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When the Past Interferes with the Present

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

We fear old, buried feelings and fear their power. In this way, they are vampire-like in that the best way to defeat them is to expose them to the light.

Emotional Health

A Therapist’s Views on the Pandemic

By Jane Moffett, LCSW-R, Ph.D., S.E.P

Dr. Jane Moffett addresses the impact of living in this extended time of uncertainty, understanding the effects of trauma, and the importance of knowing and examining how we respond to traumatic events.

Emotional Health

Losing a Beloved Pet

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

When we lose a pet, we often feel as if we have lost our best friend, or even a part of ourselves.

Emotional Health

Understanding Addictions:
Self-Medication and Self-Harm

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Of the many hazards of lack of self-love, among the most serious, is behavior that harms you.

Emotional Health

Learn to Tune in to Your Own Signals

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Learning to respect and appreciate yourself in an appropriate, measured, and compassionate way is an essential foundation of our ability to give to others.

Emotional Health

The Arc of Progress: The Good, Bad, and Deadly

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Living today under the threat of climate change, anticipating a possible self-inflicted collapse of our natural world, it does not surprise us to learn that the arc of progress has not always been good for us.

Emotional Health · Politics

Celebrating Independence Day in a Divided Nation

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

It no longer seems clear that we all agree upon what America stands for. A consensus about what it means to be a citizen and how those values are upheld is in question.

Emotional Health

While You Are Sleeping and Dreaming

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

A lot goes on when you are sleeping, much of it important work for maintaining physical and mental health.

Emotional Health

How to Understand Hate

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The origins of hatred and its ability to spread as if the Devil had tossed a cigarette into dried underbrush is a subject that has preoccupied psychologists, sociologists, and historians for much of the last 70 years.

Family & Friends

The Many Shades of Fatherly Love
[From Our Archives]

By Deborah Harkins

Our writers have experienced many shades of fatherly love—conditional, unconditional, warmly comforting, wintry, authoritarian, nurturing, judgmental. For Father’s Day—this Sunday, June 21—we present these varied memories.

Emotional Health

Summer’s Healing Power: Earth, Water, and Light

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

In our culture, we are prone to avoid, block, or soothe painful feelings, but this approach is based on the idea that accepting, rather than fighting feelings, is a better way. In trying to fight or avoid pain, we often make it worse.

Emotional Health · Family & Friends

Daughters, Mothers, and Grandmothers

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The paradox of parenthood is that while this overarching connection and investment in your children is essential, being a good mother also requires that you let them become themselves.

Marriage & Life Partners

The Covid Marriage

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The enforced togetherness required by social distancing has led couples to spend more time together than usual, a lot of it. And even for those that have strong, solid relationships, it’s been, well, a bit more than they’d like.

Books · Emotional Health

Man’s Search for Meaning

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The most helpful insight of Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

Books · Sex & Sexuality

“Three Women:” An Intimate Portrait of Intimacy

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Maggie, Lina and Sloane are their names. In 'Three Women,' writer Lisa Taddeo takes a close, extremely detailed, and graphic look at their sex lives.

Women's Voices For Change

Articles onEmotional Health

When the Past Interferes with the Present

A Therapist’s Views on the Pandemic

Losing a Beloved Pet

Understanding Addictions:
Self-Medication and Self-Harm

Learn to Tune in to Your Own Signals

The Arc of Progress: The Good, Bad, and Deadly

Celebrating Independence Day in a Divided Nation

While You Are Sleeping and Dreaming

How to Understand Hate

The Many Shades of Fatherly Love
[From Our Archives]

Summer’s Healing Power: Earth, Water, and Light

Daughters, Mothers, and Grandmothers

The Covid Marriage

Man’s Search for Meaning

“Three Women:” An Intimate Portrait of Intimacy

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