Existential therapists frequently encounter the ultimate questions of freedom and change, deliberating on how much of each is actually possible. … More
Tag: Mental Illness
Mental Illness Is More Than a Brain Disorder (Updated w/ New Information)
Why We Need a More Nuanced Understanding of Mental Health The biological model of psychiatry is the dominant model of … 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
Recovering My Voice: How My Writing Helped Me Overcome Trauma
When we’re children, most of us have a lot of chutzpah, which is a Yiddish word meaning audacity or fearlessness. … 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
Can I Ever Change?: Exploring the Factors that Foster Growth
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read… And … More
Transcending My Self: The Relationship Between Joy and Human Connection
Bowling Alone To most, especially in the Western world, self-actualization means becoming the most accomplished and materially successful version 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
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