My study examines the lawyer persona, perhaps developed during law school, that is associated with various physical and mental health risks. If these health risks do exist, how may they be reduced within the existing educational and professional legal systems?
Understanding Lawyers by Understanding Law StudentsAttorney Mental Health Series: Part 2
Through researching personality characteristics of law students we gained greater insights and ultimately a better understanding of these same characteristics of lawyers later in their career.
Are Attorneys Society’s Canaries in a Coal Mine?Attorney Mental Health Series: Part 1
Attorneys may very well be our canary in a cole mine. Attorneys play a vital role in our society. So many of our conflicts are played out with the assistance of attorneys. In fact, attorneys also represent, in sheer numbers, quite a significant proportion of our society (roughly 1.3 million in the U.S.). The significance […]
Who Provides Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapist Psychotherapist is just a general term that describes anyone who provides “talking therapy.” Licensure is not required for a person to call himself or herself a “psychotherapist.” NOTE: Unfortunately, a person’s degree does not, alone, reveal whether that person is an effective psychotherapist. There are effective and ineffective providers in each of the categories […]
Depression Treatment
What is Depression? One way to think of Depression is to think of it as a focus on the past. When we feel depressed, we have the sense that something has occurred that has taken away our ability to lead a happy life—now or in the future. If we are only slightly depressed, we feel […]
Anxiety Treatment
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a common reason for seeking psychotherapy. A person’s anxiety may be so severe that he/she cannot function, or he/she may function very well despite excessive nervousness and distractibility. Anxiety disorders are uncomfortable and yet they often respond very well to effective, active psychotherapies that incorporate cognitive-behavioral methods. Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder […]