
First Person
Creative personal essays on life and familySweet Surrender
Ice Cream, Fatherhood, and the Meaning of LifeA tale about fatherhood and the pleasures of ice cream. Read more
Unhappy Campers
When a Guys’ Weekend Goes SouthA nightmare camping trip exposes the limits—and possibilities—of male bonding. Read more
Laughing with Big Mama
How to Discover the Wise Guide Within YouA grandmother’s indelible spirit inspires a therapy practice. Read more
Colliding into 70
Don’t Send Me a Sympathy Card!Getting old is hard. But sometimes, as the body becomes more vulnerable, the spirit becomes fiercer. Read more
"You're a Moron"
An Angry Client Embraces Therapy at 92At 92, a pugnacious client discovers that it’s never too late to change. Read more
Wartime Trauma Treatment
Reflections from a Therapist Treating Ukrainian SurvivorsA 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
Cutting the Cord
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Getting UnstuckAccording 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
A Therapist Confronts Cancer
Finding a Way through the AbyssNo 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
Attachment Grief
Living with the Loss of a ChildFor 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