Psychotherapy – Most Human

August 7, 2022 Amy Begel / Case Stories

The Magic of Finding Our Voice

“When did you lose your voice?”, I asked Paula. She said, “I know exactly when.” Paula didn’t realize that her depression had anything to do with her marriage. She thought she had a chemical imbalance. Until the therapy with the family, Paula didn’t even let herself know that she felt angry at being shut out by her self-assured husband. She had given up trying to get him to hear her, and her quiet despair and helplessness showed up as depression. As the therapy unearthed these patterns, she discovered her voice. Her mood lifted.

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July 30, 2022 Uncategorized

Relationship Imbalance Instead of Chemical Imbalance

For the last thirty years ago a story has been built up about depression that it’s caused by a “chemical

August 18, 2019 Case Stories / Dave Keith

ADHD And Chemical Imbalance: A Different Kind Of Help For A Troubled Kid

When kids show signs of emotional or behavioral troubles they may be sent to a mental health professional who suggests that a “chemical imbalance” is the problem. Here’s what can happen when the family, not just the child, becomes the patient. The side-effects are good.

July 1, 2018 Arts/Healing / Men

Men in Therapy: Dealing With The #MeToo Movement, and Themselves

In his thoughtful Op-Ed from The New York Times, psychotherapist Avi Klein reflects on the men who come to him

March 26, 2018 Case Stories / Dave Keith / Uncategorized / Women

A Crazy Solution For Depression

Depression is not a straightforward problem; it typically doesn’t yield to straightforward solutions. Here Dave consults on a case of an elderly depressed woman. His seemingly crazy intervention brings surprising results. Enjoy.

July 29, 2017 Case Stories / Dave Keith

The Human Experience Inside “Mental Illness”

In this post, Dave Keith reflects on how he came to understand psychosis as a symbolic expression, embedded in a person’s relationships and experiences. This offers an alternative, dynamic and life-affirming perspective on what is often considered the “destiny” of mental illness.

July 23, 2017 Amy Begel / Case Stories

Anxiety: A Guide To Ourselves

Anxiety is a common human emotion, one that we all experience at one point or other. Though most of us feel anxiety as a painful feeling that we want to “go away”, our anxiety in fact may be a helping us learn something important about ourselves.

May 21, 2017 Case Stories / Dave Keith / Medical Culture/Politics

ADHD Diagnosis Conceals the Family Story

Good physicians take a clinical history in the interest of arriving at a diagnosis. While the clinical history is a review of ‘facts’, there are in fact, few ‘facts’ about human experience. Different examiners will get different histories depending upon what they ask about. Different family members give different reports of the same set of events. In my view clinical histories are a form of fiction pretending to be ‘objective’.

April 29, 2017 Amy Begel / Medical Culture/Politics

What “Ruthlessness”Feels Like From The Inside

The idea of being “ruthless” sounds jarring at first, until we realize how it’s an essential ingredient in healthy living, both personally and professionally. It speaks to how we maintain our integrity in the face of demands for conformity.

April 9, 2017 Dave Keith / Men / Women

Marriage: A Contest To See Who Can Drive Each Other Crazy First

Here’s an inside look at what makes marriage both incredibly challenging, and, potentially, the most enriching experience of a lifetime.

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