Archive for March, 2012

  • Obama On The Couch: Inside the Mind of the President
    In 1979, a dictionary definition of the term ‘science fiction’ summarized it as “stories which do not imitate the events of the real world, such as the Earth being struck by a comet, or a ...
  • Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss
    In 1969, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross published On Death and Dying and provided her five-stage model for dealing with death and grief. Kubler-Ross carried out groundbreaking research by breaking the taboo and actually speaking with dying volunteers. ...
  • Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
    Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks, the authors of Bright Not Broken, and the contributor, Temple Grandin, all have a combination of personal and professional experience with learning and developmental disabilities. Kennedy and Banks are ...
  • When My Mommy Cries
    Crystal Godfrey LaPoint’s tender story in When My Mommy Cries is one that has needed to be told for some time now. Like any good children’s author, LaPoint is able to succinctly express her theme, ...
  • A Princess and Her Garden: A Fable of Awakening and Arrival
    You thought of Aesop when you read the subtitle, didn't you?  The story in this book is not your typical Aesop's fable.  Not by a long shot.  In fact, Aesop's got nothing on the author ...
  • How Clinicians Balance Work and Life
    When you’re passionate about your profession, balancing work with your personal life can get tricky. It gets even trickier when your work requires you to ...
  • What Helps Children To Be Successful Adults?
    Last month, an article in the Boston Globe reported on the resiliency of adults. Primarily based on the longitudinal studies by George Vallient from Harvard, ...
  • Loud In The House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl
    I found "Loud In The House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl" by Stacy Pershall to be a superbly written, first-person account of a young girl's struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar ...
  • My 3-Year-Old Son Wants To Be Cinderella!
    Our playgroup of preschoolers recently attended a production of “Cinderella.” All the children were enamored with the costumes, music and beauty of ...
  • How Clinicians Practice Self-Care & 9 Tips for Readers
    Self-care is vital for well-being, and no group knows that better than clinicians. Not only do they help clients learn to take better care ...
  • Raising Assertive Kids
    Assertiveness isn’t necessarily innate. While it might come naturally to some people, it’s largely a skill -- and an important one at ...
  • Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners
    The popular TV series "Mad Men" contains several scenes depicting psychoanalysis. Betty Draper lies on the couch in her analyst’s office, the doctor seated impassively behind her. Betty reports on her mundane thoughts in great ...
  • Resolving Infant Sleep Disturbance
    Q: Our 14-month-old son constantly awakens during the night and won't stop crying unless we hold him for long periods ...
  • How To Raise a Child of Character
    How many of you think there are many children that struggle with communicating their needs, thoughts and feelings with ...

 

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