DocTalk, Explorations in Psychotherapy

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Jesse Jackson and the measure of our humanity
When I learned of the death of Jesse Jackson at the age of eighty-four, I felt a deep stirring inside me.
 • DocTalk, Allan N Schwartz PhD
I Am, I Said, and the Echo of Being Lost
When I listen to Neil Diamond sing I Am I Said, something inside me stirs that is both tender and unsettled.
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Social Anxiety Disorder, My Chronic Fear of Judgement
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a chronic, intense fear of negative evaluation, leading to significant, consistent avoidance of social situations.
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ICE: Our Democracy Tested at the Door
I have lived long enough to remember when my own parents and grandparents spoke about America as a refuge.
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Celebrating Black History Month
Louie Armstrong classic song: "Go Down Moses"
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Why are so many people unhappy today?
“People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty.” — Virginia Satir
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Are You a Worrier? I am!
Of course, I come from a family of worriers, so I come by it naturally.
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“Don’t Step on a Crack, or you’ll break your mother’s Back!” and other superstitions of Childhood and Adulthood.
When I think back to my childhood in New York City, I realize how much of life was sprinkled with little rituals and magical beliefs that we never even…
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January 2026

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