Ann Rosen Spector, Ph.D.

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

07/20/2023

See the paragraph near the end about the practice of insurance companies....https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/opinion/healthcare-bureaucracy-medical-delays.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20230720&instance_id=97993&nl=opinion-today®i_id=8839394&segment_id=139810&te=1&user_id=55d67a74bbf09be03bdcc550e57ce954

07/11/2023

Worth reading....https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/health/childhood-abuse-memory.html

06/13/2023

Note: Self-diagnosis is NOT the key.....https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/well/mind/adult-adhd-diagnosis-distraction.html?smid=url-share

05/21/2023

Quote from Joan Baez in the New Yorker magazine: I can say this—I was living from one panic attack to another, always thinking, This could be the last one. I could be O.K. from here on out.

Kudos to my mom, who realized that something had to be done. Therapy was helpful from the first day—just that somebody was hearing me. I would encourage anybody to seek help as soon as you freak out, panic, think you can’t handle it. Or even if you handle it well, just talk to somebody.

03/23/2023

I discuss this frequently with my patients....https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/well/mind/anxiety-night-sleep.html

03/10/2023

People who need People......https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/opinion/art-of-dependence.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20230310&instance_id=87315&nl=opinion-today®i_id=8839394&segment_id=127370&te=1&user_id=55d67a74bbf09be03bdcc550e57ce954

02/26/2023

And this, too......https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/well/eat/coffee-caffeine-sleep-pressure.html?smid=url-share