On the Gift of Being a Therapist
I spent the day at a conference with panels and panels of renowned experts examining the nature of psychotherapy. These people have devoted their careers to understanding the process through which psychotherapy works. Yet, the discussion was leaving me bored and uninspired.
New Mental Health Clinic in Flushing!
Dealing with Angry Ghosts in Psychotherapy
Though many therapists are trained to believe that they need to suppress or control feelings of anger, I think it is incredibly important to use them in therapy because they often reveal important patterns in the patient’s life--ghosts of relationships past. When these feelings go unexamined, they can harm the patient because they can slip out in hurtful ways. But, when examined, they can be some of the most healing moments in therapy.
Two weeks in my life working in the world of juvenile detention
This post describes some heart warming events that happened when I visited a juvenile detention center last week.
The difference between standard care and trauma-informed care
This post is about how a trauma-informed approach, at least the way I view it, might differ from standard clinical practice.
Quote from "The Importance of Hide-and-Seek"
This is the beginning of an article in the NY Times yesterday by a fellow psychologist, Alison Carper.
DRAFT statement about race and trauma
While my colleagues do the smart thing of carefully crafting a response to the rising media attention on racial violence in our society, I thought I'd take the opposite approach and just blurt the first thing that erupts from my heart, in the spirit of hoping to engender discourse and not to be right but to strive for "right" together.
Testimonials from Riker's Island
My definition of a trauma-informed child serving system
Revisiting the Fractal Nature of Relationships and the Therapeutic Process
NY1 Covers Community Discussion about Eric Garner
Appearance on The Adopting Teens & Tweens Radio Forum
The HEARTS Program is promoted within Mount Sinai Health System
Helping the NYC Citywide Oversight Committee & Upcoming Talk
Lessons on the Psychology of Trauma in Korea’s Response to the Sewol Tragedy
