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Why are Deepak Chopra & EMDR Important for Science and Life?
Thanks to a 2012 article by Scott Lilienfeld, I have been thinking about how and why we should battle pseudoscience. Now if Deepak Chopra wants to help people by telling them what the afterlife looks...
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Love's End: Attachment and the Dissolution of a Relationship
The smell of fresh cut roses, chocolates for sale, gift cards on the shelves… all signs point to one thing: Valentine’s Day, the holiday that celebrates the rapture of love. While this holiday can be...
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Who is Taking Sleeping Pills?
Diagnoses of insomnia have been on the rise—and so has the use of medication to treat this sleep disorder. The popularity of a newer class of drugs—non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotics—has risen...
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Is Psychoanalysis Right for Me?
Along with your physical health and your ability to provide for your basic needs, your mental health is the foundation on which your entire life is built. So, if you decide to seek out...
View ArticleSix Smart Strategies for Disciplining Your Child
As both a father and a psychologist for the last 23 years, I'm all about setting healthy behavior boundaries for my kids and giving my children "consequences" when necessary. I also make sure my kids...
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5 Things Not to Say on Valentine’s Day
All holidays are filled with the potential for great joy…or serious disappointment. Many of us have experienced both sides during the Christmas holiday, but Valentine’s Day carries its own risks,...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman and the Russian Roulette of Relapse
I have co-authored this blog post with J.R. Lombardo (www.jrlombardo.com), a licensed social worker who specializes in addictions counseling. As fans of Philip Seymour Hoffman, we were saddened by the...
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Who Cares What Your “Real Age” Is?
Apparently, my “real age” is five years younger than my actual chronological age, according to a popular online quiz. That probably means I should celebrate, right? I mean, younger IS better, isn’t it?...
View ArticleWhy CBT Can't Regulate Anxiety
Our most basic way of regulating emotion is approach/withdrawal. We feel safer when the use of our own two feet is unrestricted. For some persons, even the slightest restriction leads to difficulty....
View Article"Recovering Alcoholic," Words that Stigmatize or Empower?
If you heard someone say that they were a “recovering alcoholic” or “recovering addict” ow would you react? Can you imagine yourself saying such words, and if so how would you expect others to...
View ArticleWhat Parents Can and Can't Do About Their Children's Weight
Writing about the relationship between parenting and food for the past few years, I’ve had the dubious honor of hearing my fair share of stories about parents’ struggles with food. The tales trickle...
View ArticleWho Is an Addict?
It seems safe to assume that Phillip Seymour Hoffman never expected to become addicted to drugs—no one does. Nobody ever plans to become an addict. Addiction is an insidious and patient disease....
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Philip Seymour Hoffman & The Shadow of Individual Addiction
There is an enormous media focus on Hoffman's heroin addiction and the growing number of heroin users in the U.S. Open the pages of the NY Times, turn to articles and blogs on Huffington Post, or tune...
View ArticleThe Tragic Death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman Is Very Sad
The tragic death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman has once again brought drugs back into public consciousness. His death is very sad. Life is precious. This is most pertinent to those who knew him and loved...
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Rethinking SAD: Creating a Winter Oasis
One thing I might find more frustrating than the polar vortex is the annual onslaught of mainstream news articles about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Only because it's the same advice year after...
View ArticleSmall Weight Loss Equals Big Health Gains
How many of you have been told by a healthcare professional that you “really should lose weight and exercise more”? This question typically gets a resounding show of hands in every weight loss group I...
View ArticleThird High School Suicide in Newton, MA, My Hometown
I recently read the very disturbing news of a third teenage suicide in my hometown of Newton, MA.As a specialist in suicide, whenever I hear such news, I try again to understand what is going on in...
View ArticleHighly Sensitive Children: Making Sense of Outbursts
I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channeling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener. —Ben Stiller Just yesterday, I got an email...
View ArticleWhat We Learned From Marius the Giraffe
Over the weekend, the Copenhagen Zoo killed Marius, a healthy 18-month-old male giraffe using a bolt gun, and then fed his carcass to lions—all while an audience watched.In an interview on NPR, the...
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