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A Brief Conversation About Living Well
AB: Sometimes in the course of my work with family doctors, we find ourselves engrossed in conversation that feels unexpectedly meaningful. Such a moment occurred the other night. I thought it might...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIVING
DK: Our blog is set up to provide alternative ways of thinking about emotional, behavioral, mental, psychiatric problems. We are not setting up a competition between patterns of thinking that guide...
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COMMENT ON THE TALE OF THE FIVE YEAR OLD BOSS
(See post from March 14th: How to Fire A Five-Year Old Boss) DK: I have to take a moment to applaud my good friend and muse, Amy Begel. I admire her clinical skills and her writing. She has such a...
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Create the Partner You Desire
AB: My long career as a family therapist has taught me a lot about couples and what contributes to marital misery. Many people come to my office believing that they can’t change their partner. “My...
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THE MAN/ WOMAN THING OR WHAT USED TO BE CALLED “THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES”
DK: (Responding to 3/25 post Create the Partner You Desire) Another well written, fascinating case from that Magic Woman. She has a great talent for making relationship processes accessible to...
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Our Kids’ Dilemma: How To Raise Healthy Parents
DK: Think about this question, What is a child? There are at least 53 answers, all correct. Another way to think about the question: How do children affect the world around them? I am asking these...
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THE ENCHANTING ENERGETIC HUMAN MYSTERIES IN OUR MIDST
DK: My riddle, “What is a child?” is still in the air. How we think about the questions is influenced by cultural mindset. During the past 25 years of therapeutic work and exploration in our culture,...
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An X-Ray of a Couple
AB: Periodically I have a session in my office that acts like an X-Ray of a couple or family, where the relationship patterns appear transparent. This case demonstrates a couple’s “complementarity”, or...
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In Praise of Conversation
As part of our focus on all things relational, we plan to include posts/articles from innovative folks in related fields. One of the most creative thinkers/writers around is MIT psychologist Sherry...
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Office Dancing
I loved David Keith’s version of Scenes from a Marriage. (See post from April 23) I thought a lot about the “pseudo-adoption” couple. I’ve seen variations on this theme quite often. Here’s an example...
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Sublime Poetry
Please enjoy this poem from Syracuse poet E.J. Evans’ collection, First Snow Coming SEX It is not that we are searching for something in each other, but that something is searching, through these...
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FAIRY TALE FOR ASSERTIVE WOMEN
Fairy Tale for Assertive Women Once upon a time, in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog as she sat contemplating ecological issues on the shores of an...
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Aging And Spirit
DK: I was asked to be on a panel about aging for a “Wellness” Conference, “Aging with Attitude”. I did some reflecting on Aging with Attitude. It was clear to me that I am Aging and that I have...
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How Our Digital Devices Are Interrupting Connections
Check out this fabulous conversation with MIT psychologist Sherry Turkel. She was interviewed yesterday on New York’s Public Radio Station WNYC. Turkel is one of the leading voices on the...
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Help For A Super-Sensitive Kid
AB: Here’s a case from my office where a family therapy approach helped an acutely sensitive child develop greater resilience: When Janet called, saying she and husband Larry wanted to bring their...
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Medicating Women’s Feelings
Check out this thought-provoking article from The New York Times by psychiatrist Julie Holland. She notes how women are given psychiatric medications nearly twice the rate of men; currently nearly 25%...
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Psychiatry and The Pretense of Authority
David Brooks I recently came across this terrific Opinion piece published awhile ago by New York Times columnist David Brooks. The author beautifully captures the “Physics Envy” of the behavioral...
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The “Rejection Therapy” Game
Conquering Your Fear, Humor Style: Many thanks to one of my family physician students for sending this cool little article/podcast from NPR. It’s about a young man, Jason Comely, who became withdrawn...
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Louis C.K. : The Whole Cellphone Thing
Louis C.K. Says It Check out this beautiful, funny mini-rant by comedian Louis C.K. on what cellphones do to us. Nobody says it better.
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“The Trick of Life”
AB: One aspect of my work week I particularly enjoy involves teaching at The Institute for Family Health in New York, a family medicine training program. I work with newly-minted family doctors,...
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