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...Other shows do more than just dispense advice. In Bangkok, a 24-hour radio program called "Uniting to Help Each Other" pulls in 800,000 listeners during peak hours by serving as a proxy people's advocate. An errant spouse? The radio station will dispatch a therapist to provide counseling at the couple's home. A sick puppy? Callers will flood the line with recommendations on the best veterinarian. And that's only the beginning. The station helps callers find wallets left in the back of taxis and notifies the fire station when there's a blaze in the neighborhood...
...wise and fair and, in the gamekeeper Hagrid, the best friend imaginable. Her tone can also grow dark and Grimm in ways that many contemporary children's fantasies don't. "Children's psyches are a lot more sophisticated than we give them credit for," says Suzanne Ferleger, a child therapist in Encino, Calif. "Adults would like to think that in kids' minds the world is rosy. But they sugarcoat the deeper feelings of children. Rowling taps into that on so many levels...
...mentoring is a venerable practice that's going mainstream. It has roots in the Roman Catholic Church, has spread to other denominations and is growing in popularity among secular groups. Since the mentoring is done by volunteers, it can provide counseling for those who can't afford a couples therapist. Many like it because the process seems more relaxed. The only expense is a premarital inventory test ($15 or so), which a couple takes to assess the relationship's strengths and weaknesses. Afterward, the clients meet with a trained volunteer couple at least five times to talk about everything from...
...love connections began to form, Gahan struggled to keep up with new developments. He estimates that he had “probably 80-90 percent knowledge of what was going on.” Gahan also moonlighted as a therapist, fielding everything from general dating questions to blow-by-blow accounts of what happened the night before. Rather than passing judgment on them, Gahan was simply “glad they were amusing themselves, even if amusing themselves meant hooking up with anyone or anything in their path?...
Many men who enter female-dominated fields endure winks, nudges and misunderstandings. "My parents thought I was gay," says massage therapist Patrizio. In child care, some of the concerns are so serious as to harm job prospects; some nanny-placement agencies refuse to consider men, for fear of hiring a pedophile or turning off parents. But in many cities, parents with hectic schedules and energetic boys are increasingly asking for male nannies. "I have a larger demand than the pool of available male nannies," says Cliff Greenhouse, president of the Pavillion Agency in New York City, which has placed three...