by Dr Aletta | Sep 25, 2018 | Relationships, Self-Esteem
An accomplished, smart, beautiful woman sits across from me in my office. She tells me about her relationship, the one she appears to be in but her boyfriend doesn’t. She has tried to leave him, she assures me (and herself) but every time she manages to walk out that... 
by Dr Aletta | Jul 3, 2018 | Positive Psych, Self-Esteem
With the insanity of terrorism, with the fear-mongering in the newspapers and on television taking up so much space in my head, I turned to the Style section of the paper for some distraction. What I found was a little piece about love. Remember the old Huey Lewis and... 
by Dr Aletta | Jun 14, 2016 | Anxiety, Life Matters
Terrorism. It makes me so sick. Another gathering of innocents. Another shooting. Another massacre. More desperate phone calls. More screams. More grief so sharp it cuts through bone. Terrorism In The World When things like this happen I give myself an allowance to... 
by Dr Aletta | Mar 7, 2010 | Relationships
Mira Kirshenbaum is one of my favorite relationship experts. She has written two books that I often recommend to my patients: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Women & Love. They are easy reads, full of compassion and insight. Last week as I contemplated...
