🎠The Anxiety Beneath the Question Sylvan. He walked in on a Thursday evening. Handsome in that effortless Upper East Side way, successful enough that people returned his calls, newly single enough that the city felt like an all-you-can-date buffet. […]
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Woman Syndrome
Bridget sat in my office for the third session and said something that stopped me cold: “I’m just not the kind of person other people want around.” Not sad. Not angry. Just factual, like she was telling me her shoe […]
In the Therapy Room: Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
I met Thayer on a Tuesday evening in late autumn, the sort of evening when Manchester’s grey sky feels personal rather than meteorological. “I don’t know how to explain this without sounding pathetic,” Thayer said within the first five minutes. […]
In the Therapy Room: Identity Diffusion in Young Adults.
🪑 The Man Who Wanted to Disappear Tristan sat across from me that first Tuesday in October, legs bouncing with nervous energy. His hands moved constantly— pulling at threads on his jeans, adjusting his thrift-store shirt. He hadn’t slept well […]
