mental health

January 16, 2012

Honoring your privacy

Listen here on iTunes When people are working on personal growth, it brings up vulnerability. As a therapist, Habits Into Health host Michael Anne Conley is […]
April 23, 2012

The truth about most therapy! (with bonus tips)

Bravo to Therapist/Writer Jonathan Alpert, who confronted problems with psychotherapy recently in The New York Times.  His article, “In Therapy Forever – Enough Already,” is terrific.  […]
September 12, 2012

Medical Politics Has a Long History

Got on my high horse and made a comment on a health “care” reform blog. (Not that this is a hot topic or anything!) The “blog” […]
November 18, 2012

How does the child in you experience this message?

This morning, I came across a reminder of the deep connection between public policy and personal life, which is the focus of this blog. I invite […]
December 15, 2012

Eight Steps for Surviving the Holidays with Sanity

It comes up every year. Whether it’s in sessions with clients, comments from students, or conversations at social gatherings. “There’s so much to do, I can’t […]
July 15, 2013

Zimmerman: when self-contact and self-management are lacking

Two people meet – one of them is unable to manage his own impulses. Caught up in his own unboundedness, he does not stop himself, and […]
July 17, 2013

As Sick As Your Secrets?

At my recent family reunion, we celebrated two birthdays. Everyone knows of the plan and it goes like this: It doesn’t look like anything special is […]
July 23, 2013

Link between Schizophrenia and Marijuana Use

I want to pass on this article from a physician in the Department of Psychiatry at The Yale School of Medicine reporting on the link between marijuana use […]
February 17, 2015

Time Travel: The Case of the Missing Key

Have you ever had something happen that put reality sharply in focus — even if it wasn’t a big life-changing event? One Saturday evening a few weeks ago, […]