by admintam | Jan 17, 2019 | Articles
Women have a long, sad and frustrating history of being pathologized for physical complaints. Going back in the history of psychology and medicine, we’ve been told we are sexually frustrated, that our neuroses lead us to develop physical symptoms, that we are...
by admintam | Jan 17, 2019 | Articles
*Originally published on wellness.com There is a tension among the millions of women who fail to fall into the defined window of the Body Mass Index and how they are to find appropriate healthcare, not to mention a relationship with a physician that nourishes...
by admintam | Jan 17, 2019 | Articles
Looking after elderly or ill relatives is stereotyped as a female thing; how does this affect the millions of men who take care of their loved ones? The possibility of taking care of an elderly parent is an increasingly ominous reality. Many of us in middle age,...
by admintam | Jan 17, 2019 | Articles
I am approaching the one-year anniversary of my mother’s death. Her diagnosis of cancer and decline was swift. My memories of her illness are swollen with confusion, guilt, doubt, anxiety and fear. A colleague told me that the death of one’s mother paves the way to...
by admintam | Jan 17, 2019 | Articles
Working with clients who are medically ill not only requires us to learn more about the seemingly distant and disembodied relational aspects of medicine, but also forces us to confront painful existential realities on a daily basis. Psychotherapists who work with...
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