In Practice

A Practicing Doctor's Views on Psychiatry and Contemporary Culture.

by Dr. Peter Kramer

Why Ski

By Peter D. Kramer on February 17, 2009 in In Practice

The family took a trip to the mountains this weekend. Skiing is an impossible sport. From where we start, the drive north takes four and a half hours, if you don't hit bad weather or traffic, but you always do. This time, on our way up black ice slowed the interstate to thirty, allowing for a leisurely view of the spinouts. Then there's the equipment. Read More

Indeed it does.

Submitted by bri on February 17, 2009 - 11:11am.

Obstinacy is my saving grace.

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Milton Erickson

Submitted by Brian Fenton on February 19, 2009 - 4:42pm.

Milton Erickson made some of his most successful interventions utilising patients' own stubbornness

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The persistence of memory

Submitted by david Petropoulos on February 19, 2009 - 6:38pm.

Thanks for the personal story.

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You make it too hard....

Submitted by John Loewy on February 25, 2009 - 8:28am.

I, on the other hand, skied on eight inches of fresh powder only 90 minutes from Denver, in conditions that make even a mediocre fanatic look good. Come on out.