Stephen Hanmer D'Elía JD, LCSW
Yale/Columbia therapist (LCSW) + human rights law (JD). 25+ years in refugee camps, global institutions, child welfare, and therapy. 5 continents. 3 languages. Lens: trauma, attachment, power. How body, relationship, and systems shape one another.
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Adam Sandler Was Right (opens the original)
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One of my favorite SNL sketches features Adam Sandler selling Italian vacations with the following disclaimer: “If you’re sad now, you might still feel sad there, okay?”It might be one of the most honest ads ever made. It is hilarious and deeply sad because it punctures the fantasy that a new setting will produce a new self. A new relationship. A new job. A new achievement. All the things we pursue in the hope that we will finally feel different.Often, the pur
Nothing Alive Is Finished (opens the original)
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Cambiar sin dejar de ser (opens the original)
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