Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

Category: Articles

  • Dostoyevsky, Halitosis, and Online Dating Lies

    Three from the morning feed… Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans (ScienceDaily) Bad Breath Troubles? (WebMD) The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating (OKCupid)

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  • The Unfun of Parenting

    New York looks at parents who hate parenting in All Joy and No Fun. From the perspective of the species, it’s perfectly unmysterious why people have children. From the perspective of the individual, however, it’s more of a mystery than one might think…

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  • Kids’ Chores

    A longish article at WebMD about kids and chores–the what, when, and why. “A child has to have some responsibilities. Then by the time they go off to college, you don’t have to have a three-hour lecture on the steps of the dormitory.”

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  • Mind-Body MD

    An interview I did with L.A.-based mind-body doc, David Schechter, MD, is now up at PsychologyToday.com. When I saw this patient again a few weeks later, her pain had gone from a nine out of ten to a zero to one out of ten. She was making plans for future vacations, hotel beds, school, and…

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  • Being 70

    NYT on Ringo, Robert Butler, and ageism: Turn 70. Act Your Grandchild’s Age. “We’re going to make it look like if you’re sick, it’s your own fault; if you’re not having orgasms or running marathons, there’s something wrong with you. We need to think carefully about how to take care of people who are frail. We…

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