Recovering From PTSD With the Right Help
I personally know the exhilaration of sitting atop a mountain peak in Montana. Building positive memories like this are important in overriding the memories of trauma.
View ArticleArt Therapy and Fear: Acknowledging the Dread
When fear is the dominant narrative, a few creative practices may help. Here are some recommendations for assisting those most vulnerable to trauma at this critical time.
View ArticleAASECT Releases Historic Position Statement on Sex Addiction
AASECT, the national sex therapy certifying organization releases a groundbreaking position statement about the sex addiction model.
View ArticleNot All Empathy Is The Same
Believing that the power of empathy can be harnessed by perspective-taking alone is itself a false belief.
View ArticleEmotionally Abusive Relationships, Part Two
Think you're in an emotionally abusive relationship? Understand the dynamics of emotional abuse.
View ArticleSocial Anxiety: A Single-Session Cure
My patient never returned. Her father called 4 days later, delighted to report that I had “worked a miracle.” Yet, I see what happened as a failure on my part.
View ArticleIs There a Place for Clinical Thinking in a Hospital?
Mark my words: In the not too distant future, some psychology organization will forbid us from treating cancer victims unless we hold some cancer credential.
View ArticleThe Male Perspective
Our society expects men to be unemotional, so how can therapy challenge this?
View ArticleAffirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
It’s perfectly normal in adolescence to question your sexual orientation and gender identity. For some, these questions linger well into adulthood.
View ArticleGray & White Matter MRI Opposite in Autistics vs. Psychotics
Brain-imaging reveals white and gray matter in autistic brains vary oppositely to schizophrenic brains, suggesting a new diagnostic tool only explained by the diametric model.
View ArticleDoes Anyone Know the Future?
You or I, after sending a bowling ball half way down the alley, might have a pretty good idea what will result. Ramakrishna Sarathy had an ability to do that with people.
View ArticleFeeling Blah? Here's How to See Your World with Fresh Eyes
Rather than missing out on our life, we can experience anything as though for the first time.
View Article"Forgiveness Saved My Life"
Can we learn from those who are suffering in prison? They may be our teachers when it comes to forgiving.
View ArticleWe Are All More Fact-Free Than We’d Like to Think
Facts are opinions held by the right people.
View ArticleFrom Client to Counselor
I grew up in a traditional Chinese immigrant household which stressed the virtues of collectivism, harmony, and honor. In a way, my upbringing shaped my sex addiction.
View ArticleLady Gaga’s PTSD and the Mind Body Connection
Lady Gaga recently announced that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain from being sexually assaulted when she was 19.
View ArticleWhy It's Easy to Procrastinate—and 7 Ways to Break the Habit
If you're tired of putting things off, consider a plan to cross those items off your list.
View ArticleCan Programs Like "Help Wanted" Prevent Child Sexual Abuse?
Did you know that there are individuals all over the world who are living with, but not acting on, a sexual attraction to children?Prevention programs are key to preventing abuse.
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