A Thought Experiment to Deal with Jealousy

In a highly competitive environment, we tend to struggle with self-esteem. We compare ourselves to one another, fostering resentment and … More

Popular Writing: Why It’s Important to Bring Complex Ideas to the World of Ordinary People

Scientific illiteracy is one the most harrowing challenges of our time; on the one hand, the public is chastised for … More

The Struggle in Solitude – A Poem about Isolation

The struggle in solitude is one which you cannot see The struggle in solitude exists in the midst of all … More

It’s the Relationship that Heals

So many of the qualities of the work of psychotherapy fascinate me: the inherent intimacy, its progress, the intricacies of … More

Love in Therapy

“Psychoanalysis is, in essence, a cure through love.” -Sigmund Freud in a letter to Carl Jung In a poignant and … More

The Tragedy of Disenchantment: Our Inability to Be Happy

Have you ever wanted something really badly, only to find out that it wasn’t as good as it initially appeared … More

Tragedy on Repeat: How Our Traumatic Past Informs Our Tumultuous Present

These sessions have been reproduced with the expressed consent of my client. Names and other identifying information have been altered. … More

Why Do I Need to Be Normal? (Revised Version)

“The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the … More

Winter’s Depth

I can feel her ice cold hands, as she lays them upon chest Deep within my core, I can feel … More

Defeating the Stigma of Mental Illness: How Our Relentless Ignorance Harms Those Who Need Our Help Most

There are few things in the world that bug me more than people calling my patients ‘crazy.’ Whenever I tell … More