Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
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In addition to psychology, you'll also find me musing on baseball, classical music, love, friendship, how we live, and how best to live. I'll tell a few stories and draw a few conclusions. I hope that some tales will touch you and others help you to look at yourself and the world anew.
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
5d ago
People without a fine memory often don’t realize they are forgetful. Others, including bosses and friends, might inform them. At one point, I employed an office manager who failed to perform assigned tasks and denied she received instructions. She was earnest but insisted I’d never told her what to do. I could have written every ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
1w ago
Last week, the Chicago Symphony’s former 82-year-old conductor had reason to be unhappy. By contrast, his successor and future occupier of that throne, a tall, energetic, and ambitious 28-year-old, was feeling on top of the world. The latter, Klaus Mäkelä of Finland, failed to mention the most recent CSO Music Director in interviews celebrating his ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
2w ago
Everyone wants acceptance from friends, bosses, and those we love. We also search for self-acceptance, the knowledge of oneself, and satisfaction with who we have become and what we have achieved. One other kind is not less important. A rewarding life requires assent to the terms of living, the inevitable joys and sorrows, along with ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
3w ago
There are lots of intelligent people out there. Some believe they know everything and some think they know everything in their specialty. A smaller number recognize that we are all missing a lot. Given that we can only be sure about the world as it is (at best), we are particularly challenged by future uncertainties ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
1M ago
Changes in our children’s lives do not come with a full-blast announcement. The seeds of a mental health crisis in the young can be traced to the early 2010s: the emergence of the virtual world on phones in the hands of children. According to Jonathan Haidt, an internationally praised social psychologist, the result has substituted ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
1M ago
Has the world become lonelier, or was it always so? Edward Hopper’s paintings suggest, at least, that he saw the loneliness of his time. Or perhaps what he painted was his solitary nature. Not everyone wants to join others. The difference between extroversion and introversion is often what fuels us and whether our interests require ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
1M ago
When I treated a new couple, I asked what first drew them together. The answer was almost always the same. “She/he was hot, and we had a lot of fun.” I don’t doubt the truth of what they said. Considering my personal experience, I could have responded with something similar. Still, I can recall those ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
1M ago
We live in a time out of touch. Or, one might say, starved for hugs, skin, and the warmth of bodies like ours. Many lack the physical contact that makes us whole — cared for and cared about. How did we get here? How do we rediscover the priceless physical antidote to the growing separateness ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
2M ago
Royal Johnson might have been the cleverest man alive. Indeed, he kept his colleagues in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in stitches. Johnson served as a violinist with the CSO from 1938 to 1978. Like many orchestral musicians of long-standing, the sheer volume of sound surrounding him took a toll on his hearing. The string player ..read more
Dr. Gerald Stein - Blogging About Psychotherapy from Chicago
2M ago
“There are at least two kinds of games,” writes James P. Carse. “One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” Continuing the play? Yes, like the marriage envisioned by a couple on the day of ..read more