Category: Ask the Therapist

  • December 2, 2022
    A dyslexic head of school?? Surprised? You shouldn’t be, but most folks are. The perception of dyslexia in society is…

  • November 11, 2022
    As parents and teachers, we hate to see our kids struggle with problems. So when they come to us for…

  • February 18, 2022
    By 2005, when Angela Merkel became the first female chancellor of Germany, she had already amassed years of successful leadership…

  • December 31, 2021
    A colleague who had become a first-time mother once regaled me and other coworkers, during lunch, with the amazing exploits…

  • May 12, 2021
    Self-Care is a booming industry currently valued at upwards of $450 billion. With endless offerings of practices and products promising…

  • March 26, 2021
    “Solitude is impracticable, and society fatal.” Ralph Waldo Emerson In an episode of the TV show Gilmore Girls from the…

  • December 12, 2020
    Uncharacteristically boisterous laughter echoed off the walls of my largely empty office on a fateful Monday afternoon as my young…

  • September 17, 2020
    It seems only just a few months ago that we posted a set of tips for back to school.  Yet…
  • Mother with Black Son

    June 19, 2020
    Last Memorial Day, while most were celebrating the holiday with a well-needed break from COVID-confinement, I announced to my children…

  • May 29, 2020
    The efficacy of psychotherapy as treatment for a wide variety of conditions is well-established.  It is also a natural partner,…