Click Here to Read: She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified By Jacey Fortin in The New York Times on March 19, 2018.
Sheila Minor Huff, center left and partly obscured, was just beginning her career when she was photographed at the International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Public Domain via NOAA
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OPEN HOUSE LUNCHEON & CLINICAL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: DIGGING DEEPER WITH AN ANXIOUS ADOLESCENT
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:00 PM –2:30 PM
A 15 year-old girl sought treatment for severe anxiety believing her symptoms were related primarily to fears that she would not achieve academic success. Beneath her academic distress were issues independent of academic achievement including an insecure attachment to her parents, and an enmeshment communicated both emotionally and physically. At times the patient expressed her feelings about her parents through rage, and at other times guilt, pity, sadness and fear of loss. These shifting expressions were often dependent upon the interplay with her therapist. The therapist regularly experienced a sense of constriction in the room, and the feeling that she “couldn’t get it right” in responding to the patient. These interactions provided the therapist with clues about the patient’s need to remain connected and attached while simultaneously becoming an autonomous individual. Continue reading Digging Deeper with an Anxious Adolescent at MITPP
Click Here to Read: Guest opinion: Keep Calm and Parent On: What can parents do right now to decrease the risk of suicide in their children? by Adam Strassberg, M.D. on the Palo Alto online website on march 16, 2015.
Photo: St. Gil, Marc, 1924-1992, Photographer (NARA record: 8464473). Public Domain via Wkimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Call me By Your Name: I Am You. You Are Me. I Will Find Myself In You. Will I Feel Everything? by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen on her Characters on the Couch blon on March 15, 2018.
Click Here to Read: A Boy’s Own Desire in ‘Call Me by Your Name’ By Manhola Dargis in The New York Times November 22, 2017.
Click Here to Read: ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is among the best movies of the year By Ann Hornada in the Washington Post on December 14, 2017.
Click Her to Read: Call Me by Your Name: Academy Award-winning film from Luca Guadagnino By Hiram Lee on the World Socialist Web Site on March 18, 2018. Continue reading Movies Monday: Call Me By Your Name
