Category: Articles
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Modern Love
Read more: Modern LoveDiane Johnson looks dating and marriage in a NYRB review. It used to be that on a date, the boy would pay for a Pepsi and the movie; that was it. Lori Gottlieb, in Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, estimates the cost to today’s woman of four months of dating, counting…
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A Vote for Marriage Counseling
Read more: A Vote for Marriage CounselingFrom WebMD: Is Your Marriage Toxic? Give it time. Don’t expect the walls of resentment to come down right away. Rivkin suggests allowing at least three months to see if working with a therapist or using the advice from a relationship book is helping your marriage. Change may come slowly. But don’t be afraid of…
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Should We Manipulate Our Dreams?
Read more: Should We Manipulate Our Dreams?The NYT asks assorted pros an Inception-inspired question: “Nightmares have been seen variously as omens or sources of self-knowledge. Should we replace them with happier dreams?”
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A Life in Therapy
Read more: A Life in TherapyMy Life in Therapy, from the NYT Magazine, has Daphne Merkin recalling years spent in psychoanalysis. Projection. Repression. Acting out. Defenses. Secondary compensation. Transference. Even in these quick-fix, medicated times, when people are more likely to look to Wellbutrin and life coaches than to the mystique-surrounded, intangible promise of psychoanalysis, these words speak to me…
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DepressionMD
Read more: DepressionMDWebMD is churning out articles about depression daily. Here are some from their “Top Stories” list: Hormones Can Affect Your Mood Major Depression: Many Avoid Treatment Talk Therapy as Good as Antidepressants Antidepressants Not Always Best For Depression More Medical Attention Helps Ease Depression