Like soldiers unaware a war is over, damaged children carry early fights with them.

Underestimating the creativity of students is among the more serious errors a teacher can make.

Being forced on the defensive in work and housing risks making people all too compliant.

Arriving in Rome in the chaotic 1970s was like landing on a hostile version of Mars.

Ending self-harm is feasible if quantities of human soothing are allowed to intervene.

The early bonds between parents and child are central in determining future behavior.

People can do bad things to one another, but much of that badness is governed by context.

Some people can't get going until they know time's running out — and what's wrong with that?

Freud may have erred on the side of arrogance, but his gift was a willingness to listen.

Overlooked in the story of Oedipus is profound child abuse, which Freud chose to ignore.

A 1966 move Roberto Rosselli film inadvertently hits on one of today's most pressing issues: college debt.

Fifty-year-old "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" proves an eye-opener for a therapist.