Although I am essentially an extrovert, I am not entirely crazy about parties. My understanding of parties changed in 1979 when I did a yearlong internship at a state mental hospital in the South Bronx.

If you don’t value yourself, it is likely that you have been taught to feel that way. It can be a fundamental and unquestioned part of your self-image.

Family holidays offer ideal opportunities to lay down our weapons and remember the ways in which we are all supported by each other.

As a psychologist, how do I help people cope in an era where real catastrophe is more likely than it once was? What would I say to the residents of Thousand Oaks who in the space of one week experienced historically devastating wildfires and a mass shooting at a bar?