In this episode, Mordechai Weinberger, LCSW, answers listener questions ranging from parenting and therapy to emotional resilience and community challenges:

• When a teenager simply says “OK” and walks out of the room, how should parents respond? What might that behavior be communicating?
• After a year of somatic therapy, IFS, and parts work, I’ve made progress but now feel stuck. Do I need a more directive therapist, or should I stay the course?
• A listener shares feedback from a previous episode, describing how he faced major life challenges by taking small, steady steps: “Whatever I was able to do, I did.”
• How can you help someone open up emotionally when they seem disconnected or unwilling to share?
• There’s a girl in the neighborhood who bullies others, and her mother refuses to intervene. What can I do to protect my daughter?
• I’m currently in therapy at Serenity, but my therapist doesn’t want to involve Mordechai. Can he still help? And how long does it typically take to come out of depression?

Real-life challenges. Thoughtful answers. Always grounded in compassion, clinical insight, and Torah values.

In this powerful episode, Mordechai Weinberger, LCSW, addresses a wide range of emotional and practical questions submitted by listeners:

• Can someone truly avoid their emotions and issues without consequences? Does emotional avoidance ever really work?
• Are there times when it’s appropriate—or even necessary—to push through someone’s personal boundaries? What are the risks and limits?
• As a schoolteacher, how much support should you offer students beyond the classroom? When does helping become overstepping?
• What is trichotillomania (compulsive hair-pulling), and how can someone struggling with it be helped?
• A listener shares a personal crisis: stuck in the U.S. due to flight cancellations from the war in Israel, off medication, separated from her husband, and with her autistic son acting out back home — what can she do in such a high-stress situation?

Join us for real questions, compassionate answers, and Torah-aligned insight into the human mind.

Question 1 – What is the difference between the Sarno method and somatic therapy?

Question 2 – What is the most appropriate method of therapy for someone who has experienced trauma?

Question 3 – What is the difference between Radical Acceptance and ACT therapy?

Feedback 4 – The caller who asked about Radical Acceptance (#3) felt like it was a personal message from Hashem. I now realize I need to accept my reality.Feedback 5 – From Radical Acceptance: I need to accept that, when it comes to family, they may not change.