The Digital Self

The holidays bring out the best and the worst in us, and it is the time of year to evaluate whether or not we have been naughty or nice and make resolutions for the year ahead. Read More

In the 9/11 issue of New York Magazine, a piece entitled "Good Bye" in the Encyclopedia of 9/11 recounts the telephone call that Beverly Eckert had received from her husband Sean on the morning of September 11th, 2001.   Sean was trapped on the 105th floor of  the South Tower and for the next 30 minutes, he and Beverly shared their fin Read More

In full disclosure I don't have Twitter. I still am not sold on its appeal for my personal use. I rarely can express myself in 140 words let alone trying to encapsulate that in 140 characters. After witnessing Congressman Weiner's recent Twitter fiasco, I think I may be on to something. Read More

Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has become a household word.  It has over 500 million active users who have an average of 130 friends. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on it and and it is the subject of an Oscar winning movie, The Social Network.   Clearly Facebook is a part of us, but what impact is it having on our lives? Read More

We are innundated constantly by social media updates and information that we observe on YouTube and through our participation in online forums and chats.  Are we paying attention to what is being said or are we desensitized by information overload and ignoring some very real cries for help? Read More

I am quite sure that the designers of Anti-Social Mac application did not intend to equate those who temporarily block out their friends and family with Charles Manson. Read More

People often come to therapy to work through relationship issues. These issues range from improving one's relationship to figuring out why the right relationship has not come their way. This blog post focuses on heterosexual women between the ages of 35-45. In the last few years I have noticed a distinct pattern with many of the women in my practice that are interested in finding Mr. Read More

With over 220 million internet users in the United States, millions of people are looking online for Mr. Right or Ms. Right Now. It doesn't matter if you are looking for love or casual sex, the internet is like a fast food restaurant and it is easy to find someone to satiate your appetite. Whether it is good for you ultimately depends on what you are hungry for. The internet is the go-to place for a "pre-date". Pre-dating involves meeting, ogling, researching, exploring, fantasizing, analyzing and chatting with others in the hopes of establishing a connection offline. While it is easy to pre-date, making a successful transition offline can be challenging. Read More

What would Freud think of Twitter? After all, he really refined and capitalized on the whole concept of free association, would he find it useful or dangerous? It's one thing to lie on the couch and allow your stream of consciousness to flow with a trained analyst monitoring, containing and guiding these thoughts of our unconscious journey, but what would he think of unleashing our Id anytime, anyplace to anyone whose only credential is only that of "follower." Could these followers replace the Freud's of today and bring psychoanalysis to a screeching halt? Hardly, but what is this preoccupation with putting ourselves out there every chance we get? Read More