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I’m Dr. Katrina Wood, an author, lecturer and blogger living in Los Angeles. My focus is on psychotherapy and emotional healing.
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1M ago
Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? A puzzling question. One as old as time. We continue to stumble on and unearth myriad cultural artifacts. We discover fantastic Native American paintings on cave walls and desert rocks. Hieroglyphics deep within the pyramids of Egypt. When the Sutton Hoo burial ship was simply “dug ..read more
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5M ago
Israel. Gaza. Ukraine. Violent divisive protests across the globe. Rising antisemitism. A killer hurricane on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Threats of nuclear war. Of late, the world has seen an unprecedented series of events evoking trauma states within individuals. These traumas manifest in various ways. Some overtly. Others subtle or hidden. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is ..read more
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7M ago
Leaves begin to flutter down. A welcome familiar chill in the air hits us from behind, when we least expect it. We smile. It feels good. We’re reminded that fall has arrived … and isn’t it about time! Autumn (as most of the world calls the season) with its cooler breezes, smells of apple cider ..read more
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1y ago
Some of the biggest challenges parents face are with LGBTQ teens. Despite significant progress made in society regarding sexual preferences and alternative genders, there continue to exist stigmas and judgments. Most are based on fear, ignorance and outright discrimination. If your teen grows to become part of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ..read more
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1y ago
Science tells us that boys and girls have marked distinctions and differences. Neither better nor worse. Neither good nor bad. Nonetheless these distinctions have significant impacts on how they walk in the world. For example, it often seems girls are more adept than boys at thoughtful communication. There are good reasons for this: Scientists and ..read more
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1y ago
Walking along a dark road, it starts to rain, your phone barely has life, when out of nowhere it begins to pour down. The thin jacket you put on when you walked to your friend’s home on this pleasant evening becomes drenched in a heartbeat. You quicken your pace. The 20-minute walk home now feels ..read more
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1y ago
How often are small kindnesses extended without a second thought, simply an automatic gesture between human beings, just because. … Probably millions of time daily around the world. What a wonderful image this suggests. People offering help, care, love and consideration. Society values and rewards such gestures. Studies have shown time and again how gestures ..read more
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1y ago
There is something startling about a mother demonstrating bitter and resentful behaviors toward her daughter. Something unnatural, confusing and disquieting. This dynamic should not exist in a normal mother-daughter relationship. Yet it occurs more than we would like to admit. But why — and what impact does this have on a child who looks to ..read more
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2y ago
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have long been associated with multiple personality disorder and the inner struggle between good and evil. These famous characters come from Robert Louis Stevenson’s penny dreadful novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” first published in 1886. In a more focused sense, Stevenson was writing about a split ..read more
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2y ago
“Fully being with your child, wanting nothing, is quality time,” wrote the childhood educator Magda Gerber in her book “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect.” Gerber is known for teaching parents how to understand babies and how to interact with them from birth. She spent many years studying children who were overwhelmed by the ..read more