This month’s question for The People’s Therapist gets to the heart of how psychotherapy – “talk therapy” – actually works: Why is psychotherapy conducted exclusively face-to-face, rather than in writing? I find that I express myself much more clearly and precisely in writing, after having had the chance to ruminate on my response — it’s [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Talk therapy vs type therapy
Posted in AskThePeople'sTherapistSeries, tagged authentic contact, body language, facial expressions, Group therapy, psychotherapy, talk therapy, talking, writing, written word on January 25, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Frying pan
Posted in AboveTheLaw series, tagged associate satisfaction, associate satisfaction surveys, changing law firms, emergency childcare, headhunters, law school on January 18, 2012 | 23 Comments »
At some point you have to get out of here. The question is when – and whither. A vacation might help, if you could achieve the impossible and take one. My client pulled off a week – seven whole days! – at a Caribbean resort, only to return feeling like a condemned prisoner. “It made [...]
Going there
Posted in Thoughts and Musings, tagged 12-step, Alcoholic's Anonymous, alcoholism, ethanol, Ethyl alcohol, Group therapy, Maya Angelou, meat, Sullivan & Cromwell, vegan, vegetarianism on January 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I was chased down the sidewalk by a breathless woman. “You’re the guy who made me vegetarian!” she announced between gasps. I didn’t know what she was talking about. It turned out she’d worked as a paralegal, years before, at Sullivan & Cromwell. I didn’t feel guilty about not remembering her. We only toiled together [...]
Take my advice
Posted in AboveTheLaw series, tagged Ann Landers, awareness, Blackberry, cardio exercise, condoms, Cosmo Magazine, Dear Abby, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Health and wellness, Id, Lexipro, physical exercise, Richard Simmons, sex therapy, Violent Femmes on January 4, 2012 | 10 Comments »
I’ve been talking to people – well, my people have been talking to people – about speaking engagements, radio shows, panels – celebrity stuff – the daily fodder of The People’s Therapist’s life of fame and glamour. One group wants me to teach a workshop for young attorneys on “health and wellness.” Well, okay. Whatever. [...]
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