Articles by Raymond Levy, Psy.D.

June 16, 2016

By Raymond Levy, Psy.D.

Father’s Day And The Evolving Role of Dad

There is a quiet revolution occurring before us in the U.S.—it’s hiding in plain sight. We are told that the YMCA in Spokane, Washington, was the site of the first Father’s Day celebration in 1910; that Lyndon B. Johnson was the first to make an official presidential proclamation honoring Father’s Day in 1966; and, finally, […]

June 12, 2014

By Raymond Levy, Psy.D.

Dad’s New Shoes

Intro and outro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. Today’s dads are confused. It might not be a bad kind of confusion, but confusion is still the best word for how dads feel. If we pretend that the role of the modern father is clear-cut and obvious, we’d of course be acting a […]

November 22, 2013

By Raymond Levy, Psy.D.

What Incarcerated Dads Can Learn From the Transformation of Andre Dubus

Where did you spend Hurricane Sandy, the super storm that ravaged the East Coast in October 2012? I was fortunate enough to have a book that I didn’t want to put down, so this made the two-and-a-half days of snow and wind that caused a tree to crush my car seem less important. I was […]