Some Advice on Marriage, with Comparisons to Scandinavia
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading about marriage and family lately, due to my practicing more couples therapy and wanting to beef up my knowledge and technique, as well as just general curiosity about what makes a marriage or a family into something enriching and rewarding. I set out googling and goodsearching [...]
Interview with Greg Lisby, Rector at Church of the Ascension, Cranston
UPDATE: This post is getting tons of page views due to friend and fellow Ascensioner Andre Araujo’s post on Daily Kos. Thanks, Andre! Father Greg Lisby holds a Masters Degree in Divinity and a Masters Degree in Social Work. He came to lead Church of the Ascension in Cranston, RI in February of 2008, and [...]
Preschoolers Store Info and Use As Needed
Here is an enlightening piece of research for those of us raising the strange little creatures known as preschoolers, and those of us providing treatment to families raising the little barbarians as well. Research by Colorado Professor Yuko Munakata suggests that three-year-olds are often listening when you give them directions — they simply choose to [...]
Tom Coderre Takes Big Role in State Senate
If you didn’t see the news in the Projo or at RI Future, Tom Coderre has been appointed chief-of-staff for incoming Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed. Tom is a fellow board member with me for the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy and a tremendous advocate for recovery and improved mental health services for [...]
Child Abandonments Surge in Nebraska
This is scary: give people the option of dropping their children off at a local hospital, no questions asked, and people will take it. Nebraska has had 35 children of all ages dropped off in hospitals since they passed a “safe haven” law this past summer, meant to prevent infants from being abandoned unsafely. Yesterday, [...]
Wii Can Cure Anxiety and Depression, Too?
(cross-posted from my private practice site at kierstenmarek.com) Now that we’ve gotten that pesky election out of the way, we can talk about really important things like Self Help Video Games! Seriously, though, there is interesting news for therapists and gamers out there — a whole new fleet of video games are being developed to [...]
Goodbye to the Year of the Potato
As 2008 rolls to a stop, I’m going to miss the International Year of the Potato. The potato is honored on a beautiful website here, and last winter, Kmareka reader Teresa posted a great baked potato recipe. The spud got some respect in this week’s Sunday New York Times… Grains like wheat and rice have [...]
Breaking Out of the Nursing Home
One of my most memorable patients is a woman I’ll call Victoria, who is almost completely paralyzed. She can use her hands a little, but can’t turn in bed. She needs complete care by a nurse’s aid several times a day, every day. Her body is failing, but her mind is intact, and she knows [...]
Special Needs II A Middle Class Family
The mother and daughter I described in the previous post made a strong impression on me because their poverty was so evident. When we consider families needing social support we often think of people who will not have food, housing or medical care without collective responsibility. But I also visited families who lived in affluent [...]
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