How to Choose a Therapist
Recently, I got an email from a guy who said: “A friend of mine told me that he was tired of hearing me complain all [...]
My Girlfriend talks too Much
photo by Youngjun-Koo for nymag.com Dear Doctor Kimmel: My new girlfriend talks too much. She just never shuts up. I like her a lot in [...]
The New Middle Age
photo by Andrea Adriani for nymag.com Consider these phrases: “Middle Aged”. “Over the Hill”. “Past Your Prime”. Do they inspire you to live [...]
Grindr, Facebook and the New Image Culture
photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures The power of images, specifically, photos, is not to be underestimated. With apps like Grindr and Facebook, many [...]
Taking a Chance on Happiness
Everybody I know says that they want to be happy and it sounds like a pretty normal thing, but rarely do we explore what happiness [...]
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem is a phrase that you hear a lot in the media. I’d like to talk a bit about what self-esteem is and how you [...]
How to Stay Single and Still Love Yourself
photo courtesy of nymag.com I like to read foreign newspapers on-line. They give me different points of view. In the Sunday (London) Times, reporter Joseph [...]
Perfectionism: The Endless Report Card
photo courtesy of Italian Vogue Do you feel like you’re always judging/critiquing/ evaluating yourself? Are you afraid to do something you may not [...]
Lift Others as You Climb
photo by Alexandra Gavillet for nymag.com Advertising urges us to see aging as a failure. This is where role models and mentoring come [...]
Oliver Sacks, openly gay genius, Tom of Finland lookalike, dies
I didn't know that renowned writer and neuroscientist Oliver Sacks was gay until I read his obituary today. I read that he came out in [...]
Reinventing Marriage
Now, no matter what state we live in, move to or visit, our same-sex marriages are legal. Hooray! This has been a long time coming. [...]
Do I have enough?
photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics As a psychotherapist, over the years’ I’ve heard many people say that they don’t have enough of [...]