healthcare

How Does a Therapist Stay Neutral?

Counseling Couples or Families Is About Empathy, Not Objectivity

Can we, and should we, ever really be neutral? In a new series, Zócalo explores the idea of neutrality—in politics, sports, gender, journalism, international law, and more. In this essay, therapist Craig Libman explains how he helps families figure out a way forward when there are no good options.

“He just doesn’t listen to me!” “She never understands what I’m going through!”

There I sat, their psychotherapist, sandwiched between this couple who had been married at least 50 years. The husband, a Vietnam veteran with metastatic …

by Craig Libman |

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Physician and OB/GYN John McHugh

Let’s Make a Plan!

John McHugh is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN), physician, and fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Before joining the Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event, “Can California Lead a New …

L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer

There’s Nothing We Do by Ourselves

Barbara Ferrer serves as the director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Before joining the Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event, “Can California Lead a New Reproductive Rights Movement?”—put on …

Black Women for Wellness’s Janette Robinson-Flint | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Black Women for Wellness’ Janette Robinson-Flint

We Can Create a Meaningful Shift in Reproductive Justice

Janette Robinson-Flint is the executive director of Black Women for Wellness. Before sitting on a panel for the Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event, “Can California Lead a New Reproductive Rights Movement?”— …

Kindred Space LA’s Allegra Hill

Motherhood Is Such a Vast Experience

Allegra Hill is a licensed midwife and the co-founder and co-owner of Kindred Space LA. She has trained and mentored birth doulas since 2013 and has participated in the training …

The 2023 Zócalo Book Prize Honors Explorations of Community | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

The 2023 Zócalo Book Prize Honors Explorations of Community

We’re Looking for the Best Nonfiction Books on Human Connection

Since 2011, Zócalo Public Square’s annual book prize has recognized the U.S.-published nonfiction book that best enhances our understanding of community and the forces that strengthen or undermine human connectedness …


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