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Roger M. Cahak

Age Really is Just a Number: Or is it?

Age is an infuriatingly complex construct for me. While I am now classified as a senior citizen, the company I keep is more often than not…

5 min readAug 25, 2023

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Age Really is Just a Number: Or is it?

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Roger M. Cahak

Purple Haze

The degrading, demeaning, demoralizing, disgusting, and dangerous ritual of hazing in college sports and elsewhere must end. Reading about…

3 min readJul 11, 2023

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Purple Haze

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Roger M. Cahak

Is Your Therapist a “Wounded Healer?”

When my sons were in middle and high school, they played basketball with two brothers whose parents were a bit wacky. They were just a…

4 min readDec 30, 2021

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Is Your Therapist a “Wounded Healer?”

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Roger M. Cahak

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Athletes

The Fall sports season is here. Millions of fans are again packing stadiums throughout the country. I’m not so sure that’s advisable, but…

5 min readSep 12, 2021

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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Athletes

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Roger M. Cahak

It’s Easier Not to Be Great

How performance-based identity dysregulates athletes.

6 min readAug 9, 2021

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It’s Easier Not to Be Great

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Roger M. Cahak

The Paradox of Mental Health Diagnosis

Key points

5 min readJul 31, 2021

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The Paradox of Mental Health Diagnosis

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Roger M. Cahak

The Wrong One Died: Face-to-Face with Survivor’s Guilt

The wounds of my childhood had been ripped open in an instant by four words in a book.

6 min readFeb 20, 2021

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The Wrong One Died: Face-to-Face with Survivor’s Guilt

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Roger M. Cahak

Eyes Wide Shut: Why are We So Gullible?

I think most of us understand that this country is in the midst of the most acute and chronic era of divisiveness since the Civil War. Too…

4 min readAug 20, 2020

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Eyes Wide Shut: Why are We So Gullible?

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Roger M. Cahak

Who I Am is Not What I Am: The Curse of Performance-Based Identity

Most of us harbor a self-critic in the Amygdala of our brain. It operates on a continuum ranging from selective and reserved to vocal and…

9 min readMay 12, 2020

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Who I Am is Not What I Am: The Curse of Performance-Based Identity

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Roger M. Cahak

Take Nothing for Granted. It’s Great to Be Alive.

“Take nothing for granted. It’s great to be alive.” I’ve heard those words uttered by Chicago disk jockey Lin Brehmer dozens of times. The…

5 min readApr 11, 2020

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Take Nothing for Granted. It’s Great to Be Alive.

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Roger M. Cahak

Roger M. Cahak

Roger Cahak is a trauma certified psychotherapist and group facilitator in Chicago. Contact: roger@skylightcounselingcenter.com.

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