Over 50 years ago, Swiss-American psychiatrist, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross, publish her landmark book On Death and Dying, (1969) explaining the process of grief that human beings experience.  As a Swiss- American (my paternal grandfather and his famil...

In the previous post, we discussed what Sexual Abuse, Assault and Harassment is, now I will talk about what we need to do. As a clinician and an educator addressing Interpersonal and Family Violence, I know that intervention and prevention are crucial. I have been trai...

It seems every time we turn around, we are hearing of men (mostly, but some women) assaulting and harassing women and men. It is complicated.  And it isn't.  Let's start by discussing the meaning of certain terms. Sexual abuse encompasses 1) Sexual Assault which i...

What do we do when someone we like, love, need, trust, is unmasked and we discover they are not who we thought they were.  In the news recently we are hearing a lot about men who, to the shock of some, have engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviors such as sexual har...

What happened in Las Vegas this week has thrown many of us off our axis.  We are now being given a new normal to contend with.  Life in America is changed yet again. 

Shock/Denial, Bargaining, Anger, Depression, Resolution. These are the stages of grief and we...