Does Your Therapist Talk More Than You Do?
Should therapy be like any other conversation? Learn the challenges and the signs of good listening and interviewing skills to help you find a good therapist. This basic information can also be helpful...
View ArticleThe Second Greatest Psychologist of All Time
Many fiction writers should be included on the list of great psychologists, because clinical psychology is more a branch of literature than of medicine.read more
View ArticleThe Woman Who Gave Herself Away
A powerful therapy group of women, led by a skilled certified group psychotherapist, help Jana reign in her temptation to put herself last in the interest of a good Mother-daughter relationship. A few...
View ArticleFind Happiness Without Having to Change a Thing
Finding happiness is often not so much the end result of a focused quest as it is the manifestation of greater inner awareness. When you attend to and nourish that awareness, you will see the pathway...
View ArticleThe Death of Therapeutic Confidentiality
In the early years of psychotherapy, confidentiality and privilege were sacred, assuring patients of trust and safety in therapy. But, over the past 50 years, society's "need to know" continues to...
View ArticleThe Secret to Happiness and Compassion: Low Expectations
A new MRI study suggests that happier people have lower expectations. I'd argue that compassion too is a product of lowered expectations. So to be as happy and compassionate as possible, lower your...
View ArticleThe Harm Marijuana Causes
Marijuana is a mood-altering drug which can be habit forming.read more
View ArticleInmates Learn to Understand and Manage Anger Through Art
This post introduces us to an art therapist who used art to supplement an anger management program in a men’s prison.read more
View ArticleAre You Shadow-Shocked?
Increasingly I sense that there are two kinds of people, people who are skeptical about their own motives and people who aren't. The people who aren't are the kind who, when challenged always say in so...
View ArticleDiagnosing Depression In The Wake Of Robin Williams’ Suicide
Lives can be saved; symptoms can be legitimized; shame can can be lifted. But is there a dark side of diagnosing and labeling depression? Read about the pros and cons of diagnosing here. read more
View ArticleHappiness With Others 10: Leave A Trail Of Happiness
What goes around comes around. The more we leave a trail of happiness for others to follow, the more happiness we find as well. Learn the five powerful strategies that, through bringing happiness to...
View ArticleArt Therapy + CBT Treats Panic Disorder--Maybe
Does art-based therapy plus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) reduce symptoms in panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder? The answer is a very tentative "maybe" according to a recent study's...
View ArticleHow Does Your Therapist Perform?
Exciting developments are afloat in the ongoing challenge to give practitioners and their clients more choices in how to deal with emotional distress than biologically-based diagnosis. They're coming...
View ArticlePaying for Psychotherapy
Some people believe money is a more taboo topic than sex and death. We pay all sorts of professional for their services without much thought. But somehow how, and when, and how much you pay your...
View ArticleThe Curious Journey of a Psychology Intern
When clinical training doesn't prepare someone for the symptomatology of their mental health institution.read more
View ArticleDo You Love Me? Did You Miss Me?
Most of us have asked someone if they love or miss us when we feel needy or insecure. But, stop and ask yourself, “Does this ever really go well?" When we look to other people for reassurance in...
View ArticleWayne Kramer’s Revolution Wants to Change Prisoners’ Lives
Addressing substance abuse, incarceration, and recidivism after release is not an easy challenge to conquer, but a necessary one. Music and empathy have allowed the non-profit "Jail Guitar Doors" to...
View ArticleIs It OK for Therapists To Talk About Themselves?
More on how to find a good therapist—and how to be one.read more
View ArticleLooking Up the Learning Curve
If you’ve been praised your whole life for getting the right answer, you might have a tendency to interest yourself only in activities that can be mastered quickly. Psychotherapy is not one of...
View ArticleIs Quackery Okay?
Ethics codes for psychology and related fields have statements about the need to use validated assessment methods, but there are no comparable requirements to use only validated forms of psychotherapy....
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