Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTMarch 2023 — Our Friend, DepressionFor this month’s article, I’m revisiting directly one of my favorite topics, being the boons of aligning with futility. I know that saying…Mar 25, 2023Mar 25, 2023
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTFebruary 2023 — Swimming Upstream: Social Life During DepressionIn this month’s article, I answer a reader’s question about how to build and maintain a social life during depression, and give an outline…Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTJanuary 2023 — Acceptance Comes Before UnderstandingHappy 2023, and I hope the first few weeks of the year are starting off well for you. If not so much, then I wish for you to have enough…Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTNovember 2022 — Depression and the Illness of Loved OnesAs with last month, I’m going to answer another question from the list that folks have sent me, with this being about depression in…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTOctober 2022 — Love Letters to HumanityI recently tossed a request out to a diverse group of humans I know, asking them for questions they might have about all things depression…Oct 10, 2022Oct 10, 2022
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTSeptember 2022 — Depression in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”In this newsletter, I look at depression through the lens of this year’s movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once. In addition to Inside…Sep 5, 2022Sep 5, 2022
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTJune 2022 — Cherishing Our Own BafflementFollowing on from last month, this month’s article looks at something underneath the “culture wars”, and regular wars, of recent times…Jun 1, 2022Jun 1, 2022
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTMay 2022 — Depression in Depressing TimesI thought this might be a good time to talk about depression as it relates to current events, since there seems to be a lot of them events…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTDecember 2020 — Self-Regulation: The Whats and Hows (Depression Primer #4)I hope that your Thanksgiving went well (all things about these times considered), and that in an incredibly difficult year, you have been…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Marty Cooper, PhD, MFTSeptember 2020 — Futility: The Whats and Hows (Depression Primer #3)Greetings.Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020