I remember telling myself the lies that sound like truth to so many of us when we are hurting, agonizing over the end of our marriage. It was a long…...

An article in The Times contrasted, without condemning, the reactions of two families who have recently been in the news. First was the story of the two young boys killed by…...

This is Part Two of a two-part series. See Part Two here. The controversial debate on Euthanasia or mercy killing is periodically revived by its proponents. They believe that death…...

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilised by the gravity of…...

What can’t be denied is that no one is his or her own island; human beings need each other. This is why it has been said that although some people…...

These are Olivia’s moms. Plural. I’m on the right. Jess is on the left. She met my ex-husband two years after our divorce, and now they have a little boy…...

Anger often makes us uncomfortable. It’s uncomfortable to witness and uncomfortable to feel. Witnessing your child’s anger can be especially uncomfortable. In order to relieve this feeling, parents will often encourage…...

As human beings, we form relationships all the time and every day we communicate with people in different ways. However, sometimes the situation changes, and the existing relationship changes. Whether…...

As a child and adolescent psychotherapist, I was invited to a local high school to speak to parents about perfectionist kids (kids who are obsessed with good grades, high GPAs,…...

Divorce is traumatizing during any stage of life. But it takes on different layers of overwhelm in middle age and beyond, when we are dealing with other issues like retirement,…...