When A Loved One Attempts Suicide
Learning to forgive oneself after a loved one's suicide attempt is essential for friends and family members.
View ArticleAutism Parents: You Didn’t Win Powerball but That’s OK
You might not be a new billionaire, but you wouldn’t want to spend $1.5b on new autism therapy options anyway.
View ArticleAlbert Ellis: A Creative Revolutionist
How can one explain the creativity of Albert Ellis, a legendary psychologist?
View ArticleSo Stressed Out: What's The Best Skill For Reducing Anxiety?
Feeling frazzled and stressed? Practice this skill correctly and feel better.
View ArticleFiguring Out What You Really Want
We often want something not for its own sake but to achieve some other goal.
View ArticleSmashing the Neurotransmitter Myth
Serotonin depletion is not the cause of psychiatric conditions. Antidepressants are a significant factor in suicides and mass mass murders.
View ArticleWhy Humans Have Problems
Of course we have problems. Of course our minds, evolved to guide us, often misguide us. Find out why and what to do about it.
View ArticleThe Ups and Downs of Male Sexuality
Brad, a slim, small man with dark curly hair that hung down to his shoulders, sat on the couch close to me and announced, “I think I’m a sex addict.”
View ArticleChild’s Play: How Play Therapy Works
Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works. Kids can’t always put their feelings into words. By Tomás Casado-Frankel, LMFT.
View ArticleThe Future of Mental Health Interview Series Day 1
Today's interview in the Future of Mental Health Interview series is with Bonnie Burstow on feminist psychotherapy and the power of language
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Exercise As I Should
We don’t engage in treatment that is good for us if we don’t accept its mechanics or we don’t have a vessel for our positive feelings about the person treating us.
View ArticleDan Stradford on Safe Harbor and Alternative Mental Health
The future of mental health interview series continues with an interview with Dan Stradford, founder of Safe Harbor.
View ArticleYour Autistic Child May Have a Secondary Disability
Challenges for people of difference should be related to as social, regardless of any biological or neurological characteristic. Otherwise, we can be making things worse.
View ArticleMusic’s Power Explained
As it turns out, the emotions evoked by music don’t just feel good — they’re healthy for you, too. Music has the ability to reduce anxiety, fight depression and boost immunity.
View ArticleFive Psychology Podcasts to Broaden Your Mind in 2016
Now that you’ve finished binge-watching Making a Murderer and Serial season 2 just isn’t cutting it for you, here’s a list of five psychology podcasts to broaden your mind in 2016.
View ArticleNasal Spray May Prevent PTSD, Study Finds
Nasal spray may help prevent traumatic memories from forming in the first place.
View ArticleHow the Stress of Our Partners Influences Our Health
How do we protect ourselves from the stressful emotions of those we love?
View ArticlePeeling Away the Layers: Art Therapy with a Sex Offender
It's difficult yet rewarding to address the needs of this marginal—and oftentimes disturbing—population.
View ArticleDosing Nature: Feeling Down, Take a 3 Minute Walk 2x a Day
Can we really dose nature? A recent essay called "The Problem with Nature Therapy" considers different sides of this question and poses a challenge to conservation psychologists.
View ArticleDay 5: Paula Caplan on Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis
The future of mental health series continues with Paula Caplan on bias in psychiatric diagnosis
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