Are You a Physical Empath?
Empathic illnesses are those in which you manifest symptoms that are not your own. Take a quiz to discover if you're a physical empath and learn tips on how to protect yourself.read more
View ArticleDon't focus on the consequences of addiction
Looking at the results, rather than the causes, of addiction is a mistake.read more
View ArticleIs the Psychiatric System Broken?
Dire facts regarding the state of the psychiatric system in the U.S. today.read more
View ArticleThe 12 Vital Questions of Mental Health
The future of mental health depends on us asking the right questions.read more
View ArticleHealth Worriers and Their Families
A list of common mistakes made by the families of health worriers in their attempts to provide help.read more
View ArticleGender Bias in Diagnosing Anger: Batterer or Borderline?
How much of a role does gender play in diagnostic labeling of people who rage? All are toxic in their impacts on those around them. Yet women tend to get labeled clinically as borderline while men get...
View ArticleSetting “Whole Body” Intentions as a Valentine’s Gift to You
February is about self love. This time of the year is a perfect time to assess what you desire. read more
View ArticleWhat Assistance Dogs Can and Can't Do
An assistance dog does not replace a handicapped person's missing abilities (such as vision), but rather performs narrowly defined tasks that his human companion has difficulty with.read more
View ArticleWhen Golden Retrievers Make the Best Therapists
A Golden Retriever to the Rescueread more
View ArticleDoes “Mental Cheating” Hurt or Help a Romantic Relationship?
Many people fantasize about their neighbor’s spouse without committing adultery. It is common to have erotic fantasies about co-workers, strangers, and good old figments-of-our-imagination. While...
View ArticleIs Clinical Training Turning Into a Checklist?
We are always tempted to measure what is easily measured.read more
View ArticleCan We Create Mental Health?
There's a National Dialogue on Mental Health going on, and it's not all the same old, same old. Creating Community Solutions involves everyone (not just professionals) in the challenge of figuring out...
View ArticleWhy Men Don't Like Shopping and (Most) Women Do
Men and women's different attitudes to shopping are a remnant of human beings' hunting and gathering past. read more
View ArticleTherapy Thru the Magnifying Glass of Sherlock Holmes
CSI, as any television viewer knows, is a popular form of a crime show based on forensic science. Psychotherapy is not unlike forensic science in that its focus is on uncovering the clues that have not...
View ArticleManhattan Transference #6
The cure for acting out—is acting out. Using psychodramatic methods in uncovering transferences in group therapy.read more
View ArticleCognitive Behavioral Therapy: 7 Effective Tips
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown in numerous research trials to be an extremely effective form of therapy. Many therapists practice CBT in slightly different ways. Here are 7 tips on...
View ArticleWhy Do People Hold to Their Beliefs So Stubbornly?
A discussion of the problems attendant upon holding on to fallacious beliefs stubbornly—and the reasons why these views are intractable.read more
View ArticleSeven Ways to Become a Better You
Professor Arnold A. Lazarus pioneered CBT and created MMT (Multimodal Therapy) which is one of the most comprehensive yet elegant methods of psychological therapy ever conceived. Here is a quick, seven...
View ArticleCan Traumatic Experiences Make You More Creative?
Can posttraumatic growth also lead to increased creativity? The biographies of many highly creative people often link their inspiration to the tragedies they had injured. A recent research study...
View ArticleMindfulness or Mindlessness?
The latest fad in both psychotherapy and self help is “mindfulness.” Derived from Zen Buddhism, it is a skill one can use to better tolerate emotional distress. When faced with distress, having ways to...
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