Tales from the Couch: Excerpts from a Psychiatrist’s Journal – Cases and Musings
I am very pleased to announce the publication of my book on Amazon Kindle 3 days ago. It is a review of some of my experiences in nearly 50 years in psychiatry.
read moreGenerosity and selflessness
In the 7/18/21 edition of the New York Times is an interesting article on the book “The giving tree” which you like to read. In our age when many people have been raised with a feeling of entitlement the message contained in this article the line between self sacrifice and generosity.
read moreACHIEVING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Most psychotherapy, as it is practiced in 2021, is either the supportive or conversational kind. These forms of therapy can be quite helpful, but do not aim for fundamental psychological change or full resolution of the presenting psychiatric problem or complaint.
read moreHappiness Won’t Save You
Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away. An Op-Ed by By Jennifer Senior
read moreABOUT ANXIETY: SOME NEW UNDERSTANDINGS.
The term anxiety is the most frequently googled psychological condition. What is to follow will not be a complete discussion of anxiety, that would be beyond the scope of this short article. Wikipedia and the Mayo Clinic website have fairly good expositions on the subject and could be consulted for more information.
read moreRe CORVID-19
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT OR THE CDC SAY ABOUT WHETHER FACE MASKS ARE OF BENEFIT…
read moreHOW TO CONTROL AND ERADICATE CORONA VIRUS INFECTION
In an article in the edition of The Guardian 3/21/20, there is a report of what mass testing for corona virus can do for the control and eradication of infections. The means to accomplish that was through mass testing and isolation of people that had tested positive in a town near Venice, Italy.
read moreWhatever Does Not Kill You
The saying “Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger” may be wrong and misleading. Events or people that may kill us or come near to killing us are, by their nature, stressful.
read moreWomen with the Stockholm Syndrome
There is a strange phenomenon that the occurs when speaking to women that have been suffering from spousal abuse
read moreOFFERING CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN THE WOODLANDS
So what is hypnosis? A simple way to explain its nature is to say that it has to do with what happens when a patient falls asleep at night. In order to move from consciousness and the waking state to sleep…
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