You may think you know what kind of person is sensation seeking, but if you take the survey, you might find it’s you. You might expect an adrenalin junkie, the kind who will jump out of a perfectly fine airplane, who will eat worms, use dangerous drugs, and who will start a fight just toContinue reading “Seeking Sensation”
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Why I can’t take Medicare
I would love to take Medicare, but I, and every other licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist are not permitted to do so, because of an arcane regulation that needs an act of Congress to change. It just so happens that there is a bill before Congress that aims to change that:Continue reading “Why I can’t take Medicare”
Simulate Dawn
Bringing you the best of mental health You’re not a morning person. If you were, you wouldn’t be hitting the snooze alarm so much and be late for work so many times. When you do succeed in hauling yourself upright, you wouldn’t feel quite so grumpy, and so unable to do the very things thatContinue reading “Simulate Dawn “
Don’t Try, Do
Bringing you the best of mental health every week.
The Uses of Uncertainty
Bringing you the best of mental health In 1900, for eleven weeks, Sigmund Freud met with a teenage girl stricken by hysterical mutism. We know this woman by the name Freud gave her, Dora. It wasn’t her real name. Precipitating the symptoms, she had accused an older family friend of making sexual advances to her.Continue reading “The Uses of Uncertainty”
GoodTherapy
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you’re in the Rochester area and need a therapist, give me a call. If you live somewhere else, I’m sorry, but I probably don’t know anyone there to recommend. But I can recommend a website to go to find someone: GoodTherapy.org. There are a fewContinue reading “GoodTherapy”
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Bringing you the best of mental health Back when I was studying psychology in college, I got a hold of a book by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases) that would change the way I think about thinking; but not fast enough.
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”
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