Over time I have received quite a number of requests to assist people in finding a therapist or psychopharmacologist (psychiatrist who prescribes medications), a treatment such as CBT or DBT, or a service. I would love to be able to help each and every person individually! However, if I did that I would not be doing you a good job, for the reasons I outline below. I hope you understand that, unfortunately, I cannot respond[…]
On Saturday, May 16th there was an editorial in the New York Times entitled “No Longer Wanting To Die”. The author is Will Lippincott, a man who has had depression for many years, struggled with suicidal thoughts and found that Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was a lifesaving treatment for him. I applaud Mr. Lippincott for his bravery in speaking out and for his success with DBT. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a kind of psychotherapy, or[…]
If you read the news or watch any media service in the recent past you might get the impression that having depression is associated with being a dangerous or violent person. Several stories overwhelm our evening news coverage, leading with the allegedly depressed airline co-pilot who flew a planeload of passengers into a mountainside, and a mother of two who took her own life and that of her young daughters. This is enough to put[…]
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