By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people! 
By Rich Simon A thousand years ago, during the palmy days of generous insurance reimbursement, therapists could maintain the illusion that, since therapy was paid for by an unseen hidden hand, clinical practice was somehow untouched by the tacky subject of money. Even the style of therapy reflected this disjunction: 
Carrying the Hope
Parenting a Child with Asperger's
Alexandra Solomon • When a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, everything in a family changes. Good-enough parenting must give way to the demands of Uberparenting—always mindful, always well-paced, always at the child's learning edge.
School Daze
The World is a Baffling Place for Kids with Asperger's
Diane Yapko • Constant uncertainty about who's a friend and who's a foe, the mundane chaos of the classroom, rules that always seem to be changing—an ordinary day at school is a baffling experience for kids with Asperger's syndrome.
The Missing Piece
Helping Asperger's Clients Find Connection
Richard Howlin • To go through life with Asperger's as an adult is like walking onto a stage and being the only actor who doesn't know the lines or plot. But as the condition becomes better understood, therapists are developing ways to provide stage directions that can make a difference.
Meet Me Halfway
The Experiences of a Teen with Asperger's Syndrome
Nathan Weissler • The worry and wonder of living with AS.
Grand Illusion
Has the American Dream Become Our Nightmare?
Mary Sykes Wylie • In the last few decades, getting ahead, always a leitmotif in American society, gave way to a collective hallucination of striking it filthy rich. As we awaken with anxiety and dread from this version of the American Dream, it's time to reexamine our mindset about money.
The Second Avenue Deli School of Economics
Lessons From the Great Depression
Esther Rothman • You think the toboggan ride of your 401(k) has been rough!? A survivor of the Great Depression muses on what that era taught her about managing the unmanageable.
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