Frank Pittman

Frankly speaking

Answers reader-sent questions on family and interpersonal relationships. Nature of therapy; Advances by the sister's husband; Husband's lack of interest in sex.

Ask Dr. Frank

Imparts the wit and wisdom of a family therapist in response to questions on the fine art of fatherhood, the hateful habit of smoking, the aftermath of sexual abuse, and family secrets.

A Buyer's Guide To Psychotherapy

Psychiatrist, Frank Pittman III advises on how find the right therapist. From personal values to modalities of treatment, find out how to find the right fit for your individual needs.

Ask Dr. Frank

Offers witty and wise responses to a variety of questions. The author discusses learning how to help people, therapists who love too much, the truth about homosexuality, drifting slowly through life, and the longing to be single.

Ask Dr. Frank

Answers real questions from real people on psychological topics. Whether therapy would help dysthmia, a feeling of not being happy; Depression and spouses; Relationship with children after a divorce; Staying married for the children's sake.

Ask Dr. Frank

Presents the responses of a family therapist to questions on gender in children, symptoms without meaning, how to spot a man-eater, the trouble with turning day into night, and the longest-running stomachache.

Ask Dr. Frank

Presents family therapist Dr. Frank Pittman M.D. answering a writer's question about sexual abuse accusations. Witch-hunting therapists damage; Therapist's perspective; Pittman's advice; His note to readers.

Frank matters

Gives advice on various psychological problems. How a manic-depressive person could cope with a relationship; How a stepmother could reach out to her stepdaughter; Advice for a woman who wants sexual and romantic experiences before marrying; How to deal with one's homosexual tendencies.

Ask Dr. Frank

Features questions from readers on various psychological topics, and the responses from the author, a family therapist. His thoughts on body tattooing; How much substance abuse a relationship can tolerate; Self-defeating behavior; The need for less mental health and more manners.

Ask Dr. Frank

Offers advice from a family therapist on a variety of issues. Planning a wedding; The unbearable anger of paranoia; The psychic costs of working with abused children.

Short comings, nice guys, and grandmas

Gives advice on different topics. Includes dealing with premature ejaculation; Decision on marrying a boyfriend; Intervention in the custody of a grandson.

How to manage your kids

Provides advice on raising children. How child raising has always been the most important activity of the human animal, male or female; The importance of hands-on fathering; Why the American culture needs more parents, not more babies; What parents cannot expect from their children; The ten commandments of parenting. INSETS: 21 tricks for taming children; 21 tricks for taming adolescents.

Beware Older Women Ahead

Films have long legitimized pairings of older men and younger women, but they're full of warnings when the situation is reversed.

Beyond Betrayal: Life After Infidelity

Why men and woman cheat. Not all affairs are alike; some are even accidental.

Fathers & sons

Argues that being a father is life's fullest expression of masculinity, and questions if the current crop of patriarchal fathers will fare any better than the generation of fathers who were defined in terms of making money.

How to Manage Mom & Dad

Addresses chief executive officers (CEO) in how to handle relationships with their parents and achieve the equality with parents that many CEOs desire. How many of us in the presence of an angry parent become a child again?

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