Therapy is Now Trending
Popular culture is heading to “the couch” and proudly proclaiming it.
View ArticleClay Art Therapy and Depression
Can clay be a way to mediate depression? A recent randomized controlled trial provides some intriguing and positive data on this sensory-based approach to treatment.
View ArticleThe Role of Psychologists in Integrated Primary Care
Hear from a pediatric health psychologist on what it's like working in a primary care setting
View ArticleEight Ways to Cope with Annoying People
Good metacommunication describes annoying behaviors and annoying people in ways that they would readily agree with.
View ArticleAll Things Considered
How can we help our patients make peace with what they have in life?
View ArticleThe Myth of Motivation
So many of us wait to feel motivated before we do anything. But what we don't realize is that just by taking action, the motivation will follow.
View ArticleNavigating Abuse by the Clergy - Part 2.
Discover how the clergy can play an important role in helping survivors and victims of abuse to heal.
View ArticleKeeping Refugee Children and Teens Safe
Even as we cheer for George and Amal Clooney's commitment to schools for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, let's remember the mental health needs of refugee children everywhere.
View ArticleTherapy Dogs for Homesick College Students?
Over 900 colleges and universities now have animal-assisted therapy programs for homesick and stressed-out students. How well do they work?
View ArticleObstacles to Mental Health Care in Auto Accident Cases
Battlefront Michigan for quality of life
View ArticleOverdosed America
How did the U.S. become a nation involved in a prescription opioid epidemic?
View ArticleFive Obstacles Men Overcome to Accept Mental Health Problems
Wondering how men come to accept a mental health problem? Check out this post about a few common challenges.
View ArticleWill New Brain Research Revolutionaize Mental Health Care?
Can therapy rewire your brain? Can brain differences predict therapy outcomes? Can brain differences diagnose psychological disorders?
View ArticleTeen Therapy Without Parental Consent
Should adolescents be able to consent to initial mental health treatment without their parents? On this issue, state laws are all over the place.
View ArticleKeep on a Happy Face
Is feeling sad or depressed so socially unacceptable that we must pretend to be happy?
View ArticleMRI Scans are Transforming Autism Detection and Treatment
What are the benefits of earlier autism detection? It can allow the most appropriate treatment to be delivered at a time when a child could benefit the most.
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