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Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite therapists, Elvira Aletta, Ph.D., on a very important topic: chronic illness. I say important, because it now pertains to me (and thus is important), and I need to learn some coping techniques ASAP before I fall over, into the Big Black Hole of depression.…

Jacqueline L. Salmon wrote a beautiful profile of my mental health hero, Kay Redfield Jamison, in BP magazine. It captured the personality and life experience behind the bestselling author and expert on manic-depression. After I read “An Unquiet Mind,” I somehow thought her struggles were in the past. Not at all. She still has “rough…

Also from BP Magazine: six tips from Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Stay on your medication. Get regular sleep. “[This is] far and away the most important thing next to medication.” Get psychotherapy if you can afford it. Get involved with a support group, such as those…

Spiritual author Henry Nouwen writes:   “When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. Your healing is not a straight line. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don’t say to yourself, “All is lost. I have to start all over again.” This is not true. What you have…
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