by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 11, 2016 | Mental Health
Here’s a roundup of news in the areas of mental health and marriage that struck me this month. 1. Adolescent Mental Health When Father Leaves Researchers following kids who were about 12 when their fathers left the family found that these children, five years...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 7, 2016 | Mental Health
Let’s say you were an alcoholic. Would it be better to be what the people in AA programs often call a “dry drunk,” i.e., someone who isn’t drinking but is white-knuckling it the whole time, or, on the other hand, someone who actually...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Aug 10, 2015 | Mental Health
Therapists are struggling to help people but the internet — and your neighborhood — have become filled with coaches extolling the benefits of *not* being therapists. Really, the argument is as silly as trying to convince everyone that the only ice cream...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 17, 2013 | Mental Health
Michael is a neatnick. This is not bad. He keeps everything in order, can find whatever he needs, feels free of debris, and thinks more clearly because of it. His wife, Marcie, is a bit more, shall we say, free. She is not bound by rules of where to put things, how to...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 8, 2013 | Mental Health
On December 2, 2012, I spoke at a parenting conference to a pretty good-sized audience given that it was only a month after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area. After the panel of therapists was finished with small breakout sessions, a sampling of them met for a Q...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 23, 2013 | Mental Health
Yaaay! We moved into our new place – finally after three months – and that is why I am a day late posting my new blog entry. Here is the story I wrote last week that led up to Monday’s move… One of my grandsons is sitting three inches from me...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 18, 2012 | Mental Health
I’m angry. I am so angry that I need to get it out before I can reach out with love and tears to the families of murdered children. I am angry because I have been saying for years that our country is going about its handling of mental illness in the wrong way. I...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 10, 2012 | Mental Health
Okay, here’s a question: Do you put yourself first or others first? Here’s another question: What is the right thing to do regarding the first question? Third question: Who told you that? Where did that message come from? And the final question: Where does self-esteem...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Oct 3, 2012 | Mental Health
This was not new for him. It was 3 AM and Herb was wide awake. Forget the fact that he’d just gone to bed at midnight and that he was bone tired. His brain went into action: But what did Gloria mean? What if she really wants out of the relationship? But no, that can’t...
