by Molly Merson, MFT

The Good Enough Life. Perhaps what makes life “good enough”, or well-lived, is to let go of the pressure to achieve greatness.

The Contributions of Wilhelm Reich. This radio piece explores Reich’s focus on a sexual and bodily revolution to liberate oneself from a repressive fascist state. Not only did this not go over well in fascist Europe, but it wasn’t well-received in the United States, either.

Burned out and overwhelmed: Should you embrace the joy of no? What if our current cultural fixation on joy is another way of filling a lack left behind by a manic society, or a way of pushing back against a culture that encourages us to be productive rather than be ourselves?

The New Psychoanalysis  This article explores several ways in which psychoanalysis is an ideal position from which to address our current sociopolitical climate and cultural and historical traumas. Far from being a stodgy patriarchal treatment approach, psychoanalysis thrives in the depths of the human condition, and helps us understand ourselves personally and contextually in radical and honest ways.