Open Path Blog

The story of psychotherapy is a work-in-progress, interwoven with stories from all corners of human life. Discover some of these stories, here.

What Is Your Therapist Reading?
  One of our favorite questions for therapists is what are you reading, right now? We asked a few therapists and mental health trailblazers about a…
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The Lost Boy of Wallowa
“Resilience” is a word we try to use sparingly at Open Path: it pops up everywhere in the world of mental health. Often, we have to…
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Starlings
Two days ago, a man in Raisbeck, a small village in Cumbria, England, posted a video of starlings flying together in a murmuration:   Now is the…
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The Headclutcher
We have a bone to pick with the people in control of the images. Specifically, the people in control of images depicting “mental health issues.” As…
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Emir's Story
We’ve been thinking about a story we heard on a recently rebroadcast episode of This American Life. The story belongs to Emir Kamenica, a professor of economics and…
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Let's Just Play Baseball, Not Fight
Last week, Andrew McCutchen, star outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, made a video in response to a bench-clearing brawl between his team and the Los…
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Riders
Who are these beautiful exhausted riders of the New York City subway? Why does the girl seem to keep watch for her mother; why does the…
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Cloud Observatory
We would like to inform you, dear readers, that we have found the Cloud Observatory. The Cloud Observatory is a modest wooden structure with a back…
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