What Are You Doing to Push Her Buttons? Pt.1
Sometimes in the very first session of couple therapy, the [...]
When Siblings Hate Each Other–It’s All in the Family Pt.1
Families are groups and as such they follow the same [...]
The Oedipal Group Member
There are some occasions when the leader must remove a member from the group, [...]
To An Old Friend
This morning, I found out that my best friend from [...]
Margaret The Body Poet Pt.1
In group therapy, the assumption is that everything has meaning, [...]
Turn to Port
Adam Port is an extraordinary sports artist. In the spirit [...]
A Change of Heart Or She Had a Plan
The other afternoon, while walking down Broadway, I saw a [...]
Paranoia Strikes Deep Pt.1
I placed a paranoid man into one of my groups. Paranoia is [...]
The Group Monopolizer Or– The Ego and The Yid and Minutiae
An accountant by profession, one of my male patients fancies himself [...]
Someone Murdered My Sailboat
A vicious deranged, and heartless killer took a chainsaw to the [...]
Go Away But Don’t Leave Me Alone
Relationships are always a sort of dance; there's the eternal [...]
The Reluctant Hero
Mark (all names have been changed) arrived late for his mens' [...]
How A Therapist Mourns–The difference between Individual & Group
I was moved by Robin Weiss's poignant essay on [...]
Let’s Not Talk About Your Sex
I was alarmed to read about Esther Perel's ( NY [...]
There Is No Freedom Without Structure Pt1.
Several years ago, Sir Ken Robinson gave a rousing TED [...]
Teaching–Pepper Style Pt1.
I've been a teacher for 44 years. I'm not bragging; it's [...]
The Need for Safety in Clinical Supervision
In preparation for my recent workshop at the Adelphi Conference [...]
No Love & No Mercy-The Perils of Conjoint Therapy Pt.4 The Denouement
As I write this, it has been several weeks since [...]
No Love No Mercy Pt. 3 Group Therapy Hangs in the Balance
I was immediately distrustful of the timing of these two [...]
Group Might Have Helped
I applaud David J. Hellerstein for the bravery he shows in [...]