Thank you all for reading my blog but I will no longer be posting. If you want to read more of my articles, you can keep updated through Binah Magazine which publishes my columns on therapy bi-weekly in the main magazine, and I have another teen column in Twirl, which is published bi-monthly as a Binah teen supplement. I will be setting up my own website so I will update you when that happens. In the meantime, enjoy the articles already posted on …
Dear Dr. T.,
“I need…”
“Mom please…”
“I want…”
“Get me…”
That’s about all that I hear from my eleven year old daughter.
I wasn’t born yesterday and I do understand about peer pressure. I know that kids have more ‘stuff’ today than we did, but what bothers me is that she never seems happy: she is always looking forw …
Dear Therapist:
We have a wonderful daughter who is back from seminary, happily working and doing very well BH, but here is the concern...
While my daughter was in high school she started taking on more and more chumras and started becoming more and more frum and shtark. It affected her relationship with her friends, how she dressed, what she ate, (or didn't eat), her sleep, her davening, her ability and confidence in herself when making decision …
Dear Therapist:
Our 16 year old son was suffering from severe stomach pains. We took him to a specialist who basically said that he would have to make some small changes to his diet, and a follow a regimen every day, if he wanted to get better. In the beginning, he basically followed her instructions, but he started struggling with keeping to the regimen, and sure enough, the pain came back. Now he started following the instructions again, but so …
Tamar and Avi are an American couple in their late thirties who made aliya to Israel two years ago with their four children. They presented to couple therapy in distress. They reported that they argued frequently about their children, their in-laws, household tasks and money. Tamar said she felt that Avi took her for granted and had no idea what her life was like. Avi complained, “We hardly ever have sex.”
After a m …
Question: We have a wonderful daughter who is back from seminary, happily working and doing very well BH, but here is the concern...
While my daughter was in high school she started taking on more and more chumras and started becoming more and more frum and shtark. It affected her relationship with her friends, how she dressed, what she ate, (or didn't eat), her sleep, her davening, her ability and confidence in he …
