20 Shades of Sadness: Why Do We Get Depressed?
At best, any treatment for depression is only 60% effective in managing symptoms. Why don't treatments alleviate the suffering of more people? Because, treatments come in one size!
View ArticlePsychodrama, an Experiential Treatment, Helps Diffuse Anger
Do you know how psychodrama brings imagination and flair to the work of overcoming resentment and restoring loving connection? If diffusing anger would help, this read is for you.
View ArticleRecent Art Therapy Research: Measuring Mood, Pain and Brain
Does art therapy change your mood and perception of pain? And does art making differ from other "hands-on" tasks? Here are two studies that shed some light on these questions.
View ArticleConversion 'Therapy' Isn't Therapy At All
Conversion therapy is widely discredited, yet new data suggests 698,000 LGBTQ adults have underwent the practice. It is time to ban it nationwide.
View ArticleHow to Cope with Shame—Clues from Chronic Illness
We avoid shameful feelings and their consequences at our peril. New research spells out how shame affects psychological health and social relationships in illness.
View ArticleWhy Does Compassion Feel So Good? Here Are Five Reasons
Recent research has explored ways to increase our ability to show compassion, both for others and for ourselves.
View ArticleWhen Perpetrators Are Also Victims
What happens when the perpetrator is also a victim of human trafficking? Understanding the complexities that a trauma-informed approach affords—and why it is so critical.
View ArticleIs “Divorcing” a Toxic Parent the Best Strategy?
The advice to avoid all contact with "toxic" parents has become common today, but, while better than allowing abuse to continue, it does not really solve anything.
View ArticleHow Mental Health Professionals Can Best Help Our Country
Techniques drawn from family therapy and conflict resolution can help us reach across the political divide to bridge the chasm and improve our teetering country.
View Article4 Strategies for Families Facing Addiction
Hardly any family member, friend or co-worker is spared knowing someone with addiction. What can you do to help?
View ArticleWelcome to the Village
Once you sign your child up for psychotherapy sessions, you are no longer alone in supporting his or her growth and happiness.
View ArticleDoes Every Silence Need To Be Filled?
Do you ever find yourself not knowing what to say? Winnicott describes how sitting together in the absence of words can speak volumes.
View ArticleFrightening Episodes of Child Abuse
I was thinking about the torture parents, David and Louise Turpin and their thirteen children, and Larry Nassar, the pedophile doctor who preyed on hundreds of innocent girls.
View ArticleThe Fear of Missing Out and the Courage to Go In
The fear of missing out is prevalent in our society. What is the remedy?
View ArticleLeading a Bereavement Group for 9/11 Widows
Instead of ending after 16 weeks, the support group kept going for 41 months.
View ArticleHow Do You Know When Your Depression Is Improving?
Like the change in seasons, it's hard to know definitively when depression has lifted. Here are eight signs to look for.
View ArticlePsychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of EDs
What do psychoanalytic approaches to the treatment of eating disorders have to contribute?
View ArticleWho to Turn To:
If you are one who trusts easily and quickly, consider the possibility that this may work against you rather than for you.
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