benefit; collusion permits people to escape their responsibilities and avoid difficult issues. One party agrees to look the other way in exchange for the other doing the same. The wife who fakes orgasm soContinue reading “Relationships, Part 29: Collusion versus Collaboration”

The Shrink’s Links: Review of the Uses of Enchantment

Bringing you the best of mental health and relationship articles on the internet. Today’s link from the shrink is: The Uses of Enchantment This a book that I have loved since it first came out in the 1970’s even though its author, Bruno Bettleheim, was later disgraced, his other theories discredited, and he suffocated himselfContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Review of the Uses of Enchantment”