Dr. Kenneth Silvestri
Psychotherapist | Certified Homeopath

One night years ago in the mid-eighties on a snowy December evening, I was waiting to meet a friend in a tavern near Rockefeller Center. I found myself sitting at the bar next to then-Mayor Ed Koch. I said hello and introduced myself and he looked at me and said, "How am I doing?"

Each year, where I live along the Hudson River north of Manhattan, I revel in the sounds of falling acorns, each one a blueprint for a possible oak tree. How can this be?

What follows is my contribution, to a theoretical framework that supports

amongst many things, Homeopathy, which I believe needs an epistemological

basis to explain and advocate for its wonderful healing process.

Twenty three poems about growing up in Patterson, NJ and other family memories.

Family Therapy, or “Systemic Therapy” as it is better described, is a holistic process that espouses resolving problems through relational healing.

Our world is an ecological process that is more than the sum of its parts. It may not make sense to go back to business as usual given lessons learned from the recent . . . 

Walking outside produces a visual spontaneity that can inspire both a therapist

and client and help them resolve problems. The outdoor environment is where our ... 

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 . . 

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 . . . 

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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?

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

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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."

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?

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.

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.

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.

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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

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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."

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Reframing the meaning of yourself without doing it yourself.

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 A lesson from my auto mechanic along the river's edge.

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There is a mystical energy in our family systems!

"How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress."       — Niels Bohr

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The Art of Is: Improvising As A Way Of Life; by Stephen Nachmanovitch (New World Library: Novato, Calif., 2019).

Revisit how to create new possibilities.

The benefits of managing stress through mindful breathing.

How can a loaf of bread help with understanding the complexity of relationships?