On a Desert Island, and Thinking Trees Have Critical Minds
I remember dancing when I was a child of about five-years old. The lack of coordination and spastic moves were the hallmarks of my...
CT Scans and Radiation: On-going Consequences for One Patient
In my past posts, I've described the exposure of one of my patients to the radiation from three CT Scans in the span of one-year and...
Why it is Wise to Invest Time in the Right Things in Childhood
A child's identity development for business does not manifest out of the blue, for the most part. Some very important experiences are...
The "Fortniter" and Learning
Are you a parent who has a child who doesn't get enough sleep even thought he goes to his room at 9 pm? Is your child's teacher...
A Challenge with the Placebo Effect in Psychotherapy
The placebo effect is a treatment or ingested substance that the patient or person believes will make him/her well, when in fact the...
Three Obvious Things to Avoid Asking a Family Member
You might think that these are self-evident. Not so much. Here are my Top 3 things to avoid asking a family member for 2018. 1. To...
A Gift on Christmas... A Set of Medical Tests
In keeping with the holiday spirit, I was given a tremendous gift. I was given the gift of a physical check-up. Getting a check-up on...
Selfishness, Generosity, Fairness, and Tootsie Rolls
After a conversation with an adult patient, I used the following exercise to describe generosity and selfishness, but with actual props....
An Analogy to Use When Working With Someone's Grief
Drawn from my clinical experiences working with grieving people, I've surmised that our grief often comes from our difficulty reconciling...
One Activity To Do When Someone Is Grieving
Modern society and the quick-fix culture pushes the idea of the magic pill to solve the problem of living a life. The assumption that a...
