First Person

A tale about fatherhood and the pleasures of ice cream. Read more

A nightmare camping trip exposes the limits—and possibilities—of male bonding. Read more

A grandmother’s indelible spirit inspires a therapy practice. Read more

Getting old is hard. But sometimes, as the body becomes more vulnerable, the spirit becomes fiercer. Read more

At 92, a pugnacious client discovers that it’s never too late to change. Read more

A therapist specializing in trauma treatment in the wake of human-made and natural disasters shares what she's seeing in her work with survivors of the war in... Read more

According to psychoanalysis, we all carry an imago—an image of our parents inside of us. But what do you do when the negative, traumatic, or unconscious... Read more

The weight of whether to put a child in a group home. Read more

No one can prevent the horrors of cancer, but processing this particular experience of loss with a therapist who's been through it may stave off the trauma of... Read more

For someone who has survived the death of their child, describing grief as a journey perpetuates the myth that, eventually, there’s an end point. Read more