Dr. Kenneth Silvestri | Psychotherapy | Homeopathy

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*Dr. Silvestri has published over 100 articles and chapters.

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How to Harvest Possibilities: Learning From the Greatest

A metaphorical lesson from Willie Mays.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Mar. 01, 2021

Willie Mays was my childhood hero. I followed his stats religiously, imitated his style of

running, and chased down fly balls with his famous patented basket catch. I realize . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202103/how-harvest-possibilities-learning-the-greatest

How to Widen Your Lens and become a Systemic Thinker and Communicator:

In memory of Paul Byers

ILLUMINATION | MEDIUM

Jan. 27, 2021

It was my mentor, Paul Byers from Columbia University, who introduced me to the

concept of Systemic Thinking and how to widen my lens. While his previous career . . .

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/how-to-widen-your-lens-and-become-a-systemic-thinker-and-communicator-in-memory-of-paul-byers-276516bba6f0

Weathering Paradoxes Through Poetic Healing:

A courageous way to understand and soothe yourself during times of crisis.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Jan. 04, 2021

It is no surprise that most problems emanating from within our culture can be traced to an inability to work through paradoxes. Carl Jung recognized that this was an . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202101/weathering-paradoxes-through-poetic-healing

Why We Should Change the Noun "Gratitude" Into a Verb:

Preparing for a Joyful Holiday in This Crazy Time.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Nov. 17, 2020

I like using more verbs and fewer nouns. It underscores the expression "that the name is not the thing.” Nouns and their adjectives always seem to bring up a . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202011/why-we-should-change-the-noun-gratitude-verb

Similia Similibus Curentur:

The Gift of Homeopathy

ILLUMINATION | MEDIUM

Nov. 08, 2020

As part of a decision to live a life with a strong respect for communication, collaboration and seeing things systemically, it makes sense to consider a health . . .

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/illumination-curated-alternative-healing-67eea34e38db

Why and How to Be Part of Public-School Changes:

Time to Go Beyond the Bake Sale.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Oct. 5, 2020

Since we are living in unprecedented times, what is obvious is that we cannot rely on the social, political reality that was occurring prior to this pandemic. The need is to . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202010/why-and-how-be-part-public-school-changes

It Is All About Relationships:

What Family Therapists Should Know and Consider About Their Approach

PERSPECTIVES | FAMILY THERAPY MAGAZINE

Sept./Oct. 2020, pp 44-45

Family therapy, or “systemic therapy,” as it is better described, is a holistic process that espouses to resolve problems through relational healing, but is it practiced that way?

https://8f38f40f-02df-488e-9883-b9c4b309d8e3.filesusr.com/ugd/4e5a6f_a9be13b428014dd6977d02cf264af75e.pdf

Smooth Sailing:

The Freedom of Forgiveness in this time of Crisis

ILLUMINATION | MEDIUM

August 22, 2020

In the book Forgive For Good: A Proven Prescription For Health and Happiness, Stanford Professor Fred Luskin emphasizes a forgiveness methodology based on . . .

https://medium.com/illumination/smooth-sailing-the-freedom-of-forgiveness-in-this-time-of-crisis-5796eb91ae55

Healing and Strengthening Significant Relationships:

An Ecological Framework for Couples Therapy.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

August 16, 2020

Significant relationships are a process, a union that comes to fruition through mutual learning. It is a systemic journey where each moment is simultaneously part of . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202008/healing-and-strengthening-significant-relationships

How to Be in Harmony and Sustain our Interdependency

Lessons from Aikido

ILLUMINATION | MEDIUM

July 28, 2020

Morihei Ueshiba’s portrait hangs above the kamiza, a place of honor in the front of our Dojo’s practice area, as it does in all Aikido Dojos internationally. He was born in . . .

https://medium.com/illumination/how-to-be-in-harmony-and-sustain-our-interdependency-lessons-from-aikido-3d9ef4a41ba7

An Ecology of Relationships

The importance of mutual learning.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

June 24, 2020

When I was a graduate student at Columbia University, I always carried Gregory Bateson’s book, Steps to an Ecology of Mind* with me. In several chapters, Bateson used . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202006/ecology-relationships

A Way to Create Needed Change

How to make and sustain a personal contribution to this time of transformation.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

May 24, 2020

I am a firm believer that the major problems of the world arise, as anthropologist Gregory Bateson profoundly pointed out, from “the difference between the way nature works . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202005/way-create-needed-change

~~Collaboration is Contagious: The rewards of mutual learning and understanding our interdependency.~~

~~MEDIUM~~

April 5, 2020

Given the recent pandemic and the challenges that we will all be facing for a long time to come, there is a new needed paradigm to communicate and take care of each other. I am quite sure you have heard people say to you, “let’s be partners.” How successful have these partnerships been in your life? An alternative to being “partners” is to be “collaborators.”

https://medium.com/@drkennethsilvestri/collaboration-is-contagious-the-rewards-of-mutual-learning-and-understanding-our-interdependency-62a5393228ec

~~The Map Is Surely Not the Territory: Implications of what we can learn from COVID-19.~~

~~PSYCHOLOGY TODAY~~

March 16, 2020

(Ongoing Column #17)

During a recent tai chi class, we had a discussion of how the form we all practice at the same time manifests itself within each participant. In other words, how do our individual experiences come together to create this incredible unity that we all feel in different yet similar ways?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/202003/the-map-is-surely-not-the-territory

~~Double Binds: Damned If You Dare and Damned If You Don’t~~

~~PSYCHOLOGY TODAY~~

February 2020

(Ongoing Column #16)

Being inspired fills you with the urge to be creative. It is a way to view the world as an interdependent aesthetic experience. Inspiration allows you to be mindful and see things in context rather than depending on content.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/201912/be-inspired-stretch-your-perceptual-edges

~~Dealing with Stress. More than ever, it is time to take care of ourselves and each other.~~

~~HOMEOPATHY TODAY, pp 40-41~~

WINTER 2019-2020

Our emotional well-being is extremely dependent on how we deal with “stress” and its ensuing patterns of fear and anxiety. Stress—whether it’s brought on by busy winter holidays, dreary wintry weather, or disturbing world events—can undermine our health and relationships.

~~Be Inspired to Stretch Your Perceptual Edges~~

~~PSYCHOLOGY TODAY~~

January 2020

(Ongoing Column #15)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/201912/be-inspired-stretch-your-perceptual-edges

~~Surely, We Need Not Only to Be in Harmony But to Sustain it~~

~~PSYCHOLOGY TODAY~~

December 2019

(Ongoing Column #14)

I have been a student of Aikido, a martial art based on peace and harmony, for the past thirty years. What I learned on the mat during classes, has helped me, more importantly in my everyday interactions.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/201912/surely-we-need-not-only-be-in-harmony-sustain-it

~~Ditch Linear Thinking: Use peripheral vision to create solutions.~~

~~PSYCHOLOGY TODAY~~

October 2019

(Ongoing Column #13)

A common theme in my practice, as with many psychotherapists, is the presenting problem of not being satisfied with life, which in most cases leads to different degrees of “anxiety” and/or “depression.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wider-lens/201910/ditch-linear-thinking