Columnists, In Person

September 7th, 2024

When we learned to listen: The legacy of Elvin Semrad

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Over more than three decades of writing this column, from time to time, I have quoted Dr. Elvin Semrad whom I briefly described as “the late Boston psychoanalyst.” I...

July 29th, 2024

Some things I learned along the way

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

If it’s true that the biggest surprise you’ll ever have is to realize that you’ve grown old, then the second biggest is to believe that you have learned something useful...

July 5th, 2024

Revisiting AI

By John Grohol, Psy.D.

Just a year ago, I wrote about the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (A.I.) and its potential to help in mental health treatment. The field continues to suffer from a...

July 1st, 2024

Changed: Independent Practice in the Age of Cyberterrorism

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

I became aware of a problem related to patient claim submission in late February, when the electronic claim submissions through my electronic medical record platform ground to...

July 1st, 2024

Reflections on Totality

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Words are the first to go.

When all that is left of the sun is a circle of light surrounding the black disk of the moon, you are reduced to simple instructions and...

June 3rd, 2024

Remembering Dan Wakefield

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

When acclaimed author Dan Wakefield passed away on March 13, the world lost a voice of compassion and conscience, and I lost a kind and generous mentor. Dan was a journalist,...

May 1st, 2024

Limping with the bulls: A psychologist tests the market

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Things are quiet this morning and my heart is beating at its usual steady rate. The adrenaline that was coursing through my body yesterday at this time has subsided with the...

March 30th, 2024

I’m dead, now what?

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

This provocative title caught my eye at the local bookstore several years ago. It is a practical workbook that functions as both an organizer and end-of-life planner. My...

March 30th, 2024

Thoughts on this issue’s topics

By John Grohol, Psy.D.

This is an interesting issue in which our contributors explore a wealth of timely topics for clinicians. Our cover story by Phyllis Hanlon takes a deep dive into the diversity,...

March 29th, 2024

Psychologists and poets

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Apri is National Poetry Month, and psychologists everywhere are writing poetry.
With Wordsworth they are recollecting intense emotion in tranquility
and helping...