I will proudly tell anyone who will listen that my dad spent his career as a ranger in the National Park Service. Now retired, spending his days walking his dog and playing his guitar, you’d never know that in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a search and rescue ranger,...
As an enthusiastic supporter of pie and carbs, Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. As a psychologist, it’s also a very busy season. Conceptually I love the idea of gratitude for bounty and harvest and setting aside time to gather with family and...
An earthquake in Morocco. Wildfires in Canada. Flooding in Manhattan. A pandemic. More terrorist attacks. Another war. The barrage of bad news feels endless. Every headline, every talking head on TV, every push notification on our phones, or panicked Instagram...
A new baby completely changes the dynamic of a family. If there are already children in the family, that can mean a promotion from only child to big brother or sister, and managing feelings around that is at least as important as investing in a double stroller or...
An interesting phenomenon has been happening in therapy offices lately. A new client will come in, motivated to make an appointment because of a video (or many videos) seen on TikTok or Instagram. The videos are short, maybe 30 seconds. They might feature someone...