psychologist, Karen Maroda, Milwaukee, private practice
October 28, 2018 I am routinely inspired to write in response to articles I read in the Sunday New York Times. Today is no exception, as I read Alfie Kohn’s piece on the utter failure…
The world stands horrified by the terrorist kidnapping of dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls, feared already “distributed” as sexual slaves and unrecoverable. The additional killing of 125 villagers by the same group confirms their meaningless bloodlust.…
In my last blog entry I talked about how our unconscious biases, formed during childhood, can affect our decisions in the present, both positively and negatively. Research confirms that our gut reactions are almost always…
This blog entry is a continuation of the previous one aimed at understanding the decision-making process, particularly with regard to conscious versus unconscious processing and the emphasis of intellectual reasoning versus intuition. In my previous…
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 In last Sunday’s New York Times business section there is a fascinating, yet disturbing piece called, “In a Mood? Call Center Agents Can Tell.” It talks about new technology that can…
Arguably the most common question I have been asked in over thirty years of practicing psychotherapy and psychoanalysis is whether change is really possible.You may think that this question is born out of the frustration…
March 1, 2013 On February 12, President Obama announced a broad, and very expensive (300 billion dollars), initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. He compared its importance, and benefits, to the human genome project,…
February 1, 2013 The New York Times reported last week that “painkillers now take the lives of more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined...Prescription drugs account for about three-quarters of all drug overdose deaths in…