At the start of therapy, I ask all my patients some version of the same question: “In six months from now, if therapy were useful, what...

The field of social psychology has long been preoccupied with the patterns, mechanisms, and contributing factors of prosocial behavior....

When considering the manifold ways in which Torah and psychology intersect, an obvious area of exploration is that of the Torah’s...

This week’s Parsha begins with a slightly enigmatic set of Pesukim. In preparing Bnei Yisrael to enter Eretz Yisrael, Moshe warns them,...

As G-d-fearing Jews striving to live righteous and spiritually connected lives, we have likely all had a moment of struggle, confusion,...

So here we are, folks. Another year, another Tisha B’Av come and gone. We’ve fasted, we’ve cried, we’ve davened our hearts out. We’ve...

Question: How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: One, but the light bulb has to want to change. This oft-quoted...

Parshas Devarim features the beginning of Moshe’s account to the Jewish people of the past forty years in the desert, as they stand...

Beth* had spent most of her adolescence in and out of psychiatric inpatient units and had already been in individual therapy for three...

There is a particularly gruesome “How To” project about which you have probably never been curious, and which is an integral metaphor for...

Though there is a great deal of debate in the field of psychology regarding the relevance of one’s past to his or her current concerns or...

In November 1785, after accidentally upending a mouse’s nest with his plow, Scottish farmer and poet Robert Burns penned the heartfelt...

Like my ninth grade classmates and I, some of you might have had the dubious honor of reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The...

In the introduction to her incredibly moving and thought-provoking memoir “The Choice,” psychologist and Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eva...

Anyone who knows me well knows that I like to tell stories about my nieces and nephews. I may be biased, but I personally believe there...

In this week’s Torah portion, Moshe continues his parting speech to the Jewish people, recounting his fervent attempts to entreat Hashem...

This week’s Parsha begins with an enigmatic statement. Following immediately on the heels of Moshe’s impassioned messages in Parshas...

In this week’s Parsha, Moshe continues his pump-up speech to the Jewish people, who are stationed on the shores of the Jordan River,...

It is far from coincidental that Parshas Nitzavim is read each year in the lead up to Rosh Hashana. Looking through the text of this...

This week’s Parsha discusses the laws of inheritance for a man who has married more than one wife. The psukim read as follows, “If a man...