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The 5.21.23 Issue

Highlights

  1. The Therapy issue

    Does Therapy Really Work? Let’s Unpack That.

    Research shows that counseling delivers great benefits to many people. But it’s hard to say exactly what that means for you.

     By Susan Dominus

    CreditIllustration by Dadu Shin
  4. The Therapy Issue

    How Do You Actually Help a Suicidal Teen?

    It’s a dark time for therapists treating adolescents in despair. But some things do work.

     By Maggie Jones

    CreditIllustration by Sophi Miyoko Gullbrants

  1. Want to Fix Your Mind? Let Your Body Talk.

    Somatic therapy is surging, with the promise that true healing may reside in focusing on the physical rather than the mental.

     By Daniel Bergner

    CreditIllustration by Daniel Barreto
    the therapy issue

  2. Black Men Don’t Do Therapy. Or So I Thought.

    What used to seem like an admission of defeat became a source of strength.

     By Ismail Muhammad

    CreditPhoto illustration by Trevor Davis
    the therapy issue

  3. I Had to Quit Therapy to Finally Be Ready for It

    Giving up on psychoanalysis made it possible to imagine going back.

     By Carina del Valle Schorske

    CreditPhoto illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban
    The therapy issue

  4. What If Instead of Trying to Manage Your Time, You Set It Free?

    The cultural critic Jenny Odell sees a way out of our obsession with personal efficiency.

     By David Marchese

    CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times
    Talk

  5. You Don’t Need to Speak Another Language to Love a Bilingual Edition

    Treat language as a Jenga tower, moving its pieces but preserving its structure.

     By Hasan Altaf

    CreditIllustration by Chantal Jahchan
    Letter of Recommendation

  1. The Secret to Mastering Your Cocktail Order

    Over time, one thing becomes clear: When it comes to finding your drink, the devil is often in the details.

     By Eric Kim

    CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas.
    Eat

  2. Why Was This Patient Turning So Yellow?

    Doctors quickly found the cause of the patient’s excruciating abdominal pain. They had to dig deeper to find what was giving him a peculiar tint.

     By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

    CreditPhoto illustration by Ina Jang
    Diagnosis

  3. Poem: wild and blue

    A 21st-century troubadour’s lament, from the country musician and poet Julian Talamantez Brolaski.

     By Julian Talamantez Brolaski and Anne Boyer

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman

  4. Judge John Hodgman on the Stuffed Coatrack

    A couple can’t agree on who gets to hang their things.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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