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Severance: An Internal Family Systems Adventure
Severance, on Apple TV, is a bizarre psychological thriller (and darkly comedic). It is also a fun way to explore Internal Family Systems (IFS), a therapeutic modality. Quick overview of the premise of the show: some people opt to be severed—to have their...
Are You Having an Existential Crisis of Authenticity?
Most people have some sort of existential crisis around authenticity, often but not always in our teen years, when our brains have developed enough that we find ourselves thrown into a complex world full of risks and choices. It is during these years when we first...
Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Authenticity
The characters on Six Feet Under are contending with the biggest questions we have: Why am I here? What’s the point of life? Of death? Am I a good person? Do I know how to love? Their internal and outward struggles ground the plot in existential matters of...
Are You Having an Existential Crisis of Isolation?
When we’re short on connection, we end up isolated. The pandemic accelerated an already-growing epidemic of loneliness in the US. According to that linked Harvard study, chances are that at least 1 in 3 people reading this are experiencing serious loneliness—a lack of...
Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Isolation
Existential crisis gets at the core of what it means to be human and how we manage it all. The characters on Six Feet Under contend with the biggest questions we have: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the point of life? Of death? Am I a good person? Do I know how to...
Why I Don’t Take Insurance
Choosing to be private pay instead of insurance-based is not an easy decision. In some ways, it makes my services less accessible (though as a private pay clinician I also can offer a limited number of deeply discounted slots). But it also helps me to be a more...
How to Be Home Alone and Still Connected
As winter arrives and outdoor gathering becomes less possible, many of us are dreading all the time we’ll spend home alone over the next few months. When you can’t share space with someone as you talk with them or give them a hug, connection becomes harder. But there...
