A client arrives and plops herself on my couch. “I don’t know what to talk about today. While I was driving, I was thinking about it, and I really don’t have anything pressing.” In my more-than-a-decade of practicing therapy, I’ve [...]
One of my favorite brands, Thinx, has a pretty fantastic blog on their website. Their guest writers contribute articles about feminism, mental health, intersectionality, and demystifying menstruation. But recently, an article about breaking up with your therapist stuck in my [...]
Step 1 Eat an entire pint of ice cream. Drink your problems away. Scroll through Facebook for hours. Get stoned. Sleep. Wake up feeling shitty. Step 2 Recognize there’s an issue. Micromanage your life. Count calories. Exercise for two hours [...]
In my five years of private practice, I’ve noticed a trend: calls decrease in November and December, but then come in droves after the New Year. In some ways, this makes a lot of sense. Everyone’s life is busy during [...]
About 50 years ago, Martin Seligman studied learned helplessness at the University of Pennsylvania. In the study, he put dogs into cages and administered electric shocks. The dogs tried to escape, but eventually resigned themselves to the fact that they [...]
I want autonomy. I want to be an island, a rock, free as a bird, self-sufficient. I want to need no one. I want to be able to care for all of my own needs. I want the freedom to [...]
Consent is a hot topic on the internet right now, and there are a lot of great metaphors out there for how it works. There’s an article that’s been going around about borrowing a friend’s car, one about stealing money, [...]
A gleaming clock adorned with precious gems loomed majestically over the ballroom. Cinderella glanced up at it anxiously. “Oh, dear,” she thought, “11:45. In 15 minutes, my coach shall become a pumpkin. My horses shall become rats who, for some [...]
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic 90s television show Dawson’s Creek, Entertainment Weekly Magazine reunited the cast and did a beautiful photoshoot. I wanted to do the same thing, but James Van der Beek wouldn’t return my calls. [...]
I’ve only ever purchased two things from a Facebook ad. The first was a giant, beautiful, forest-themed tapestry that hung for years in the waiting room of my old group practice's office suite. I’m not sure how Facebook’s algorithms knew [...]