New Post on psychologytoday.com....Is female sexuality kinky?
Hope you will have a look at my latest post on psychologytoday.com about the phenomenon which is Fifty Shades of Grey.
I Don't Know How She Does It...On psychologytoday.com
Hope you will have a look at my latest piece for psychologytoday.com....on working mothers in America. What's your childcare situation? How's it working for you? Have a read...and leave a comment.
What Are Good Girlfriends (and Guy Friends) Good For? The Talking Cure Revisited
Women in stressful situations — does that ring a bell? — need social support. So call a friend and meet him or her for coffee and have a chat. Even if you don't talk about what's bothering you directly, it can make a big difference. Oh, and don't forget to read my latest post on psychology.com, about the newest research on siblings and social support!
Men Are From Mars, Women are Passive-Aggressive: Virginia Thomas's Mean Girl Message to Anita Hill
Virginia Thomas's voicemail message to Anita Hill is front-page news. But passive-aggressive girl-on-girl hostility is business as usual. Hope you will check out my latest post for psychology today.
The Stepmother and the Boy Who Went Missing: Kyron Horman
Please check out my latest post for psychologytoday.com on the very sad story of the disappearance of seven-year-old Kyron Horman.
Let’s Stop Expecting Sandra Bullock to Be a Stepmartyr
Sandra Bullock is a huge star, America’s Sweetheart, an Oscar winner, an uber-celebrity—and one of us. I’m talking about her having married a man with kids from a previous relationship (or, in this case, two previous relationships).
Love Stories: Is Marriage Necessary?
As Valentine’s Day approaches, some recent, highly-publicized non-fiction debuts are sure to get you in the mood for romance: Staying True, by Jenny Sanford, chronicles the very public breakdown of her marriage to South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who wasn’t hiking on the Appalachian Trail after all. Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb, the subtitle of which, the Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, says it all, accuses you of being too picky and urges you to snap up that guy who’s an eight rather than waiting for the 10. And The Politician, Andrew Young’s explosive new tell-all about John Edwards, details his infidelity and exposes the second family he started as his wife struggled with cancer.
Sandra Bullock Is Us — on Psychologytoday.com
Are you following the Sandra Bullock/Jesse James breakup story? Have a look at my latest piece for psychologytoday.com — and please leave a comment!
These are a few of my favorite shrinks...
As a follow-up to Kela Price's recent guest post about how to find a therapist to help you and your remarriage/partnership with stepkids, a couple of other things that might interest you as we wend our way toward Top Stepmother Concern #3 in the next few days.
Top Stepmother Concerns: How to Get Thee to a Counselor Who Gets It by Kela Price
As we're addressing the concerns of you, women with stepchildren, a reality is taking shape. Namely, many of you could benefit from counseling. Either couples work or individual work, but something. But as stepfamily researcher, social psychologist and stepmother Elizabeth Church, Ph.D. notes in her book Understanding Stepmothers, it's possible that a therapist treating a couple in a repartnership with kids will do more harm than good. Church details that many of her patients came to her after being treated by therapists with no training, familiarity, or real experience helping remarried couples with kids. The results were unfortunate: therapists telling women to "treat stepkids just like they're you're own" and otherwise importing a first-family model to address stepfamily or stepcouple reality. Since stepfamilies are different, that doesn't work. These couples understandably became frustrated, discouraged, even hopeless before finding real help.