Category: Articles

  • Modern Love

      Diane 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

    From 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?

    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

    My 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

    WebMD 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

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