Unsent Letter to my Client before Rosh HaShana
Dearest Client, Well, it’s been quite a year. At this time, we have a custom to take interpersonal stock and make amends. Thank you for...
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Elisheva Liss
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
Pre-holidays and Back to School Stress Getting to You?
It’s September, and children everywhere are yanking out their uniforms, knapsacks, paperwork, and supplies, packing up lunches and...
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Elisheva Liss
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
Coping with Back to School Season Overwhelm
It’s September, and children everywhere are yanking out their uniforms, knapsacks, paperwork, and supplies, packing up lunches and...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Thinking about Homeschooling in the 11th Hour?
Hey, parents! How are you holding up?? With schools scrambling to formulate and convey their plans to reopen, many parents find...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 16, 2020
- 4 min
Your Body May Have Responded to the Abuse, BUT That Doesn’t Mean You Wanted It
Trigger warning: This post deals with sensitive topics relating to sexual abuse trauma. Ho-kay. This is not really my lane. I don’t treat...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 11, 2020
- 4 min
How Do I Get My Partner to Come to Therapy?
Do you want to work on your relationship in therapy, but have a partner who just doesn’t want to go? Well, you’re not alone. This is a...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
I Checked My Privilege. Here's What I Found:
I found that I am, indeed, quite privileged. I was raised by two loving, wise, imperfect, but dedicated parents. I was taught the value...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
I Am a Jew, and Here are My Plans for World Domination:
An essay by: Elisheva Liss Much to my people’s chagrin, we have finally been outed as the nefarious villains that we are. I feel the...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
“I Used to Rape My Wife”
Trigger warning: this may be difficult to read for survivors of trauma. Proceed with caution: Gittel and Shuey have been married for...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
No Camp? What Are We Supposed to Do??
Are you one of the many parents who thought they were finally going to get a much-needed break from 24/7 parenting by sending your kids...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
Preparing to Re-Open a Post Trauma World
Well- it seems like it's finally happening; after all these surreal days and weeks and months. But how do we prepare for a post-traumatic...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jun 4, 2020
- 5 min
What If You Cheated on Your Spouse?
An Infidelity Dilemma The following story was shared with me by an acquaintance who: Is not a therapy client of mine Specifically asked...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 21, 2020
- 4 min
I Don't Want to Be a Statistic
What’s the deal with humans as numbers? In my years at college and grad school, I was a pretty good student, but I did fail one course:...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 21, 2020
- 4 min
I Don't Want to Be Statistic
What’s the deal with humans as numbers? In my years at college and grad school, I was a pretty good student, but I did fail one course:...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
Are You Starting To Lose It
Are you struggling to maintain your sense of equilibrium while trying to navigate all the new demands and realities of the COVID19...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 7, 2020
- 4 min
What If I Can't Climax
The phone rang, and a shy-sounding young woman introduced herself. “Hi. I’m not really sure if I need therapy. Could I tell you my issue,...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughts About Post Trauma - Yom HaSho'ah and Yom Ha'Atzma'ut
I’ve been thinking a lot about trauma lately. Trauma was always one topic I’ve never claimed to know much about, one presenting issue...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
This Is Not Homeschooling
Parents keep commenting to me: “Wow- this is so hard! I don’t know how you do this all the time.” And I answer: “We don’t. We homeschool....
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Validation and Motivation: A Self-Help Sefira Thought
Validation and Motivation: From Tension to Intention When it comes to the self-help messages, I’ve noticed a split between two streams of...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
Five (or Six) Stages of Corona Grief
The famous “five stages of grief” were formulated and described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in her books: On Death and Dying and On Grief...
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