Check out my latest book published by W. W. Norton! Doorknob Bombshells in Therapy: The Deadline, the Brain, and Why It is Important to End on Time. The doorknob bombshell, also known as a doorknob moment, is a near universal experience that no clinician escapes. That’s when a patient drops concerning information on their way out the door, with a hand on the doorknob. Should we run over to help the patient process this new material, possibly making ourselves late for the next patient? Or should we end on time, possibly causing the patient more suffering? It’s a tough judgment call to make under time pressure, and always stressful. Then, the solution came to me!

While I wrote this book for clinicians, if you are interested in psychiatry and mental health work, it’s totally readable. (Disclaimer: you may have to look up a term or two.)

I wrote my first book, a clinical memoir, for everyone. What’s a shrink’s life and work really like? Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist's Life answers those questions with a light touch. I talk about it here.