Articles & Appearances

OpEd on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Read Carl’s opinion piece titled, “I’m a Therapist. Here’s What Happened the Day I Met with Both an Arab and a Jew.”

Video

In his video, Carl invites you to join him on a journey with grief, a journey down to the underworld, and learn how to return changed and deepened by your time there, returning with a wisdom that can only be gathered in the darkness.

Carl created this video two weeks before he travelled to Bilbao, Spain, a practice run recorded in his counseling office. He produced this hoping his presentation material could touch a wider audience.

Expert Opinion

Article on Eggshell Parenting

Carl was quoted in the article Eggshell Parenting: What it is and how to stop it’s toxic impact on families. He speaks to how this parenting style not only impacts the child’s relationships with his or her parents today, but how it can shape their future relationships for the remainder of their lives… until they find loving support.

Article on Happier Marriages

Carl was quoted Carl was quoted in “Want A Happier Marriage? Stop Asking Your Partner To "Show The Receipts.” Here, Carl talks about the importance of responding empathically to the emotional content of what your partner is sharing, and instead of focusing only on the words themselves.

Article on How Couples Heal After an Affair

Carl was quoted in The Indepedent article “Can you really salvage a marriage if you’ve been cheated on?” Here, Carl talks about how marriages change following an affair. He explains how an affair can bring a marriage into the foreground of our all-too-busy lives, and how it is often possible for couples to build a new relationship together after the affair.”

Article on How Couples Can Enjoy More Quality Time

Carl was quoted in the Cosmopolitan article “13 Hobbies for Couples to Try That’ll Give You Some Quality Time Together“. Here, Carl offers suggestions on how couples can make time to truly enjoy one another, taking time out of their often all-too-busy lives.

Article on Parenting and Homework

Carl talks about how to support your kids with their homework, offering suggests like, “Find your calm. Help your child find their calm. Only then do you talk homework specifics together."

Article on Trash Talking

In this Communication Intelligence Magazine article titled “Trash Talking Behavior Creates Competitive Motivation and Costly Behaviors”, Carl explains the harm caused in shameful transactions such as trash talking, and offers a more compassionate communication approach.

Article on Talking about Divorce

Carl’s quoted in this Parade magazine article, an article about what to say (and what not to say) to a friend who’s divorcing. One of Carl’s many suggestions includes sharing, “Let’s just sit here. I’ll hold your hand.”

Article on What to Do In Your Life

Carl’s quoted in this Forage piece about choosing your career when you just don’t know what to do. Carl shares, in part, “Humans can’t know, they can’t possibly know, without experiencing. So, rather than pressure yourself to know, instead go and give yourself a wide range of experiences.”

Article on Empathic Listening

Carl is featured in this VeryWell article on empathic listening, sharing ideas like, “When you empathically listen, you’re giving someone a gift — the gift of being seen and the gift of feeling known.”

Article on Emotional Contagion

In this article, Carl explains how emotions can transfer from one person to the next, starting with “First, there’s mimicry — you smile, and my face just smiles with you. Then…”

Article on “Zoom Fatigue”

Carl talks about Zoom fatigue, explaining our brains are wired for in-person interactions, and don’t expect so many of our interactions to be on-screen.

Article on Separation Anxiety

Here, Carl shares guidance such as , “People with separation anxiety struggle to tell the difference between loneliness, the experience of believing there’s no one here to love you, and of being alone, the experience of solitude that can arrive with time to rest and rejuvenate,” says Nassar.

Article on Overprotective Parenting

Carl talks about how kids want freedom on the one hand, and safety and protection on the others, and how to balance these competing needs.

Expert Opinion on Slowing Down & Moving Through

Carl shares insights like, “While it may sound paradoxical at first, the surest way to make an unwelcome experience shorter is to welcome it.”