Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D. Where Psychology and Judaism meet
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The Pain of an Individual
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2020-07-09 11:01:16
Author’s note: The privacy and confidentiality of individuals found in this narrative was safeguarded, by modifying identifying details. It didn’t dawn on me the first week of the shutdown, or even the second or third week. The pandemic had shuttered our schools and synagogues for more than a month, before I recalled my earlier conversation with Hank. Hank is a bright, sensitive young man. …
Valentine's Day: An Orthodox Therapist's perspective
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2020-02-14 13:43:01
A number of years ago, an Orthodox Jewish teenager described for me in session how he and his friends “ditched” their evening Study Hall, in order to participate in a Valentine’s Day tryst with their girlfriends. Toward the end of his narrative, he grinned and wondered aloud how his religious teachers could not have anticipated that their students would try to “get some action” on this day. I co …
Whatever it takes
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2022-01-09 14:25:44
At a recent address to a group of mental health professionals, Rav Dovid Cohen shared his perspective regarding the very disturbing events surrounding the sexual predator, Chaim Walder. Rav Dovid made more than one point, but I’d like to focus on what I believe is the most important, most essential one. Many of us have become so caught up in the question of whether Walder is evil or not, or whether he was mentally ill or not, that we …
When Pandemic Leads to Abandonment
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2020-06-05 14:14:30
COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down. It’s killed many and sickened many more. The safety measures adopted to limit the spread of the coronavirus have greatly restricted our freedom of movement, shutting down community events, family visits, and play dates. Government-based restrictions have, until recently, shuttered businesses, schools, and houses of worship. Not surprisingly, the COVID-19 crisis also impacts on ou …
Whose body?
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2017-05-05 13:19:11
I’m going to ask you an important question. (It’s kind of personal.) Who owns your body? Did you answer that you own your body? Perhaps you answered that Hashem/G-d owns your body. A good many Orthodox pre-teens would, in fact, answer just that – “Hashem owns my body,” and it seems that they are correct. After all, Hashem is the Creator of the world and Hashem is present in the c …
Winnicott and the Wailing Wall
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2017-05-24 02:02:20
I am not the kind of person who cries at the drop of a hat. I have experienced, over the decades, more than one sudden, profound loss and have found myself almost unable to shed tears. My stoicism has led others and, at times, myself to wonder whether I was capable of caring. A number of years ago, I came across a history series produced by a prominent American Rabbi. One of his tapes (yes, it was that long ago) foc …
You better listen to your Dad!
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2018-03-20 13:50:01
There is a remarkable video that has, of late, been making the rounds, on social media. The video is shot through the windshield of a moving automobile. The wipers are operating; it is raining outside. A father, whom we can’t see, narrates, as he drives. He draws our attention to a 10-year-old child, wearing a backpack, who is running a short distance ahead of the car. "Dad" informs viewers that his son …
You better listen to your Dad, 2018
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
You'd be better, if you listened too, Dad!
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
2018-03-21 22:07:05
This post is a follow up to my “You better listen to your dad” post, in which I described an evocative parenting video, making the rounds on social media. The video is shot through the windshield of a moving car. It opens with a father narrating how his bullying son was suspended from using the bus to school. “Dad” demonstrates, on camera, how he now makes his son run to school. At various points, Dad sha …