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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why the people you’re into aren’t into you, and the people you aren’t into are
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged child within, drill sergeant, just not that into you, pleasing, rejection, seductive-withholding love object on January 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Groucho Marx once said he would never join a club that would have him as a member. That’s how one of my patients seems to run her romantic life. Somehow she always seems to chase the guys who don’t want her – but has no time for the guys who do. This is a common [...]
You’re starting to scare me
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged fear, hyper-alert, hypochondriac, hypochondriasis, PTSD, scared on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week a patient complained he wasn’t sleeping well. He said he was feeling like a hypochondriac – obsessively worrying about his health. He’s young, and perfectly well, but suddenly every little ache and pain was bubonic plague. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is usually effective for anxiety, so we did a little CBT exercise together, in [...]
It’s even complicated for Stevie Wonder
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged fun, happiness, it's complicated, longevity, partnership, relationships, Stevie Wonder on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The People’s Therapist is a big Stevie Wonder fan. Here’s one of my favorite songs, “I Believe (When I Fall in Love),” from the legendary 1972 album “Talking Book”: You can see what makes it a classic. First – it’s Stevie Wonder. Second – who can resist a song whose chief lyric is “I believe [...]
The last thing you do
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged Art of the Fugue, Bach, fugue, meaning in life, unfinished fugue, work on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The clip at the bottom of this post is a performance of an excerpt from the Art of the Fugue, by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are a few reasons why this music opens emotional floodgates. This piece was written under astonishing circumstances that speak to the essence of what it means to work and to [...]
The Walrus was John
Posted in Intriguing Patients, tagged borderline pattern, Freddie Lennon, John and Yoko, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Middle Path, People's Therapist, psychotherapy, Sean Lennon, Stability, Yoko Ono on January 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By all accounts, anyone who knew John Lennon learned to expect the unexpected – and sometimes the unpleasant. That’s just how John was. One minute soft and tender. In a blink, harsh and cruel – with a legendary acid wit that didn’t seem quite as witty when it was turned on you. The man who [...]
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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