Art Therapy
Do you believe that making art is healing and life enhancing? Are you interested in mental health as well? Art therapy combines the two in a unique profession.
View Article7 Ways Yoga Lowers Stress and Anxiety
No surprise here: yoga relieves anxiety. But how? We consider 7 ways yoga can help us better manage stress and anxiety.
View ArticleSetting Effective Treatment Targets for Angry Patients
The truth that I believe we must integrate is that people don’t change for their mental health counselors. They change because their behavior impacts those they love.
View ArticleEnough is Enough Series, #5 – The fiction of ADHD is exposed
Children must be raised with boundaries and love. To provide the best holding environment for our children has to be our parental imperative. Regarding ADHD we have lost our way.
View ArticleFusion Cuisine
The FATT Initiative: Food as Tasteful Therapy. Why it is good eats and good medicine for us all.
View ArticleCornerstone of Eating Disorder Recovery
Emotions are inescapable. Negative emotions are powerful. Attempts to rid them are what eating disorders thrive on. It is often easier to have an eating disorder than to feel bad
View ArticleThree Keys to Healing Shame
To heal our shame, we need to be: truly seen, witnessed with compassion, and have our feelings and deepest truths believed.
View ArticleWorld Psychosynthesis Day
The synthesis of the psyche is an invitation, and in these difficult days, a mandate, towards creating inner and outer peace. Psychosynthesis offers a path towards that.
View ArticleThe Antidote to Envy
Envy tells us that someone, somewhere has it all—but it just isn’t true. The best we can do is be thankful for what we have and try to do something useful with it.
View ArticleBiased Publication Standards Hinder Schizophrenia Research
Since most research that exists on treatment of schizophrenia is directly funded by pharmaceutical companies, a bias exists towards silencing unfavourable research.
View ArticleMy Advice for Brad and Angelina (And the Rest of Us)
We all know how to have a destructive divorce. Just be the same two people you were when you were married. Having a civil divorce is much harder. Here's how.
View ArticlePoetry as an Addiction
It was recently argued that the act of writing poetry can potentially meet some of the criteria for addiction and has been termed 'poesegraphilia.' This post takes a closer look.
View ArticleCan a Harvard Degree Actually Reduce Patient Trust?
I have made a conscious decision to forgo hanging my diplomas. Here’s why.
View ArticleDarkness in the Morning, Depression in the Afternoon
It is a warmer than usual autumn, but nevertheless the diminished light of winter will soon arrive. Here are some ideas to stay ahead of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
View ArticleSex, Secrets, and Shame
Should the government criminalize fantasies? Many people already feel ashamed of theirs.
View ArticleHow to Make Things Better by Making Them Worse
While it's counter intuitive, sometimes to make things better we first have to make them worse. Here's how to understand and use the power of paradox to solve many problems.
View ArticleWhy TSA Agents Need Therapy Skills Training
In the age of TSA, travel has become more stressful than ever before. Could training agents in basic therapy skills such as empathy and thought distortions help?
View ArticleQuestioning Medical Authority by Accident
While I was giving a recovery talk at an eating disorders clinic, one of the patients asked whether I disagreed with her medical treatment plan. I said yes. Should I not have?
View ArticleWho Looks After You?
Psychotherapy offers relational support that is crucial to our emotional wellbeing, no matter who or how old we are.
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