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David Tarloff lives in a deeply troubled inner world.
With his controversial new film “Antichrist,” is writer-director Lars von Trier suggesting that women commit evil acts because they have so often been wrongly accused of witchcraft and devilry over the centuries? Might he be implying that women actually deserve all that bad press?
A psychologist has surrendered her license to practice after she was accused of taking a patient shopping and traveling, then billing the activities as therapy. The Minnesota Board of Psychology said 68-year-old Judith Henderson charged more than $300,000 in fees to the patient over 10 years. Henderson neither admitted nor denied the allegations, but agreed to give up her license. The agreement was made public Tuesday.
Prosecutors in the case of a mentally ill patient accused of hacking a psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver decided Tuesday not to challenge a psychiatrist's finding that the killer is not mentally fit to stand trial.
Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, told his psychotherapist after learning he was about to be indicted that "he was going to go out in a blaze of glory, that he was going to take everybody out with him," she said.
A lawyer for a mentally ill patient accused of hacking a psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver said Tuesday that his client will offer an insanity defense.
A former mental patient accused of slashing a Manhattan psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and other charges.
A man accused of using a meat cleaver to hack a psychotherapist to death and injure her colleague was indicted Friday after a judge reported that psychiatrists found the defendant fit to stand trial.
The brother of a man accused of hacking a therapist to death in her office said his family had tried to get the 39-year-old help.
A man accused of hacking a Manhattan therapist to death rambled and appeared agitated during his arraignment Sunday before the judge ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
He told investigators he set out to rob a psychiatrist he said had institutionalized him 17 years ago.
A law enforcement official says police investigators are questioning a Queens man in the vicious slaying of a psychologist in her office.
Kathryn Faughey was a caring counselor who helped her patients with a range of issues: online relationships, the stress of Sept. 11, abusive partners.
Psychologist Kathryn Faughey didn't sound worried about her safety in the hours before she was butchered in her office, said a friend who exchanged e-mails with her that evening.
Detectives looking for a man who butchered a Manhattan psychologist expanded their investigation to Pennsylvania on Thursday, interviewing a man who spoke to the victim in the days before the killing about his personal problems.
Police hunting for a man who hacked a psychologist to death with a 9-inch knife and a meat cleaver have plenty of clues: a sketch, a witness, surveillance footage, and two bags full of bizarre items the killer left in the basement of the victim's office building.
A former respiratory therapist pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting young, brain-damaged patients at the hospital where he worked for 25 years. Wayne Albert Bleyle, 55, admitted to eight counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child and four counts of exhibiting a minor in pornography.
A woman who fatally stabbed her millionaire psychotherapist husband, whom she met as a 14-year-old girl in treatment, was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison for murder.
Camera phones are now banned at the Children's Hospital and Health Center's convalescent unit. The curtains around patients must be left open most of the time. And administrators are considering installing security cameras in patients' rooms.
A therapist at a children's hospital pleaded not guilty Friday to molesting two patients and posting child pornography on the Internet.
Dreams as Anticipation for the State of Being Awake"It helps explain a lot of things, like why people forget so many dreams," Dr. Hobson said in an interview. "It's like jogging; the body doesn't remember every step, but it knows it has exercised. It has been tuned up.
Porn is to him what a pedicure is to youSome people take an alarmist point of view when it comes to porn, but oftentimes there's nothing to worry about, says sex therapist Ian Kerner. It's just your man's 30-second version of a spa day - with a happy ending.
Alleged 'shopping' therapist surrenders licenseA psychologist has surrendered her license to practice after she was accused of taking a patient shopping and traveling, then billing the activities as therapy.
Dog eats $400, but woman recovers some of itA North Carolina family's dog didn't eat the children's homework. He ate mom's money.
St. Valentine Can Rot In Hell"Did you tell her that two years ago on that day, I was in jail? Did you tell her I was there in the first place because some jerk stole my license plate that night before? That I was late to work and got pulled over? That I had no idea that ticket was outstanding? Did you te …
The Sex-Starved WifeIf you suspect that biology or personal issues may play a part in your husband's lack of interest in sex, he should start with a visit to a doctor or a therapist.
NYC Therapist Hacked To Death With CleaverNEW YORK -- A man hacked a psychologist to death with a meat cleaver at her Upper East Side office and seriously injured another therapist who tried to help her, police said.
10 Common Reasons to Lie to Your TherapistThe article questioned why — when you're paying good money for a therapist — you would spend any time lying to them.
Personal Freedom and Karma-Formed StatesThe law of karma states that everything we do, say, or even think has consequences.
Therapist Gets 45 Years in Patient AbuseRespiratory therapist Wayne Albert Bleyle was in New York state on a wintry day when investigators called him about allegations he had molested patients too sick to defend themselves.
Boy Put In 'Body Sock' At School; School Board Says OKBoy Put In 'Body Sock' At School Outrages Parent Family Considers Lawsuit Against School Board
Antidepressants Double Suicide Risk for Young AdultsWidely used antidepressants double the risk of suicidal behavior in young adults, from around three cases per thousand to seven cases per thousand, according to a huge federal analysis of hundreds of clinical trials.
Great advice therapists only give friendsWant life counseling from a professional? That'll be $200 for 50 minutes, please - unless that pro is your friend. Here's the super-honest (free) advice only therapists' pals get!
While many therapists use the terms interchangeably, supervision of non-independently licensed practitioners is different from consultation with a peer. It may appear similar, but the differences are quite profound and important to you as a consumer.
Our Series on Online Confidentiality is beginning to have an effect. Its slow going, but progress is being made.
Just about everyone has heard the cliché there is no free lunch. Well as tired as clichés are, they are clichés because there is an element that rings true in them. Substitute therapy for lunch and there is just as much truth. Therapy costs money and somebody has to pay for it.
by Dr. Russell Holstein In the 1990's as the health care scene changed from indemnity insurance plans to HMO's and other network products that have come to be known collectively as managed care plans, practitioners struggled to conform their practice to the new dictates.
They say word of mouth is the best way to get a referral for just about anything. Whether your looking for a plumber, family doctor or a therapist getting a specific name from someone you know is better than just picking someone out of the phone book.
(You mean all those television programs, which show therapists resisting to the death the efforts of law enforcement to get information are WRONG?)
If you expect to use your health insurance to pay for therapy, your therapist will have to come up with a mental health diagnosis on the "billing form" they send to the insurance company to get paid and/or on treatment reports they send to the managed care company to get aut …
In the last article, (see ) we discussed what might go into your mental health record. As you can see there is some very personal and private information about you in that document. Now, it varies considerably.
Second to the relationship, you have with your therapist and his or her skills; the "record" is the most important aspect of your mental health treatment. In fact, under some circumstances it may be the most important aspect.
Every profession has its own language. It can be called jargon, lingo, buzzwords, code etc. In psychotherapy we have our own jargon or lingo. Over time some of the terms have become household names.
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