Tzachi Fried, at The Blogs

May 21, 2024, 1:48 PM

*Haredi is an overall term that refers to a homogenous population that differs with regard to its relationship with the broader Israeli society. The term is used here for purposes of convenience and not everything in this essay is...

Dec 5, 2023, 12:22 AM

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Shemitah: The redemption of ‘being’

I have been so busy pulling weeds and propping up new growth that it's taken a real shift in my mindset to accept the coming year of leaving the garden to nature

Jun 28, 2021, 9:22 AM

Zooming In On Mental Health: Is Virtual Therapy Here to Stay?

“You’ve been doing therapy over zoom for the last year and half? Does that even work?” I’ve been getting that question a lot lately. The answer? Well, yes and no. Before the corona pandemic our practice utilized telehealth therapy online on...

Feb 9, 2021, 1:07 PM

Does Being a Therapist Make Me a Better Parent? Part II

In a previous post I revealed that (surprise!) therapists are not immune from the same parenting challenges as everyone else. I presented three assumptions, mainly derived from a form of therapy known as DBT that I have found useful...

Dec 1, 2020, 1:07 AM

Does Being a Therapist Make Me a Better Parent?

Whenever casual conversation turns toward the topic of my profession, I am invariably asked, “Does being a therapist make you a better parent?” Jokes about therapist’s kids aside, the simplest answer to this is not really. Yes, it’s true that...

Oct 19, 2015, 11:44 AM

With friends like these…

I’m sitting outside a café with my laptop. I’m supposed to be working while waiting for my car to be repaired, but these days it’s hard not to stop every few minutes to check the news. Someone else stabbed....

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Dr. Tzachi Fried is a clinical psychologist and the clinical director of Machon Dvir (www.machondvir.org) in Jerusalem and Bet Shemesh. He made aliyah with his family in 2012. When not treating patients he can be found working in his garden or hiking the hills and valleys of Israel. www.instagram.com/drtzachifried

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