Choosing Change

Fear

The Culture of Precaution

Ilyana Romanovsky M.A. MFT on August 26, 2015

Would you rather definitely lose ten dollars or a one percent chance of losing 1000 dollars? Perhaps not surprisingly, people would much prefer to lose the 10 dollars, than run a small risk of a large loss. Why?

Would you rather definitely lose ten dollars or a one percent chance of losing 1000 dollars? Perhaps not surprisingly, people would much prefer to lose the 10 dollars, than run a small risk of a large loss. Why?

Psychopathy

Cold Hearts or Broken Brains?

Ilyana Romanovsky M.A. MFT on March 20, 2015

I remember the very first feeling I had, was my heart pounding. I mean really pounding. The second feeling I had was that my hands were sweating. And the third feeling was fear, and the kind of reality set in that there was a murderer in front of me.

I remember the very first feeling I had, was my heart pounding. I mean really pounding. The second feeling I had was that my hands were sweating. And the third feeling was fear, and the kind of reality set in that there was a murderer in front of me.

Depression

Mental Illness or an Adaptation?

Ilyana Romanovsky M.A. MFT on September 6, 2014

The now traditional Western psychiatric response to depression, anxiety, and psychosis is medication. Medication can calm the mind and change the brain chemistry enough to give patients a shot at a “normal” life. Yet disorders come in all sorts of forms, are so global, that to believe in only one idea of what makes people ill or well means to ignore other influences.

The now traditional Western psychiatric response to depression, anxiety, and psychosis is medication. Medication can calm the mind and change the brain chemistry enough to give patients a shot at a “normal” life. Yet disorders come in all sorts of forms, are so global, that to believe in only one idea of what makes people ill or well means to ignore other influences.

Intelligence

The Burdens of Talent

Ilyana Romanovsky M.A. MFT on August 25, 2014

So is psychopathology the burden of talent? The childhoods of the eminent are seldom benign. Parental misdiagnoses and other traumatic events can leave emotional scars that never fully heal. Even as adults, the great must continue taking risks and are often misunderstood and ostracized by others.

So is psychopathology the burden of talent? The childhoods of the eminent are seldom benign. Parental misdiagnoses and other traumatic events can leave emotional scars that never fully heal. Even as adults, the great must continue taking risks and are often misunderstood and ostracized by others.