You are browsing the archive for May 2009.
The process of terminating with ongoing psychotherapy patients, especially long-term patients (those generally seen for a year or more) is one that can be very meaningful and emotional for both therapist and patient. Termination has appropriately been linked with past experiences of loss and abandonment, existential fears of death and dying, as well as with [...]
As the latest instance of a major media outlet prescribing mass surrender of even the most limited workplace rights, the cover copy for the May 25, 2009 issue of TIME Magazine reads: “Throw away the briefcase: you’re not going to the office. You can kiss your benefits goodbye too. And your new boss won’t look [...]
In a CNN article on “How to keep your job” Tyler Cowen (of Marginal Revolution fame) recommends that you approach your boss and preemptively volunteer yourself for a wage cut. So, even as money keeps flowing to the top, mass media outlets are now recommending that workers volunteer themselves for further wage cuts, all under the name [...]
A Los Angeles Times article on “Why text messages are limited to 160 characters” reveals an interesting connection between old and new media: Friedhelm Hillebrand, the man more or less responsible for this figure, consulted postcards in his search for an ideal length for short messages. Initially, Hillebrand’s team could fit only 128 characters into that [...]
Documents & Studies