Last week, my mom and I were on one of our regular “dates,” headed to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at Discovery Times Square. Times Square is definitely an area of NYC that most New Yorkers try to avoid unless necessary — it’s overrun with tourists, who make it difficult to get to your […]
“What do YOU think?” That’s the number one phrase I hear in therapy over and over — usually because I’m asking my therapist for her opinion about some shit that is going down. But as those of us in therapy know, a therapist is not there to give advice or to tell you how to […]
One in every five women has been sexually assaulted. And most of those assaults happen before the age of 25. I am a woman. I’m 25 years old, and I am part of the 20 percent of women who have been raped. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve had to accept about myself, and […]
There’s never been such a wonderful time to be alive. As one successful businessman and the motivational speaker pointed out in his book, in this period man has succeeded in getting himself so comfortable than ever in all history. No doubt that his sentiments hold much truth as evidenced by technological growth and the numerous […]
Everyone has a story to tell. With every story, there are dark and ugly parts that not everyone is eager to share. These parts can be embarrassing or humiliating, and so most people want to bury them in the past where they belong. For some people, however, the darkest parts of their story cannot be […]
There are topics people won’t touch at cocktail parties because it’s not “polite conversation.” These are subjects people secretly want to discuss, but, when broached over hummus and Merlot, make them uncomfortable. These are precisely the things I love talking about. So here goes: My husband and I just graduated from couple’s therapy. We started […]
There’s nothing quite like spilling all your secrets to a complete stranger. It can be liberating … or it can be terrifying. Plus, going through your HMO’s provider book isn’t going to tell you what you want to know about the therapist you’ll be working with. I’ve been seeing therapists on-and-off for a decade and […]
As an oldest child/perfectionist/control freak/Taurus, asking for help is one of my least favorite things. Whether I’m doing a crossword puzzle or weathering an emotional storm, I’ll handle it on my own, thankyouverymuch. Over the past year, though, I’ve been dealing with some pretty intense life changes and found myself in the position where I […]
The most well-known cure for hormone deficiencies in Adults and children is therapy injections of growth hormones in the body. Some of them are somatotropin. Family members can inject hormones in the case of Child growth deficiency. The pituitary gland stimulates produce hormone which stimulates cell reproduction in the body. If your doctor, such as […]
