Binyomin Yudin

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Apr 22, 2018, 8:56 PM

There is a curious phenomenon that I observe regularly, both in my professional as well as my personal experience. That is, the way we react to distress in our lives. Particularly the distress caused by others' bad behavior. One sort...

Apr 3, 2018, 11:44 PM

There’s no shame in Schadenfreude

We have a curious custom at the Passover Seder. At the point where we tell the story of the ten plagues, we spill a little wine from our cups at the mention of each plague. One of the basic...

Mar 7, 2018, 5:25 AM

A Cow Named Sue

This week we have the custom to read, in the synagogue, the verses describing the special concept of the Parah Aduma, or the red heifer. The procedure allows for the purification of those who have come in contact with...

Mar 6, 2018, 10:13 PM

Being Content in Confusion

In therapy we often talk about goals. And, as the professional in the room, I am the one who is supposed to lead that conversation, although I rarely do. When we enter therapy we look at what is distressing...

Feb 26, 2018, 9:46 PM

Dance Dance Revolution

No, I’m not going to blog about the still popular 1990s arcade game. Those of you who are aware of it already know its awesome power to make semi-coordinated people look like the Jabbawockeez and people not as coordinated...

Feb 20, 2018, 7:08 AM

Heroes are humans too (only more so)

Pallbearers carry the casket of Scott Beigel, geography teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after a funeral service at Temple Beth-El on February 18, 2018, in Boca Raton, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

We become the best version of ourselves when we push past the instinct for self-preservation and act to save others

Feb 15, 2018, 7:47 AM

On Love, Pant Legs and a Parking Lot

When I began my career as a therapist, I had the opportunity to work in a blue collar community north of Cincinnati at a community mental health clinic. My main gig was working with adolescents who had chosen therapy...

Feb 6, 2018, 6:46 AM

On Evil, Insanity & Apathy

Dr Larry Nasser will spend at least the next 100 years in jail, for evil. True, that wasn't technically the charges of which he was found guilty, but, that was the thought process behind his crimes. Evil at its...

Jan 30, 2018, 4:24 PM

On Change and Choice

Recently a friend of mine sent me a published article written by someone with whom we had both worked. It was a very well written piece, but, that was not the reason it was sent to me. It was...

Jan 23, 2018, 5:27 AM

On Skywalking & Self Esteem

On June 15, 2012, Nik Wallenda walked on a two inch thick wire across Niagara Falls. This was an unprecedented feat. To be sure, the falls had been crossed before, but, not at this specific spot, which spans the...

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About Me

Binyomin Yudin is a psychotherapist in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio Born in Harrisburg, PA, and raised in Baltimore MD, he attended several yeshivos after high school eventually landing at Ner Israel in Baltimore until his marriage in 2002. He spent several years learning at kollelim in Israel, and after a stint in the rabbinate in St Louis, settled in Cincinnati, OH, with his family.