How Good Is Our Psychological Treatment for Depression?
A call to arms to improve our psychological interventions for depression. What are the major challenges facing therapy for depression? In brief, we need to make therapy more effective, more engaging,...
View ArticleWhy "Natural" Is Better
Is Mother Nature always right? Is "natural" always best? Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. Here we take a look at what makes something natural, and why we care.read more
View ArticlePump Up Your Happiness by Strength-Training Your Emotions
Life presents us with numerous day-to-day challenges. The four steps of emotional strength training will allow you to handle almost any situation that would otherwise stretch and strain your...
View ArticleThe Essential Element in Dieting--And in Psychotherapy
An essential psychological factor shared by those who diet successfully and those in a successful psychotherapy.read more
View ArticleTackling the Treatment Gap in Depression:The IMPROVE-1 trial
Are you interested in having free online cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression, whilst helping to improve treatment? The IMPROVE-1 trial (Implementing Multifactorial Psychotherapy Research in...
View ArticleConscious of the Unconscious
There’s much to know about your unconscious mind, and you don’t need a PhD in psychology to work with it. However, you do need to understand a few basics! How does your unconscious mind store memories?...
View ArticleSpeak Up For Yourself
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. How about the Diamond Rule: Do unto you what you’d have others do unto you. Unless you practice Enlightened...
View ArticleOnline Psychotherapy
Receiving therapy over the internet can be convenient, and it's enticing to be on technology's cutting edge. But face-to-face psychotherapy remains the gold standard. Here are pros and cons to keep in...
View ArticleMore on the Use of Anti-Depressant Drugs
The use and misuse of anti-depressant drugs. Examples of dealing with patients who are adamant about wanting—or not wanting—to take drugs.read more
View ArticleHow to Spread "Slow Ideas"—Talk to People
What the 19th century hospital OR and today's non-diagnostic psychotherapies have in common may surprise you. A surgeon, writer and public health researcher has insights that can help those with new...
View ArticleObama as Wounded Healer
Obama's address honoring Trayvon Martin can be seen from the perspective of psychological trauma, particularly as it pertains to race. Obama demonstrates an intuitive understanding of trauma and its...
View ArticleWhy ARE some women nasty to other women?
What possible reasons could women have for being nasty at work to other women? Where does the Dark Side come from?read more
View ArticleHow to Stay Cool Under Pressure
Most of us experience some level of stress in life. How we handle stressful situations can make the difference between being assertive versus reactive, and poised versus frazzled. When under pressure,...
View ArticlePatients or Clients?
Patients or clients? Does it make a difference what word psychotherapists choose to use? read more
View ArticleFreeing Yourself From the Grip of Low Self-Esteem
In order to vault past the tenacious grip of low self-esteem, look at your limiting core beliefs and thoughts. The first step is to appreciate how these beliefs first arose, and then see how they...
View Article5 Ways to Affair-Proof Your Long-Term Relationship
Extramarital affairs, though disapproved in theory by most adults, occur in as many as one-quarter of all relationships. Research on relationship education shows that through relatively brief...
View ArticlePhoto Albums in Therapy
The meat and potatoes of therapy will always be talking about current thoughts and feelings, but an occasional shift can invigorate the work and give a new perspective.read more
View ArticlePsychology Games Anyone Can Play
Psychologists don’t just like to play games, they also like to invent them. These brief quizzes will allow you to test your knowledge of everything from the psychology of learning to psychological...
View ArticleAre you afraid to dance?
Have you ever heard someone say, “oh no! I don’t dance”? Is there something about dancing in particular that induce fears of vulnerability, embarrassment, humiliation, or shame? Why be afraid? Dance...
View ArticleModeration in addiction treatment - A change is gonna come
"Denial" in the context of addiction treatment might mean that those who want help are simply not willing to except the only option offered to them. Maybe it's time that we listened instead of blaming...
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