#Metoo… We Are Having the Wrong Conversation

A couple of months ago I wrote an article about the issues swirling around regarding the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the new and better awareness of the level of sexual […] Read more »

Gratitude, Compassion & Pride… Resolutions You Can Live With

  This is the time of year when people feel the need to make resolutions for what they are going to change for the coming year, be that start up […] Read more »

Then & Now

December, 1997.  New local paper.  Coincidentally, it’s also the month I moved into Sleepy Hollow, having moved to Westchester a few years before.  I worked in Rockland and made that […] Read more »

Not a Word…Let Alone a Touch

  In recent months there have been scores of accusations of sexual misconduct by famous, rich, and/or powerful men.  A social media movement labeled #metoo identified victims of outright violent […] Read more »

Facing Fears

In planning for this issue, Publisher Robert Bonvento and I decided to get into the spirit of the season and write about what people like about being scared on purpose, […] Read more »

From Homeroom to Dorm Room

This is the time of year when so many 18 year-olds set off to launch their new lives in college dorms.  Every year at this time, I see a few […] Read more »

Relationsips… Marinating in Mistakes

  As a psychologist, and as any therapist can attest, I often scratch my head and wonder why people stay in the situations they do, make the same mistakes over […] Read more »

Writer’s reply to the letter to the editor:

Our April edition of the River Journal published a letter by Daniel Rush of Irvington, regarding my article about charter schools. I am responding simply to clear up some misinformation. […] Read more »

Moving Up and Moving On in 2017

Every year in my practice I tend to have at least a couple of twelfth graders getting ready to move on to college.  Some of our local districts are fairly […] Read more »

Mental Health… Statistically Speaking

  According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, nearly 20 percent of adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year and approximately four percent experience […] Read more »