(Originally appeared in the newsletter, Sense and Psychotherapy, Fall 2003) From my observations of my clients, friends and myself, I have come to believe that working toward some sort of goal is an important ingredient in feeling good about life. Generally, ...

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(Originally appeared in my newsletter Sense and Psychotherapy, Fall 2001) I find amazing the variety of emotions my clients experience as they talk about their siblings. Even the most loving and supportive relationships are complex, multilayered affairs, ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Fall 2001) On long rainy afternoons when I was a kid, my siblings and I would often grab our decks of cards and sit down together at our big round kitchen table and play some mean games of group solitaire. ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Winter 2001) Rituals affect us on many different levels. Although we often tend to focus on large, highly symbolic or religious rituals, there are many different kinds of ritualized behaviors we engage in ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Winter 2001) One of the few benefits of being a small child in our house was that we got to stay home while the school age kids went off to church on Sunday mornings. Some of my earliest (and fondest) memories ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Summer 2000) A while back I heard an interesting story on the radio about one community's efforts to promote its neighborhoods. I was surprised by the the opinion of one critic, who maintained that the entire ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Summer 2000) During a recent visit to my childhood neighborhood, I realized how much my definition of neighborhood has changed over the years. I had the almost surreal experience of attending a gathering of ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Spring 2000) I remember seeing pictures of my grandmother when she was in her 40’s and 50’s. One in particular stays with me: my grandma standing outside a small house, her summer dress gently blowing in the ...

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(Originally appeared in Sense and Psychotherapy, Spring 2000) Grudgingly or not, most of us bow to the dictates of fashion. By day, week, season and year, we modify our clothes, our hair, our makeup according to society's notions of what's professional, ...

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(Originally appeared in my newsletter Sense and Psychotherapy, Winter 2000) As you may have read recently, the 2000 Census is now underway. One of its results, to the chagrin of some so-called “pro-family” groups, will almost certainly be that the “typical” ...

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