Among the many losses in this current pandemic is the loss of the ability to leave one’s home and go out into the public world without paranoid anxiet...

Among the many stressors that are causing psychological suffering during the current quarantine is the sense that there is no end in sight to the vari...

Donald Trump is committed to being a victim.  He is always being misunderstood and subject to unfair treatment by the Democrats, media, and “deep stat...

Most people dislike the commercialization of Christmas. Impossibly unrealistic appetites are stimulated and happiness is equated with giving or receiv...

In this podcast I show how many of psychological dynamics that I’ve been discussing this year—especially those involving the role of trauma in develop...

When someone feels aggrieved, that person is usually feeling betrayed and helpless and often responds with envy and anger. Trump voters often felt a s...

Patriotism, the connection to transcendent notions of the nation state, can be used for political purposes.  It draws from childhood needs for attachm...

Poverty and harsh social environments make people physically and psychologically sick.  Among the many reasons for this is that economic privation dir...

The scenes at the southern border last year evoked grief and outrage across the political spectrum.  But why were these stories so much more provocati...

Based on his extraordinary autobiography, Born to Run, I offer some reflections on the psychology of Bruce Springsteen.  His life long struggle with d...