Psychotherapy

Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst

2013-05-18 14:04:00

Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...

Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird

2013-05-16 12:39:00

CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...

Steve Lopez: She worked past age 100, inspired many more

2013-05-15 17:42:00

In 40 years of interviews as a journalist, I've never met anyone quite like Hedda Bolgar. The pioneering psychoanalyst, who�attended lectures by�Sigmund Freud as a young woman and fled�Vienna for the United States�when�the Third Reich�entered Austria,...

9th Circuit hears arguments on therapy aimed at converting gays

2013-04-17 17:18:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court Wednesday grappled with whether a California ban on therapy to change a minor’s sexual orientation amounted to a restriction on free speech or mere regulation of a medical treatment. During a hearing in San...

Anger issue: When phone goes from mobile to aerial

2013-03-23 00:00:00

On a recent evening outside a San Fernando Valley movie theater, a young man startled passersby when he hurled his cellphone onto the sidewalk. As he sheepishly picked up the pieces, he apologized and said he was having a bad day. It turns out he's...

Promising new treatment for cocaine addiction adds stimulant drugs

2012-11-30 06:00:00

Cocaine dependence is a devilishly difficult addiction to break, owing to the drug's unique chemical ability both to reward users and to disrupt their impulse-control mechanisms. But a surprising drug combination may offer an equally clever way to...

Evelyn Freeman dies at 96; therapist was pioneer in aging issues

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Evelyn Freeman, a pioneer in the field of aging who in the twilight of her life helped people cope with the challenges of getting older, has died. She was 96. Freeman, who was the longtime director of the senior counseling program at what was then called...

Powerball -- one more way to lose my money

2012-11-30 14:34:00

Good news for gamblers who like ridiculous odds: Powerball, the multistate lottery that just produced a $587.5-million jackpot (that Californians couldn’t get in on in the state), is coming to California in April. Powerball joins two other games...

California ban on gay conversion therapy put on hold

2012-12-22 08:23:57

For depression, phone therapy helps. But for how long?

2012-06-05 16:25:00

We pay our bills by phone. We order our groceries by phone. Some of us even have sex by phone. A new study suggests that, for the depressed, getting psychotherapy by phone might make sense too. The study, published in the Journal of the American...

Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92; psychiatrist who attacked profession

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Dr. Thomas Szasz, the New York psychiatrist whose Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in the 1960s and 1970s led him to a position of prominence and influence before his radical ideas fell into disrepute and he faded into obscurity, has...

State Senate OKs bill banning 'conversion therapy' for gay youths

2012-05-30 16:40:53

Bernard was an influential figure in the field of group psychotherapy, with offices in Manhattan and Westport. He wrote six books and numerous articles.

2013-05-11 17:53:33

Phil Lebovitz, institute director. Tapper worked as practice group administrator for The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates from September 2009 until joining the institute.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Clinical psychologist Tabatha Greene has joined the psychiatry department of Dreyer Medical Clinic in the West Downer Place location.

2012-10-15 14:09:00