Maire Daugharty

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Maire Daugharty |Dawn Baker |Martha Rosenberg |Michele Luckenbaugh

I read with great interest the recently published article in The New York Times by Paul Tough, who has reported on child development and education over the last twenty years. He outlines statistics, specifically the rise in diagnosis of children and adults since the 1990s, and then discusses implications, including questioning a current understanding of the disorder and its treatment.

3 weeks ago | kevinmd.com | Maire Daugharty |Lynn Marie Morski |Homer Moutran |Caline El-Khoury

In his book Cross Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry, Nabhan illustrates the interconnection between thinking across varied fields and how one specifically might inform the other. He is by no means the first or only thinker to harness looking across disciplines. This approach has certainly also informed the world of psychotherapy. The unifying glue, however, is time and space for reflection, to consider leisurely, to let the mind wander.

1 month ago | kevinmd.com | Maire Daugharty |Natalie LaBossier |Iris Kulbatski, PhD |Chelsea Turgeon

If I were to bet that the majority of physicians are familiar with that pit in their stomach—that sinking feeling of dread that comes with recognizing things aren’t going well—I’d probably win that bet. Contrary to collective wisdom, Wu (2000) first formalized recognition that doctors involved in critical incidents need help too. Now, twenty-five years later, doctors are still held to a standard that eschews the idea of making mistakes.

May 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Maire Daugharty |Sheila Nazarian |Paula M. Muto |Taylor Christensen

Situations that trigger a call for assistance with couples counseling are generally described as a need for improved communication, chronic conflict, lack of physical or emotional intimacy, or a desire to better understand the impacts of past trauma. Therapeutic work can evolve into tackling more specific long-standing disappointments in emotional and physical intimacy.

Feb 1, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Maire Daugharty |Edwin Leap |Brittany Ladson |Erin Paterson

The therapeutic modality developed by Francine Shapiro and referred to as eye movement desensitization reprocessing or EMDR, when embedded in the context of a wider lens, focuses on specific events and feelings with a view to overarching goals. We become who we are in a relationship, and specifically in our earliest relationship with a primary caregiver who shapes our worldview before we can give this active consideration.