Love Is a Classroom
It takes guts to admit that you don't have it all figured out when it comes to love, but being a student of love goes a long ways to creating an amazing relationship.
View ArticleA Season of Forgiveness
Why making amends can be an important step in the healing process, and one to explore.
View ArticlePsychodynamic Vs. Cognitive Therapy: Defense Mechanisms
Different schools of psychotherapy often use multiple names for the same phenomenon — and act like they're discussing completely different things. Here's a prime example.
View ArticleFighting My White Male Privilege—A Confession
Before exploring anti-oppressive practices in therapy, do I need to to address my own white male privilege? In this current political and societal climate, it is imperative.
View ArticleWhat Depression May Be Telling You
Hidden in depression's feelings, moods, and thoughts is a deep intelligence. How can we explore its depths? What does it have to teach us?
View ArticleIllustrating Mental Health with Cartoons
Cartoons allow audiences to grasp intricate aspects of psychological disorders.
View ArticleDepressed and Don't Know Why? Or What You Can Do About It?
If you or someone you know has been feeling uncharacteristically irritable, discouraged, self-critical, or down, help is available, now.
View ArticleMillennials In Therapy
Millennials are experiencing new challenges and unique stressors. What keeps them from getting the help they need during one of life's most important transitional periods?
View ArticleWhen Therapists and Patients Fall in Love
Love in the therapy office? It's more common than you think.
View ArticleSeasonal Affective Disorder—What You Need to Know
With Daylight Savings Time ending this Sunday, it's a good time to delve into the impact that lack of sunlight can have on mood, sleep and energy.
View ArticleAwareness of Your Hair Pulling Can Help You Stop
How do you stop pulling if you don't even know when you are doing it? Research shows that self-monitoring technology can help.
View ArticleHow to See Challenges as Opportunities
Going for success is like crossing a river on stepping stones, there is always the possibility of getting wet.
View ArticleThree Questions to Ask About Your Friendships
In an authentic relationship you will feel valued for who you are, not for who your friends think you ought to be.
View ArticleThe "I Ching" as Facilitator in Psychotherapy
When therapy seems stuck, ancient Chinese wisdom may come to the rescue.
View ArticleCreativity, Space Flight & the United (or Un-united) States
Artworks from Earth could make astronauts homesick. But robots that generate artistic works in situ would not only provide fun and diversion but help forge a collective memory.
View ArticleFalling Down and Getting Up Again
Whatever we may feel about these election results, we must pick ourselves up and carry on. There's work to do.
View ArticleGot the Post-Election Blues? Sad, Mad, or Scared?
The election of Donald Trump has precipitated Post-election depression—plus anger and anxiety—for many voters. Here's a strategy for returning to a state of well-being, asap.
View ArticleCan You Meditate While Driving?
A new book describes how mindfulness behind the wheel can make you a more relaxed, more focused, and safer driver.
View ArticlePicking Up the Pieces
What therapists do to support their clients matters now more than ever.
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