As soon as Traci Mann's new book, Secrets From The Eating Lab, hit bookstores, I ordered my copy. As the author of a no-diet book myself, I was eager to read what one of the leading researchers on the psychology of eating,...
Leadership, in my view, is not only about tackling issues. It is also about taking on the hardest issues. First Lady Michelle Obama is doing exactly that with her recently announced campaign about mental health. Dubbed "The Campaign to Change...
Documentaries are no walk in the park. They take a lot of time and money; they have a way of making a mockery out of your narrative plans. They must share the attention of an audience that is increasingly losing more and more of it. Why bother?...
Client: “If I forgive them, it will be as if I were condoning what they did.” Therapist: Don’t confuse forgiveness with excusing. To condone means to “let pass without punishment.” You are not being asked to ignore...
Throughout my career, I’ve found myself presenting in meetings where I am one of only two women. At some point in those meetings, when I get the opportunity, I ask my colleagues, “Would you please point out something that’s really...
For far too many students attending urban schools in the U.S., learning takes a back seat to what’s going on outside the classroom -- namely, violence at home and in the community -- and few schools are equipped to help...
If a member of your family was arrested, would you know how to help? Would you know what to look for in a police report? Or guide your relative about what to expect from the defense attorney? For a wide swath of Americans, these are not...
When 17-year-old Lexie Grüber first entered the Allison Gill Lodge group home for girls in Manchester, Connecticut, she said it felt less like a home than a business. Instead of family photos, the walls were covered in informational...
The true story of Christopher McCandless, dramatised in the 2007 film Into the Wild, is a search for radical independence that culminates in McCandless’ solitary existence in the wilds of Alaska. It speaks to a powerful belief: to feel you...
For almost a decade I worked as a nurse home visitor in Philadelphia with a well-regarded program that pairs nurses with first-time moms. In the morning I would put on my backpack full of child-development accoutrements, grab my baby scale and...
MEDICAL MAL-PRACTICE: A CASE STUDY © 2015 Krystiane Cooper, LCSW, RPT-S The narrative below is a scenario that is all-too-familiar for trauma survivors treated in medical settings. Consider this story and the medical literature that...
Prosecutors usually spend their energy putting criminals behind bars — not urging their release. But racial disparities in the system and the huge costs of locking up so many people are pushing some government officials to call for a new...
The first thing you notice when you enter the grounds of Halden Prison in Norway's far southeast is the forest: Pine and birch trees surround buildings of dark black brick with elegant windows. There's no concrete exercise yard here; it looks...
Across the country, we have seen a growing awareness of the relationship between traumatic life experiences and health. The foundation of this research is a study produced in 1998 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser...
A recent study linked obesity in children to domestic violence. Now, evidence indicates that childhood trauma can spur physical disease later on, when an abused child reaches adulthood. In Alaska, the state is working to reduce adverse childhood...