Word: therapist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...massage therapist applies fixed or movable pressure in varying degrees...
Reznor finally clambered out with the aid of a therapist. "[Therapy] helped me in the sense that it provided an explanation. They said, 'You're not up and down, you're just a quart low.' Not bad." The awareness of his mild depression left him, he says, "not repaired but enlightened. I'm aware of my fragility now, which is a better thing. I'm not afraid to admit...
Group: Six People In Search Of A Life (Riverhead; 339 pages; $25.95), Paul Solotaroff's tribute to his former group therapist, follows six New Yorkers with New Yorkers' problems: too much or not enough money, sex, drugs or ambition. Throw in childhoods with cruel or irresponsible parents, and you've got subjects willing to spend $100 a pop to discover their "true story...
Well, as Maynard's therapist asked his beleaguered client: "Where is the lesson in all this?" First of all, if you covet your privacy, never commit anything to writing. If you absolutely must express something to a lover, wife or husband, I recommend the Gambino-family-style "walk and talk." Stroll outside with your interlocutor, covering your mouth with your hand as you converse. Make your conversation as vague as possible, and pepper it with inaudible remarks and gross expletives. Here is an example of a man using this technique to break up with his girlfriend...
...story) building (onto the fire department's trampoline) the day after I got back my B- on my political theory mid-term, I reflected that perhaps it might be time to find a new solution to college life. After some deep contemplation (and many sessions with my court-ordered therapist), maybe, just maybe, I've figured it out, a year after my initial attempt...