Psych. Dept.
Learning from bread
Making good bread demands painstaking attention, and some of its principles apply to the concept of growth itself.
Condominium blues
In Rome, every building has its own patron saint of troublemaking, and he's always right.
Annoying at any age
Some parents unfairly bash their kids for misbehaving in endless airport lines. But who wouldn’t be bored, if not exasperated?
The mind and the matter
Making holiday cookies and decorations, very much manual labor, can have significance deeper than the simple joy of their making.
Home economics
Despite feminism and greater movement toward gender equality, a mother's role still lacks vital social (and financial) prestige.
Vantage point
Too many stories that play a critical role in therapy are based entirely on adult perspectives.
Playtime lessons
Playtime is vital to a child, since those deprived of it are likely to rush into adulthood thinking of relaxation as a bad thing.
Child slavery
The relationship between sports and kids gets dicey when the competition calls for relentless practice and ignoring pain.
The Ritalin trap
Too often, North American kids are riddled with amphetamines for not sitting still. But where's the logic?
Therapy and the past
What triggers memory and how we handle it is central to mental health and life at large.
Deaf on depression
Listening to a patient too often comes second to prescribing anti-depressants,
One deranged starling
When it comes to extremes of narcissism, all it takes is one sick bird to drive the flock.
“Psych Dept.” Author
Elaine Luti
Psychotherapist and writer Elaine Luti has been in private practice in Rome for well over 30 years.