My Blog
How is Therapy with Teenagers Different From Therapy with Adults?
Oh, Let Me Count the Ways… 1. Many of the teenagers we see have not asked to be in therapy (although that is changing in the wake of the youth mental health movement). They were brought by parents or other caregivers or sent there by their school or the courts...
Parents: How Are You Seeing Your Teenager? There’s What They Do and There’s Who They Are
When it comes to selecting indicators of a child’s favorable prospective adjustment to adult life, many Americans educators and parents have opted for the measurable and binary kinds—grades, class rankings, RBIs, how many extracurriculars, uses drugs or doesn’t, in...
Teenagers in Therapy: No Place for Neutrality
What’s the worst response we could give a young client when asked a question that’s personal but not inappropriate? “We’re here to talk about you, not me.”
A Better Question for Teen Therapists to Ask Than, “How Do I Get This Kid to Talk to Me?”
When we first learned about therapy in graduate school and the importance of a good therapeutic alliance, our attention was directed toward a small but unwavering group of principles that were understood to be critical in fostering this connection.
Response to “Game Over,” Keith Gessen’s New York Times magazine article (3/22/21) about being a very sporty dad with a non-sporty son
Many men credit sports as having served as the cornerstone in their relationship with their fathers, as does Keith Gessen in his article Game Over (3/22/21). Tossing a ball or driving to events together offers an easy backdrop for talking and hanging out as well as a...
The ManBox Entraps Males and Females Alike
Esther J. Cepeda’s op-ed about the narrow margins of masculinity within which society tells men and boys to live (Guys, are you trapped inside the “ManBox” stereotype? Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 4/8/17) addresses a topic we are all familiar with, but don’t take...
Contact Me
Ask a question or request an appointment below.
For emergencies call 911 or visit your nearest hospital.