Summer feels like a time for growth, for change – a time to reconnect with yourself, start new projects, and maybe even get serious about making a relationship happen. There are countless reasons why, despite your readiness, a relationship may elude you. In my...
Here and elsewhere you can find hundreds of articles offering advice for starting relationships, thriving in relationships, ending relationships, and recovering after a relationship ends. Largely absent from these conversations are those who avoid relationships or are...
Do you feel oppressed, depressed and shut down in your relationship? Does the fear you have about what the future would hold if you leave make you stay despite your unhappiness? The answers are complex and multileveled, but the key to moving forward when feeling stuck...
This predisposition is an intrinsic part of personality or may be borne of earlier experiences, including the models men grew up with, their previous positive or negative relationships, their temperament, and social norms (as shown in classic studies including, THIS)....
Infidelity can be seen as actual cheating. Unfaithfulness is that, but can be something else as well: wishing your partner were not your partner and wanting out, but not being able to leave. It’s becoming guarded in a way that separates you from your partner, as if...
Every so often a musical prodigy comes along and sends goosebumps up and down and all around. 15 years old. You’re gonna love her! ... See MoreSee Less
Is it possible for an article I wrote in 2017 to be EVEN MORE relevant now? Yes, when the topic is the cognitive decline of Donald Trump. It's getting worse, folks. You thought Grandpa Joe's forgetfulness and mumbling were bad? They're nothing compared to the hate-filled confabulations that inhabit the mind of Trump. Read more here: ... See MoreSee Less
I just noticed some outdated rating system that was used to assess my written contributions on here back in the day when this was a primary communication tool. Now, while I’m less productive in the summer, I am finding substack to be a place to write and receive feedback and support about this crucial time in our history - the 2024 election. Lately, Substack where I have a “page” called “Trump Dementia News,” is where I’ve been “hanging out.” I have advertised/ announced on here) previously when I have written there to communicate clinical theories and observations. All that said, I thought I would add more updated “ratings” about my actual work with patients through the years. If there are any other patients that I have had, or readers of my work whom I have helped to gain perspective and feel more hopeful that want to write something, please feel free. I have been stuck at #10 out of 4,135 therapists in the NY area for quite awhile now which is annoying. I am ready and hopeful that this domain moves the dial! Thanks all and i will try to make my way back here soon!! ... See MoreSee Less