The blog includes articles I have written over the last few years, as well as a weekly post where I share what’s on my mind, even if it’s an undeveloped idea that popped up when I was stirring a vat of cheese!
The PTSD diagnosis only appeared in the DSM in 1980. To me that seems like an “augenblick” as my German mother used to say, the
I have always loved cheese, enjoyed making my own wild yeast French Bread, and had a distant and vague interest in cheese making.
When I was barely more than a toddler, living in Manhattan, I learned a very big word: restitution. My parents, both survivors of the Nazi
It was March 16th, 2020 when the San Francisco Bay Area went into lockdown. That was the last time I was in my psychotherapy office.
As a perennial bookworm each year approaches its end, I peruse the stacks and contemplate, what was the best book I read this year? It
After much reflection, I’ve made a decision about my next book project. I thought I could write a book intended for therapists about how to
1. Introduction In the long and arduous journey of healing from childhood trauma and neglect, sexuality is often the last frontier. It is particularly complex
In my work as a couple’s therapist one tool I rely on, is the structured “Intentional Dialog” of Harville Hendrix’s Imago Relationship Therapy. I find
When I was perhaps as young as four years old, my mother taught us a little apology ritual. I don’t know how she devised it
This is a repair tool for those times when you and your partner are both triggered, seem to be stuck in a place of disconnection,
