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On Trusting and Not Trusting
Trust comes slow and sweaty like fog. Happy New Year The New Year begins and the lousy articles on psychotherapy appear. Like this one in the Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-know-if-your-therapy-is-working-1483272009?tesla=y Don't Trust My...
Do I take insurance?
The insurance question is my most asked question. The short answer is "no, I don't take insurance." But bear with me because I'm going to explain the whole shebang to you right here, right now. I am an out-of-network provider. That means I am not in-network on any...
Anxious Parents Raising Calm Children: It CAN Be Done
The play space for toddlers at Washington Square Park is a slow, sweet spot. Babies learn to walk there and time stretches out like a summer afternoon. It’s also a good place to do impromptu baby watching. A truck backfires and the babies react. Some older toddlers...
Nine Signs You Are Building Up To A Rage Attack
Workaholism Work a full day after dental surgery because after all, the dentist said that you would be fine. Ignore all evidence (pain, wooziness, irritability) that you are not fine, because, well, neglect is how it goes. Work is way more important that you. Pay...
I’m Going – A Tribute to My Mother
The last time I saw my mother, I wore her favorite blouse, a brilliant orange and green splash of silk. I flew down to DC from New York on a Sunday morning. The previous Thursday, Mom had gotten up only briefly and had then gone back to bed. No rally against the...
Anger Management: Top Five Traits of Explosive People
If someone held a gun to my head and told me to come up with a list of the top five traits of angry people. This would be that list. 1. You are in a hurry. Gotta do it, gotta get it done, gotta get home, gotta pick up the kid, gotta finish the project. What you...
Affordable Psychotherapy in NYC: A Path To Treatment
You can find therapy for as little at $35 per session in New York City. The institute where I trained to become an analyst runs a referral service out of its headquarters on 13th Street in Greenwich Village. Offering affordable psychotherapy, it is a path to...
Anger management: Anger Managed Well
Novice firefighters learn to put fires out by setting them. Instructors load rooms of furniture into old shipping containers, start a fire, and then show the newcomers how a room burns. In this photo, Marine firefighters watch everything in a room ignite or...
When loved ones make the call for help with anger management
I get a lot of calls from the spouses, partners and parents of people who need anger management. People are angry and rageful and loved ones search on the net for help and ring my phone. I wish it worked. It doesn’t. I learned it the hard way by trying and failing...
Some thoughts on social anxiety and anger management
Some Thoughts on Social Anxiety and How It Relates to Anger Management As I continue my study of the explosive patient, I’ve been perplexed by the relationship between anger mismanaged and social anxiety. What I’m finding is that social anxiety can be the flip side of...
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