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Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Awful(izing) Truth
by Eric Sudler, M.S. In the days leading up to last weekend’s Hurricane Irene, I decided to check up on a college friend of mine who lived in the New York area. I knew that he had recently fallen on … Continue reading
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Why They Don’t Teach REBT in Drama Class
by Rachel Waxman, M.A. If all the characters in “Romeo and Juliet” became rational, the play would lose two things: a body count and an audience. People seem drawn to books, plays and movies in which people are swept away … Continue reading
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How to Have a Miserable Vacation
by Mike Toohey, M.A. It has always been interesting watching the ways in which people have vacations. For some it doesn’t seem like much of a vacation at all. It just seems to be yet another stressful occasion. For those … Continue reading
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Advocating for Unconditional Life Acceptance
by Candice Siu, Ph.D. It is incredibly easy to fall into the habit of taking things for granted, from clean running water, free education, to the luxury of the internet. It is even easier to go down the slippery slope … Continue reading
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The Ikea Factor: How to Deal with the Stress of Moving
by Chayim Newman, M.A. As the summer comes to a close and the new academic year looms, this is probably the most popular time of year for people to move into a new living space. New apartments, new dorm rooms, … Continue reading
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Ten Things I Hate About Me
by Ricky Hornblass, Ph.D. Lately, it seems like our society is obsessed with being perfect. Everytime I open a magazine there is a story about a celebrity having plastic surgery to fix an already attractive feature or advice on how … Continue reading
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Don’t ask, Don’t tell: The Stigma of Going to Therapy
by Mary Russell, M.S. Perceptions of psychotherapy have improved considerably. Nonetheless, a 2004 poll by the American Psychological Association reported that 30% of Americans worry about others finding out if they saw a therapist and 20% wouldn’t seek needed therapy … Continue reading
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A Rotten Part Doesn’t Make the Whole Apple Rotten
by Magda Murawska, M.Ed. “I did it again! How could I do it again? Will I ever learn?” I screamed at myself upon realizing that for the millionth time I repeated a bad habit. And it was a habit that … Continue reading
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Alone in a Crowd
by Eric Sudler, M.S. My childhood friend and I had an interesting conversation a couple weeks ago as we met for drinks in midtown Manhattan as we often do after work. However, our typical more jovial conversation took a very … Continue reading
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Babies, Bathwater, and the Art of Self-Sabotage
by Rachel Waxman, M.A. I wonder how many of us know someone like my friend Max. Max is a single man in his mid-40s who devoutly wishes to get married, but his friends agree that he probably never will unless … Continue reading
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