These six-word wrap-ups of the year are excerpted from a recent article in the New York Times on readers’ reasons for gratitude: The crinkling eye above the mask. A furtive hug withRead More…
A day of reckoning
Election Day 2020.
Resilience
As human beings, we are built to survive. “Resilience” is our natural capacity to cope with adversity. These simple acts grow everyday resilience: Feel positive emotions. Engage deeply in an activity. UseRead More…
Local and short-term
One healthy way to approach life right now is from a local and short-term perspective. Local: Yourself, partner, family, friends, home, job Short-term: Right now and the foreseeable future In this way,Read More…
First-of-its-kind psychedelic research center opens at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University will expand research on psychedelics to treat a variety of psychiatric and behavioral disorders, as well as push into the frontier of human thriving.
Mindful Urgent Care
New York City’s first same day mental health services open in FiDi. Their first location in Great Neck, Long Island, Mindful Urgent Care evaluates patients for psychiatric medication and provides ongoing careRead More…
Schitt’s Creek
What happens when we get accepted and loved for who we are? I hope you have either watched or rewatch this POP TV revelation. If only I had listened to my sisterRead More…
Depression: There is no joy
“It’s a great thief,” my patient said. Depression, along with many other forms of what we still call “mental illness,” can change our personality for a while. We can experience no pleasureRead More…
Self-care
One way to understand self-care is that we matter. How we think, feel, live and act matters. It matters for our survival. A selfish act, self-care is the humane, steady and importantRead More…
The most popular reason people seek therapy?
The many and varied forms of anxiety.