I’m pleased to announce the opening of the Road to Reconciliation’s Online School for all those who need step-by-step instructions to find peace when relationships go bad. The first course available is How to Make an Apology You’ll Never Have to Make Again. Click here if you would like to find out more. Soon, IContinue reading “Announcement: Online School”
Category Archives: Announcements
Announcement: The Road to Reconciliation is Available
After at least two-and-a-half years since I started it, my book, The Road to Reconciliation: A Comprehensive Guide to Peace When Relationships Go Bad, is available in paperback and on Kindle. Now comes the part I hate: pitching it and talking about it at a time when I am ready to go on to otherContinue reading “Announcement: The Road to Reconciliation is Available”
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”
Announcement: Coming out of the Closet
The other day I went to a workshop so that I could learn something new. Us shrinks do this frequently because we don’t already know everything. This workshop, entitled, Can We Talk, was held at the Gay Alliance of Rochester. It promised to teach me about transgender issues. I learned about transgender issues. I alsoContinue reading “Announcement: Coming out of the Closet”
The Shrink’s Links: Intersections
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. When I’m not shrinking heads, or writing about shrinking heads, I’m often writing fiction. For instance, I have another blog, At the Epiphany Cafe, where I experiment with new ideas and characters under the pen name, S Harry Zade. When these ideas and characters work theyContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Intersections”
How to pay for marriage counseling
If you’re hoping to use insurance to pay for marriage counseling, you’re likely to be disappointed. Couples’ counseling is rarely covered by health insurance because marital issues are not considered by the insurance companies to be a health problem. The exception is when one of the parties is in treatment for a mental health orContinue reading “How to pay for marriage counseling”
Acknowledgment: April is the Cruelest Month
Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates do not peak at Christmas time. Here in Western New York, as elsewhere, they peak in April. So does all kinds of psychiatric hospitalization, depression and relapses of addiction. Why is this so, when hopes of Spring abound? Maybe the contrast between the inner weather and the outer weatherContinue reading “Acknowledgment: April is the Cruelest Month”
Everything you need to know about confidentiality
Counseling will work to the degree that you are confident my office is a safe place to bring up sensitive matters, but you will have to take some risks. The things we talk about are confidential. I will not repeat the things we discuss in a way that can be traced back and identified withContinue reading “Everything you need to know about confidentiality”
Announcement: Video Counseling
After more than a year, I have resumed the practice of offering video counseling to folks who, for one reason or another, cannot come to see me at my office. I used to do this quite a bit, back when I had just started my practice and was building up my caseload. Then two thingsContinue reading “Announcement: Video Counseling”
Announcement About MagnaCare (and a Little Rant About Other Insurance Companies)
I am now an in-network provider of a new health insurance plan: MagnaCare. I’m also an in-network provider for MVP, Value Options, Tricare, Military One-Source, Compysch, and EBS-RMSCO. In case you aren’t up on insurance terminology, in-network means I am able to bill the insurance company directly for you. When I am out-of-network, you haveContinue reading “Announcement About MagnaCare (and a Little Rant About Other Insurance Companies)”
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