Unwrapped

ADHD

You're a Perfectionist. They're Not. Can You Make it Work?

Rick Miller LICSW on August 11, 2026

Perfectionists often find themselves in relationship with people who are more scattered. While not an easy combination, you can make this work—here's how.

Perfectionists often find themselves in relationship with people who are more scattered. While not an easy combination, you can make this work—here's how.

Self-Help

To Risk, or Not to Risk?

Rick Miller LICSW on July 13, 2026

Life presents us with a number of opportunities for change, and we get to decide whether to take risks or maintain the status quo.

Life presents us with a number of opportunities for change, and we get to decide whether to take risks or maintain the status quo.

Personal Perspectives

Live More Fully by Planning for Death

Rick Miller LICSW on June 8, 2026

Personal Perspective: Death is often a taboo topic, but pre-planning for long-term illness and death can be a positive process.

Personal Perspective: Death is often a taboo topic, but pre-planning for long-term illness and death can be a positive process.

Memory

How Our Memories Reconstruct the Past

Rick Miller LICSW on May 15, 2026

We trust that our memories are infallible—and then get into conflict with others whose remembrances of the same events are different from ours.

We trust that our memories are infallible—and then get into conflict with others whose remembrances of the same events are different from ours.

Resilience

What Baseball Taught Me About Being Myself

Rick Miller LICSW on April 8, 2026

Personal Perspective: It's common for gay boys to feel excluded from sports, but we can all learn from what that taught me.

Personal Perspective: It's common for gay boys to feel excluded from sports, but we can all learn from what that taught me.

Relationships

When Your Mom Dies

Rick Miller LICSW on March 24, 2026

Experiencing your mother's death presents unique challenges, whatever your prior relationship. Here's how to think about it.

Experiencing your mother's death presents unique challenges, whatever your prior relationship. Here's how to think about it.

Grief

Saying Goodbye to the Iconic Moira Rose

Rick Miller LICSW on February 5, 2026

The death of Catherine O'Hara has been widely grieved by gay men because of the character she created: the irrepressible but loving mother Moira Rose.

The death of Catherine O'Hara has been widely grieved by gay men because of the character she created: the irrepressible but loving mother Moira Rose.

Relationships

Why Male Couples Stay Together Longer Than We Think

Rick Miller LICSW on January 21, 2026

Male couples have strengths all couples can learn from.

Male couples have strengths all couples can learn from.

Grief

Even Therapists Need to Prepare for the Inevitable

Rick Miller LICSW on December 2, 2025

Some therapists die without creating a plan for their clients' aftercare. Here's what both therapists and clients need to know to ensure continuity of care.

Some therapists die without creating a plan for their clients' aftercare. Here's what both therapists and clients need to know to ensure continuity of care.

Relationships

Building LGBTQ Communities

Rick Miller LICSW on October 23, 2025

Personal Perspective: Even with so much division in society, LGBTQ+ communities can be resilient and find joy in listening to each other's stories in caring, supportive spaces.

Personal Perspective: Even with so much division in society, LGBTQ+ communities can be resilient and find joy in listening to each other's stories in caring, supportive spaces.

Marriage

How We Can Face Marriage Rights Under Threat

Rick Miller LICSW on August 25, 2025

Personal Perspective: Married LGBTQ+ couples have legal rights in the US, but now that safety is being threatened. There are ways to protect ourselves—and not give in to PTSD.

Personal Perspective: Married LGBTQ+ couples have legal rights in the US, but now that safety is being threatened. There are ways to protect ourselves—and not give in to PTSD.

Artificial Intelligence

Is ChatGPT a Therapist’s Best Friend?

Rick Miller LICSW on July 24, 2025

How can we best navigate the use of chatbots in mental health treatment?

How can we best navigate the use of chatbots in mental health treatment?

Sex

Opening Your Relationship? You Can Learn From Male Couples

Rick Miller LICSW on June 9, 2025

Any straight couple considering opening their relationship can learn from the experiences of gay men.

Any straight couple considering opening their relationship can learn from the experiences of gay men.

Relationships

Male Couples and the Impact of Their Families of Origin

Rick Miller LICSW on April 6, 2025

We each bring a set of beliefs, fears, habits, and experiences to the table, and navigating a new set of norms that will support our life together is neither easy nor immediate.

We each bring a set of beliefs, fears, habits, and experiences to the table, and navigating a new set of norms that will support our life together is neither easy nor immediate.

Relationships

Feeling Unseen?

Rick Miller LICSW on March 21, 2025

There's no training manual for male couplehood, and since most gay men grew up in heteronormative households, they never got to see what “being a couple” looks like in action.

There's no training manual for male couplehood, and since most gay men grew up in heteronormative households, they never got to see what “being a couple” looks like in action.

Therapeutic Alliance

When Your Therapist Is Tired of Talking About Politics

Rick Miller LICSW on December 3, 2024

Sometimes therapists have distance from the traumas their clients bring to them. And sometimes they do not. What happens then?

Sometimes therapists have distance from the traumas their clients bring to them. And sometimes they do not. What happens then?

Therapy

When Your Client Gets Ready to Die on You

Rick Miller LICSW on November 15, 2024

Personal Perspective: Dealing with a client’s death and dying affects our personal, private lives. So what do we do with the grief we’re feeling?

Personal Perspective: Dealing with a client’s death and dying affects our personal, private lives. So what do we do with the grief we’re feeling?

Relationships

Who Does What?: Choosing Roles for Gay Couples

Rick Miller LICSW on September 15, 2024

Gender roles in relationships are being challenged all the time, but many male couples still find themselves without clear direction or support.

Gender roles in relationships are being challenged all the time, but many male couples still find themselves without clear direction or support.

Therapy

The Challenges of Being a Therapist's Partner

Rick Miller LICSW on August 19, 2024

Dating a therapist can come with some unexpected challenges. Here's how partners can navigate them without sacrificing therapeutic ethics or romantic intimacy.

Dating a therapist can come with some unexpected challenges. Here's how partners can navigate them without sacrificing therapeutic ethics or romantic intimacy.

Therapy

Saying Goodbye Is Hard for the Therapist, Too

Rick Miller LICSW on July 22, 2024

Personal Perspective: It may surprise you to learn that when you leave therapy, your decision impacts your therapist, too. You're not the only one who doesn't like saying goodbye!

Personal Perspective: It may surprise you to learn that when you leave therapy, your decision impacts your therapist, too. You're not the only one who doesn't like saying goodbye!