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Do Animal-Assisted Interventions Work, and For Whom?

A The Eminents interview with Aubrey Fine and David Williams.

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A Letter to Therapists 2: Finance Language Lessons

“If you knew my income, my debt, my bad decisions, my cover-ups, you definitely wouldn’t like me.”

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The Eighth Lesson I Have Learned in Working With Men

It's time for men to take more responsibility for articulating their inner worlds. Women shouldn't be expected to do that for them.

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Improvisation Is Scientific

Rules are great as long as we never forget they are heuristics; only a few are laws of nature.

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Mind Traps

What's on your automatic mind?

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Are You Aware of Your Therapist's Biases? You Should Be

Many people seeking psychotherapy for their sexuality struggles are looking for an impartial expert, but all therapists are still influenced by their own personal biases.

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TMS for Depression Adds to Therapy Methods

When psychotherapy and medication are not enough in treating depression,TMS is an example of new methods that may help.

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Clinician’s Corner: Well-being and African Americans

A new study in the Journal of Black Psychology suggests that ethnic identity and religion are significantly important to the well-being of African Americans.

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When Clients Confess to Crimes They Did Not Commit

What if your client confessed to harming a child, but you were sure it didn't happen? A psychologist weighs the options and debates whether to report or not report.

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What Can Be Done to Prevent the Next Mass Murder?

Reducing the unacceptably high number of mass murders and other types of violence in the US will require multiple methods. Prevention through Behavioral Health methods is one.

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"In the Wake of Trauma"

Mass fatality in the community, trauma mental health, acute traumatic stress response, critical incidents, mass murder, anxiety and trauma, fear response to trauma. PTSD.

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Invisible Homophobia

Why is it difficult for the mainstream to accept that the Orlando massacre was a hate crime against LGBT people?

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Seven Myths About Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a deceptively simple practice, and can be life changing. We shouldn't let misunderstandings about it prevent us from trying it out.

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The Biggest Problem in Therapy

Discover the #1 reason therapy interventions fail, and learn how to avoid this toxic tendency.

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Healing Horses: Equine Therapy for Grieving Children

Horses can help to heal emotional wounds

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Do You Need Religion for Life Meaning and Purpose?

Do you ever struggle to get up in the morning and go about your day? You might lack a sense of deep meaning and purpose in life. This article can help!

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A Playful Revolution for the Inner Community

Think you can become more playful? Try staring at yourself and seeing who blinks first.

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America's Founding Fathers Meet the Father of Psychoanalysis

"Hamilton" just swept the Tonys. What did America's founding fathers know that Freud knew, and that we should all celebrate about free speech ... and desire?

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DNA Imaging: Icon of a New, Genomic Literacy

Images of DNA pose the problem of genomic literacy and raise questions about what the text of the genome means, with potentially revolutionary implications for society.

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Getting It Wrong on the Way to Getting It Right

You can’t get to the master clinician’s cherished state of not knowing what to do directly from the trainee’s aversive state of not knowing what to do.

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