by Robert Zeitlin | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
My practice of psychology is expanding beyond the transactional. I feel compelled to integrate all that I have learned in the last two years, from the ongoing protests in Portland to calls to defund the police to the spotlight that social media has shined on the...
by Robert Zeitlin | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
On stage at my first TEDx event, I recalled a turning point in my life. In the first year of grad school, my professor Marshall Swift, of blessed memory, played “Glinda the Good Witch” to my “Dorothy.” Sinking fast into the deep end of a pool of self-pity, Marshall...
by Robert Zeitlin | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
My practice is turning from lone wolf to wolf pack. Pivoting my practice of psychology is not just a business decision. Now is a time for radical change. Our whole society, even institutions that deliver human services like mental health and education and health care,...
by Robert Zeitlin | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
My practice is scaling up. We offer our client families more than the billable hour and our team harnesses the power of the mastermind effect. We provide what is in the highest service to our families, including assessment, coaching, and therapy. Our team is all-in,...
by Robert Zeitlin | Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Better Fathers, Better Partners photo credit: Christian Sterk/Unsplash Looking back over the last couple of years, how did you cope with those times when you had to be in the house 24/7? You may not have spent this much time with your partner in years …OR shared so...
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
How long is it healthy to regret your worst error? (I’m working on a streak of about 46 years.) Goldfish have a working memory of about 10 seconds. In the exceptional new show “Ted Lasso” about a coach and his team, the title character dispenses some...
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Raising and educating kids is hard work that requires a ton of resources and support. It is an investment in our future. So… Why do we treat parents so poorly? Last summer, I sat down to write a book to give parents what they were going to need to face a school...
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The nature trail around Haverford College is one of my favorite places to run. The trail weaves through trees that offer lovely shade and coolness. But those benefits also come with costs: sometimes the trees’ roots protrude through the gravel like little knuckles....
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Image: young girl in a ruffled dress, looking to the side in surprise, eyes wide and mouth agape, seated with her hands flat on a table, with a white frosted cupcake untouched on a plate in front of her. Photo credit: Nathan Bingle/Unsplash “What if we are doing it...
by Robert Zeitlin | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
How hard has the pandemic hit your family? The pandemic has fallen on our society like rain on a staircase, running more easily off the privileged top steps and deluging the families on the lower rungs with a flood of accumulated intensity. Walking through wealthy...
