September 1995

  • How kids—and parents—can wrestle with a bully. Eventually, the one most hurt by bullying is the bully himself.

  • A former talk show host talks about his former career as a TV psychologist and the nature of the presentation of realities in talk shows.

  • You may be afraid to talk about them, but sexual fantasies are normal.

  • Gustav Vintas, an actor and child psychiatrist, dicusses the common ground between acting and psychiatry.

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When the Boss Is a Bully

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Letting the Steam Out of Self-Esteem

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Confession of a TV Talk Show Shrink

A former talk show host talks about his former career as a TV psychologist.

The Safest Sex

You may be afraid to talk about them, but sexual fantasies are normal.

Take Your Prozac--or Else!

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Big Bad Bully

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