Columnists, In Person
Grateful
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
There is a chill in the air on this late summer morning despite the bright sunshine. I am sitting alone at an outdoor table at a busy café enjoying a breakfast sandwich, a...
Getting started in private practice
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Mental health professionals make tough decisions during their career, but few are as fraught with anxiety as the decision to pursue self-employment. The benefits of employment...
Rescuing the presumptive queen
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
“Look, Pop Pop! It’s a queen bee.” And so I looked, and with my scant knowledge of bees, I couldn’t find anything to cast doubt on my six-year-old granddaughter’s...
Is sliding scale a good business practice?
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Most therapists will agree that running a private practice solely on private pay is ideal. Even though working with health insurance can provide greater access to clients, the...
What psychologists can learn from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
I have been reading a lot of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, geologist, paleontologist, and philosopher who was active in his career during the first half...
Poor posture: A psychotherapist’s occupational hazard
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
One of my fondest memories of my work in healthcare is of a colleague who led our department as the point person for occupational safety. He took the role seriously and...
Marketing for the online-averse practitioner
By Liz Varney, LICSW
In today’s technology-filled and online-driven world, it may feel like the purity of human connection is getting lost. Yet, psychotherapists know that the relationship that...
What I learned from building a model ship
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
“I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.” With these words, John Masefield begins his best known poem, “Sea Fever.” They capture the draw that...
Reading Vonnegut in the playroom
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Visiting the grandkids is always a special treat and we make the day-long drive as often as we can. As the years roll on, our visits change from participating in the routines...