Ann Rosen Spector, Ph.D.

06/25/2025

EXACTLY What I always say:

We tend to consider romantic partners and family ties to be our most important relationships, but deep friendships can be just as meaningful. In a perspective-shifting talk, author Rhaina Cohen introduces us to the people unsettling norms by choosing a friend as a life partner — and shows why we'r...

04/17/2024

FYI:

Experts and couples are challenging the conventional wisdom that s*x is essential to relationships.

03/14/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/opinion/health-insurance-prior-authorization.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20240314&instance_id=117578&nl=opinion-today®i_id=8839394&segment_id=160776&te=1&user_id=55d67a74bbf09be03bdcc550e57ce954

Insurance companies have weaponized a seemingly benign process to protect their profits, and it’s putting patients at risk.

02/11/2024

What I'v been doing in my practice for over 40 years:

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is considered the most effective treatment for people who continually struggle to fall or stay asleep.

02/01/2024

If we've worked together, I've taught you The Matador technique...without the dead BULL !!!

After a nearly two-year ban, a legal ruling brought bullfights back to La Plaza México in Mexico City. But the fight continues after a federal judge stopped the events.

01/01/2024

A very worthwhile read:

Feeling other people’s pain is not the best way to help them — or yourself.

11/19/2023

No shortcuts....https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/teenagers-mental-health-treatment.html

11/14/2023

Bears repeating:

Everyone else is having more s*x than you. Men want s*x more than women do. And more.

11/03/2023

Important to remember: Parents know all too well that certain sugar-infused activities, like gorging on candy on Halloween night, can bring out a kid’s wild side. But the “sugar high” myth has been debunked; there’s no evidence that sugar can influence a child’s behavior or cognitive function, or make a child hyperactive.(NYT)

10/12/2023

Please consider donating to ISRAEL at this time of need. If you give to Magen David (the Israeli Red Cross), Michael Bloomberg is matching dollar for dollar. My friend's son is in Israel; he can accept VENMO -Reich-2....he's helping everyone he can. Thank you!

09/12/2023

Feh to Multitasking......https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/well/mind/brain-function-memory-dementia.html

08/28/2023

I often work with people for this.....https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/well/mind/insomnia-cognitive-behavioral-therapy.html