The recent arrest of the actor, Charlie Sheen, on domestic violence charges will make for a very brief, very important post. I have no idea if Mr. Sheen is guilty of these charges, or what actually happened during this incident. I only mention it in order to raise the vital issue of domestic violence. Violence [...]
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Just. Leave.
Posted in Current Events, Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged abuser, assault, Charlie Sheen, Domestic Violence, order of protection, police on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sex addict? What’s a sex addict?
Posted in Current Events, Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged 12-step, alcohol, anonymous sex, cruising online, drugs, fellowship, food, intervention, marijuana, rehab center, sex, sex addict, sexual addiction, sexual hook-ups, Tiger Woods on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We found out last week that Tiger Woods has checked himself into a posh rehab center for sex addicts. This raises the issue of whether sexual addiction really exists. I think it is a fair question. After all, we’re all sex addicts, to some degree – sex is a normal, necessary human drive. Sex also [...]
Dear Brangelina (& Madge)
Posted in Current Events, Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged adopted child, adoption, adoptive parent, Angelina Jolie, birth parent, Brad Pitt, hyper-compliant behavior, Madonna, testing behavior on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear and Brad and Angie and Madge: I think it’s great you have chosen to adopt children who needed homes. But I want to make sure you know what you are getting into, so you can do it right. Here are some pointers on adoption. First of all – please do not fall for the [...]
It’s all the rage
Posted in Current Events, Thoughts and Musings, tagged Boxer Rebellion, Chairman Mao, Hitler, Iraq, lynching, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Martin Luther King, Muslim world, Rage, Taiping Rebellion on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rage is helpless anger. If anger finds a productive outlet, it can achieve great things (See Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, et al.) King and Gandhi believed their words could be effective agents for change. There was a receptive audience somewhere – white Northerners, the British public – who would listen, and perhaps embrace a [...]
Don’t fall in love like a kid – do it like an adult
Posted in Current Events, Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged adult, Alice B. Toklas, attraction, child, Gertrude Stein, John Lennon, Josephine, love, monogamy, Napoleon, partnership, religion, respect, romantic relationship, trust, Yoko Ono on January 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A patient told me she couldn’t get over a guy she’d been seeing. He was no good for her. He didn’t even seem to want to go out with her. But she couldn’t let go. “But I love him,” she explained. Well, in a manner of speaking. She was in love with him like a [...]
Dr. King and old people
Posted in Current Events, Thoughts and Musings, tagged Ageism, Dr. King, ethnicity, gay, homophobia, lesbian, LGBT, Martin Luther King, racism, sexism, transference on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. King would have turned 81 this week – an excellent opportunity to discuss ageism, an insidious form of discrimination. The starting point in any discussion of discrimination is why difference is an issue at all. Some of your discomfort with difference derives from sheer inexperience. It has been proven that a witness in a [...]
Haiti and the bifurcated universe
Posted in Current Events, tagged Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, donation, earthquake, earthquake relief, Existential, Gerald Lucas, Haiti on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a patient will stop during a session, mid-sentence, look abashed, and say: I must sound ridiculous. Here I am, prattling on about my problems. And there are so many people who have it so much worse than I do. Gerald Lucas, a psychotherapist I studied with years ago, had a useful response he employed [...]
Those Tea Party people
Posted in Current Events, tagged guns, healthcare, Republicans, Right Wing, sense of security, Tea Partiers, Tea Party on January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The first thing the People’s Therapist notices about the Tea Party people is that they come to everything from a sense of deprivation. They are always – always always always – talking about their money, and how they don’t want anyone to get their hands on it. It’s theirs. They need it. There isn’t enough [...]
Tiger Woods has a session with the People’s Therapist
Posted in Current Events, Intriguing Patients, tagged living like a child, People's Therapist, psychotherapy, Tiger Woods on January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It seems like Tiger Woods could use a visit, doesn’t it? Everyone agrees he’s had a rough month. So let’s go there. What if Tiger showed up in my office? What could the People’s Therapist do to help? Patients often show up at my door when they’re in crisis. Many people feel – wrongly – [...]
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