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Kathleen Curzie Gajdos, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Chadds Ford, PA


Dr. Gajdos writes a column, Mind Matters, for the online Newspaper Chadds Ford Live:

Our “Lot in Life” Reframed (February, 2012)

Strategies for Power: Brain Power, That Is (January, 2012)

Books for a New Year (January, 2012)

‘Tis the Season … for what, exactly? (December, 2011)

Our Pets, Ourselves (December, 2011)

Put Children First (November, 2011)

Bored—Nothing To Do (November, 2011)

Change or Change Back (October, 2011)

Bullies Are Made Not Born (October, 2011)

Taming the Tyrant Within (September, 2011)

Goodnight, Irene (September, 2011)

Yes, Adults Can Have ADHD (August, 2011)

Reflecting on SocIety (August, 2011)

Metro Meanderings To Meet the Dalai Lama (July, 2011)

Not Necessarily for the Beach Reading (July, 2011)

What Matters Most (June, 2011)

Ayn Rand, the I, the We, and a Stink Bug (June, 2011)

Couples Coping (May, 2011)

Mother’s Day Reflections (May, 2011)

Two Vignettes (April, 2011)

A Free Fall For April Fools (April, 2011)

Personal Responses To Disasters (March, 2011)

Ripples and Regrets (March, 2011)

A Psychologist Reads the Newspaper and Shakes Her Head (February, 2011)

Beyond True Grit We Shall Not Hate (February, 2011)

A Community of Kindness (January, 2011)

2011: Reflections Not Resolutions (January, 2011)

Stress Is a Family Matter (December, 2010)

Suicide Risk Factors (November, 2010)

Stieg Larsson’s Novels and Their Significance (November, 2010)

Strategies of Grief (October, 2010)

War and the Soul (October, 2010)

Not Much of a Revolution If We Ourselves Haven't Changed (September, 2010)

Cocoons and Kids: A Necessary Struggle (September, 2010)

Reflections on Psychology (August, 2010)

Questioning Judgment (August, 2010)

Positive Psychology? Get Real. (July, 2010)

Collision of Worlds (July, 2010)

Books for the Beach and Beyond (June, 2010)

Aesop's Fable and Beyond (June, 2010)

Silence, Sacred Space, and a Prayer for Boredom (May, 2010)

Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline (May, 2010)

Comparison Mind vs Compassionate Mind (April, 2010)

Opposite Sides of Our Connection (April, 2010)

Hugs and Health (March, 2010)

The Changing Brain (March, 2010)

Diary of Snow (February, 2010)

Systemic Dysfunction, Families and Otherwise (February, 2010)

The Loving Connection (January, 2010)

Hope for 2010 (January, 2010)

Bitter Sweet Beauty (December, 2009)

A Travesty To Teens (December, 2009)

Care in the Workplace (November, 2009)

Pets to People (November, 2009)

Opposites Attract (October, 2009)

Aging's Beauty (October, 2009)

Warsaw, Cataracts, and Otherwise (September, 2009)

Life to Death to Life Again (September, 2009)

Prejudices, Past and Present (August, 2009)

Depression in Children (August, 2009)

When To Be Brave (July, 2009)

On Mind Muddling (July, 2009)

Transitions (June, 2009)

Empathy (June, 2009)

The Continuum of Grief (May, 2009)

Good Deeds (May, 2009)

Broadening Vision (April, 2009)


Dr. Gajdos’ monthly columns, Mind Matters, published in the Chadds Ford Post and Kennett Paper:

The Process of Living (January, 2009)

Holiday 2008 Reading Lists (December, 2008)

To the President-Elect (November, 2008)

The Psychology of Sound Bites (October, 2008)

Truth Trumps Denial Eventually (September, 2008)

Our Interconnectedness (August, 2008)

The Meaning of Family (July, 2008)

PTSD (June, 2008)

The Developing Brain (May, 2008)

Sexual Addiction (April, 2008)

Human Resilience (March, 2008)

Disenfranchised Grief (February, 2008)

A Berlin Christmas (January, 2008)

A Heartful Christmas (December, 2007)

Lost Boys (November, 2007)

Listen to be Heard (October, 2007)

The Lives of Others (September, 2007)

My Mother’s Memoirs (August, 2007)

“Minding the Gap” in Families (July, 2007)

Children Naturally (June, 2007)

Society’s Role in Mental Health (May, 2007)

Laughter and Hope (April, 2007)

Do Unto Others (March, 2007)

Insightful Reading (February, 2007)

New Year’s Reflections (January, 2007)

Holidays (December, 2006)

Dreams (November, 2006)

Guilt and Shame (October, 2006)

The Universality of Traumatic Grief (September, 2006)

Kindness (July, 2006)

Authority (June, 2006)

Criticality (May, 2006)

C R A S H (April, 2006)

Dolphins and Roses (March, 2006)

Patient Parenting (February, 2006)

After the Holidays (January, 2006)

Expressing Oneself (December, 2005)

Adulthood (November, 2005)

Katrina Trauma (October, 2005)

Mr. Rogers (September, 2005)

Adolescents (August, 2005)

Summertime (July, 2005)

Parenting (June, 2005)

Stress (May, 2005)

Family Dinners (April, 2005)

 

 

 

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