Thinking About Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving Day. I come from a New England family, Mayflower descendants even so Thanksgiving was always sort of “our” holiday. After we moved back to the States from Japan,
What would I do?
Like many of you the tensions surrounding the election and the renewed intensity of the pandemic sapped my creative energies for a while. So for the past couple of weeks
Be Still My Heart
What was rumored a few weeks ago is becoming a reality — In Treatment Season 4! Uzo Aduba (Emmy® winner for “Mrs. America” and “Orange is the New Black”) will
Therapists and Fat
As a therapist I am very interested in how therapists respond to fat patients and how fatness is viewed psychotherapeutically. I have had some interesting experiences myself with therapists who
Home
Every twice in a while when I am a little bored, I sometimes watch an episode or two of the HGTV show “House Hunters”. It can be almost addictive, watching
One of those days…
I had all kinds of ideas for what I wanted to write about today – more about therapy or maybe some thoughts I have about a workshop I am developing
Misfit Produce, Lady Ragnell, Mr. Rogers and Me, Pt. 2
Better late than never — a look at the story of Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell and what it has to do with us today. Our story is from medieval
Misfit Produce, Lady Ragnell, Mr. Rogers and Me, Part 1
Today I am beginning a several post series looking at bodies, especially fat bodies, and psychotherapy. You might very well ask what this image — used by the company, Misfit
On My Shelves
The NY Times Book Review has a regular feature called By the Book, a Q&A with an author. I have published a book, though the NY Times has yet to
A bit more on therapy
“Exchanging words is the essence of psychotherapy.” Nor Hall I met with someone new the other day. When I meet with a new patient, I always have a slight anxiety
Therapy While Fat
One of the major issues I look at in The Fat Lady Sings is the issue of anti-fat bias in the psychotherapy consulting room. I write: In a room with
Do I look okay?
These days all of my work is online, both via telephone and video. Whether with Zoom or Skype of FaceTime, not only do I see the person I am working