Ling Lam, Ph.D, is a lecturer incounseling psychology at SantaClara University, teaching complextrauma, crisis intervention, LGBTcounseling, family and couplestherapy. He was previously anengineer, and part of the team thatinvented the world's first HDMI chip. He is also a Lecturer of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business.TOPICS>Imposter syndrome>Emotional intelligence>Vicarious trauma (survivors of mass shootings, e.g.)>How hidden shame manifests in high-functioning professionals>How anxiety can be your friend>Social-media addiction as a symptom, not the problem.>How FDA approval of psychedelic (e.g., MDMA-assisted) psychotherapy could impact treatment of trauma and depression>How loneliness, which the W.H.O. named anepidemic in the country right now, relates to various mental-health symptoms