The Guardian is an extraordinary newspaper, and has really used the freedom of the internet to explore new ways of telling stories. I refer you to a series they call Experiences, which —  as you’d expect — are people simply telling their stories. In one recent post, a man who spent 29 years in solitary  Read More

A very sad but also important article appeared in the New York Times this weekend on depression in pre-schoolers. It is certainly worth reading, particularly if you have a young child who doesn’t appear to be enjoying their life. As is stated in the article, there aren’t many people that I see in my practice  Read More

We all want their to be a big, flaming explanation for our suffering. Often, however, it is our own longing and disappointment — life as it is — that is troublesome enough.

What a great story in the New York Times on Sunday. Entitled “But Will it Make You Happy,” it talked about a young couple in their early 30′s who — given the frustrations of their jobs and not being able to make the money go very far — decided to get rid of most of  Read More

Daphne Merkin is hilarious. She’s also a very good writer and in the recent New York Times Magazine, tells a fascinating story about her life in therapy. I’m not sure that is a story that will encourage anyone, but it is always amusing to review all the therapists that one has encountered — the hippy  Read More

A reader asked me this question over the phone, so I’m paraphrasing: “I’ve been seeing a guy on and off for about six years. I know he sees other women, he even tells me about them. Now, he’s got a girlfriend, but we text each other every day. He tells me in his texts that  Read More