Penelope Starr-Karlin, PsyD, MFT

Penelope Starr-Karlin, PsyD, MFT Achieving loving relationships with others and self. Penelope is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Contemporary Relational Psychoanalyst. G.

Penelope approaches the work of therapy with a warm and accessible style. As an MFT she has a special interest in helping individuals with their relationships, and most especially with their selfhood and self-actualization. Penelope is a Training and Supervising Analyst, and core faculty, at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, LA. She is an Associate Editor for The International Journal

of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. She gives papers at analytic conferences and writes for psychoanalytic journals. She teaches, supervises, and trains therapists in intersubjective-systems theory, the contemporary relational psychoanalytic systems theory of Robert D Stolorow, George Atwood, Bernard Brandchaft, and Donna Orange. Penelope has also received extensive training in the ideas of C. Jung, James Hillman, and Heinz Kohut.

Grief and anticipatory grief are hard to bear but can help us find meaning...
03/24/2020

Grief and anticipatory grief are hard to bear but can help us find meaning...

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy.

This is a hard time of year for someone you know:
12/21/2019

This is a hard time of year for someone you know:

When you notice a friend or loved one is feeling down and depressed, don’t ignore it or dismiss it.

Relational psychoanalysis is...
12/14/2019

Relational psychoanalysis is...

How to get help with today’s “problems of living.”

Beautiful and true...
11/26/2019

Beautiful and true...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a movie about how startling it is to be brought back to an open-heartedness that most of us spend our lives unlearning.

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09/06/2019

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Psychotherapist and author Lori Gottlieb talks talk therapy

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and ...
07/06/2019

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” ~Henri Nouwen

At times I haven't know how to help grieving friends. That’s why I’m sharing my insights about what healed, and what hurt, when I lost my husband to cancer.

Dysthymia, creativity, and the comfort of friends
07/05/2019

Dysthymia, creativity, and the comfort of friends

“I am now so depressed I have not an Idea to put to paper — my hand feels like lead — and yet it is an unpleasant numbness it does not take away the pain of existence…”

Long term use of anticholinergic meds including antidepressants may have a frightening side effect - Alzheimers.
07/04/2019

Long term use of anticholinergic meds including antidepressants may have a frightening side effect - Alzheimers.

People who take anticholinergic drugs, such as antidepressants and antipsychotics, are at a 50% higher risk of dementia.

Love the diversity of our bodies...
05/17/2019

Love the diversity of our bodies...

Comment is free interviews: Therapist Susie Orbach on body image, commercialism and her 'Endangered Species' campaign

Yes!
05/12/2019

Yes!

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