American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Two Chairs to a Better Life
Have you ever had a friend or family member confide very sensitive information to you? As clinicians, we have patients [...]
Worry. Why it is So Compelling and So Harmful
We have evolved to survive. One survival strategy that has been selected is based on our capacity to anticipate the [...]
Patients’ Quest
One simple realization I had years ago changed my view of my role as a clinician treating patients with psychiatric [...]
Heartbreak of Change
Whether we like it or not, we are almost constantly in a time of transition. For our patients, change, when [...]
Acceptance
I’ve recently been trying to make sense of ‘acceptance,’ both the word and the underlying concept. It started to make [...]
Time and Betrayal
Betrayal. So common. We’ve all probably been on the receiving end and perhaps on the committing end too. And among [...]
How to Understand and Treat Worry
I’ll start with my take-home message: chronic worriers do not want to stop worrying. Instead, they want to stop feeling [...]
Richer View of Mood
Mood is central to our way of engaging with the world and with ourselves. Often, we think of mood as [...]