Daisy was a 25-year-old woman who began treatment with me a few years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and who had made steady progress prior to March 2020. She originally presented with a wide range of complaints. She was unsure of her career path, had difficulty confidently expressing herself, whether excited or angry, and, perhaps [...]
Steve was a 40-year-old executive who called my office asking if I was available to help him with his panic attacks. He suffered with these attacks for several weeks before calling, and unlike a few episodes that he said had occurred infrequently years ago, he told me these recent panic attacks were unrelenting. They [...]
A Panicked Father Therapy can help parents know themselves better and raise their children better. A mother and father, parents of two young girls, were in treatment with me. The mother was in therapy addressing her tendency to flee strong emotions from within herself and from others. The father was in therapy addressing [...]
Therapy can help parents understand themselves better and be more successful in raising their children. The episode of family life described below illustrates how the characterologically determined reactions of parents may affect the response to their children’s behavior and emotional changes. A mother and father were in individual treatment with me. The mother in therapy [...]
Summary: This case illustrates the profound effect of a mother on her child. First, we see how the mother interfered with her daughter’s natural development and contributed to her anxiety and then how the mother was able to manage her own emotional distress through therapy and learn how to support her daughter which had a [...]
