By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
It’s that time of year again.  Thanksgiving is associated with so many things, including time with family, holiday sales, football, and eating to the point of exhaustion.  What about actually giving thanks?  Is there room this weekend for such sentiments?
Research by Robert Emmons and his colleagues at UC Davis have repeatedly shown [...]

By Irene Javors, LMHC
For the last two weeks, a very dear friend has been staying with me. She recently lost her beloved partner of some forty years and she has come to visit. She is immersing herself in the city’s cultural riches In all my spare moments, I have been going with her to [...]