Esty Heller

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Two grown women, each paralyzed with fear at the thought of boarding a plane. A therapist uses innovative techniques to uncover the layers beneath the phobia and enables them to h ...

Yardsticks

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Yardsticks: Chapter 2

“They’re not being fair. I work for Yocheved, I can’t do anything that will hurt her business”

Yardsticks

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Yardsticks: Chapter 1

The kallah and her mother exchanged quick looks. It was so fleeting I nearly missed it — the mother’s panicky shake of the head, the girl’s pleading eyes

On Topic

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Money Talks

He saw his parents’ paystubs, and it lent a level of resignation. The knowledge that there was no money made him feel insecure. He was afraid to express his needs

Calligraphy

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Matter of Course

How it worked: A client faces an empty chair, imagines his demon sitting in it, and speaks his thoughts and feelings with no filters

Windows

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

If the Shoe Fits

Off to the shoe store goes every mother whose husband has bein hazmanim. She takes along every one of her children who has two feet, including the baby who is bound to start walki ...