Overcoming Anxiety: Preparing for the First Day of School

Every year, parents and children seem to feel the first day of school quickly approaching. There’s that strange month between the ease of family vacations and the hectic rhythms of school mornings and homework. Parents go through the school supply checklists and make their shopping trips for binders and shoes and pencils. Our children realize […]
Running: The Best Medicine
So I was reading the current issue of Runner’s World over the weekend and came across an interesting piece on anti-depressant medication and running. The article stated that, for runners who are also taking anti-depressants, your best bet is to go with an SSRI (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) versus a Tricyclic anti-depressant. Tricyclics have several side […]
UPDATE – All is Not Lost!
Some of you may have noticed a post from a couple of days ago where I talked about my experience of losing all my blog content while moving it to a new domain. Well. I am happy to say that Sylvia Chen, a dear friend from the University of Texas, single-handedly recovered the content and […]
Stay Connected with Talk Therapy
The more time I spend in private practice, the more I learn that shameless self-promotion is crucial in boosting business and networking. So in the name of self-promotion, I encourage you to stay connected to Talk Therapy and pass it along to anyone who may like to check it out. You can do so by […]
All is Lost! Or Maybe Not…?
So I’ll just come right out and say it: I made a careless mistake this morning while moving my blog to a new domain, and I lost all of the content from the past nine months. Posts, tags, categories, etc…all gone. I’ll admit that I had quite a “freak out” moment earlier today after it […]
A Little Talking Goes a Long Way
If you haven’t checked out Tara Parker-Pope’s “Well Blog” in the New York Times, it’s worth a look. She’s provided a lot of material for my own blog, and this entry is no exception. A recent guest post by a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeff Deitz, provided more anecdotal evidence that talk therapy is a powerful tool in […]