Seen but not heard
I admit it: I like TV series. They don’t last long, some have artistic merit, while others are funny, or [...]
The loophole called “merit”
An American student studying in Rome came in for counseling some years ago. Her family couldn’t afford her tuition. They'd [...]
Back to school, please
What do you remember from elementary school? Are the first memories that come to mind the contents of classes? Is [...]
Thoughts on “Smart” teaching
Late last summer I sat down to think about how I'd teach my psychology classes in the coming semester. We [...]
When paranoia goes viral
A lot of people, many of them otherwise solid and reasonable thinkers, have seized on the coronavirus to suddenly come [...]
Minds of darkness
A man is crouching with one of his knees on the neck of a second man who is in handcuffs [...]
Fit to lead? Don’t go there
Writing in an online forum dedicated to my courses (all this is now done remotely), one of my bright and [...]
You are not alone
They say that counting and other typical obsessive-compulsive symptoms are elicited in all of us in situations of danger. No [...]
Refuge in Bach
Decades ago, as an amateur singer in Rome, I was lucky enough to find CIMA, a group that focuses on [...]
Food for the mind
Every time a patient would come to me carrying "information" they'd picked up from some website and proceed to give [...]
To the heart of anorexia
A few years ago I suffered chronic stomachaches. Concerned about their cause, I paid a visit to my Rome doctor, [...]