McEwen's Posts

Apr 53 min

No Need to be Defensive if your Work is not Evidenced Based.

Don't get me wrong. I have a high respect for science and evidenced based contributions to our clinical work. On the other hand, too...

Oct 17, 20234 min

A lesson on trauma: a personal story

When I was three I was taken to the hospital in the afternoon for a tonsillectomy the next day. This was almost 70 years ago, a time...

Jul 25, 20213 min

Ketamine, Chemically Induced Hypnosis- and then some

Ketamine may be the flower girl that is walking down the isle toward a marriage of biological and psychological psychiatry. We say this...

Jul 1, 20213 min

Self Centered, but not Selfish, Thoughts on Narcissism

Most of us heard the story of Narcissus in our childhood: he falls in love with his reflected image, and becomes so fixated that he...

Jun 23, 20213 min

Stressed out, What's the Problem?

The two gentlemen above are under stress. They are also in a fair amount of pain but if you were to ask, they would tell you that they...

Jun 22, 20214 min

Good Mourning

It is difficult to make the case that there is anything good about loss, for loss creates a wound. There is, however, very much a thing...

Jun 20, 20213 min

Forest Bathing and the Default Mode Network

The little fellow above is an American Caesar Mushroom that I met in the forest before the pandemic started. She is considered a choice...

Jun 18, 20213 min

Hum, What does my Therapist Think of Me?

While in the middle of a therapy session a patient who is opening up his soul to a therapist might wonder from time to time wonder, what...

Jun 15, 20211 min

Ok, What are We up to with our New and Upgraded Website?

A Website has the obvious role of attracting attention to one's business. We certainly want to do that, but more importantly we also...