Why I Don’t Care How the Brain Works
The human condition is not a medical condition.read more
View ArticleChecklist: Is Your Partner a Narcissist?
The label narcissist is used loosely these days, typically to indicate someone who is vain and selfish, but the personality disorder and the traits of narcissism run much deeper than this and carry...
View ArticleFiguring Out Friendship
Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship. What I understand about it, what I still don’t, and how the experience of friendship has always been different that it has been for...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Try Therapy
You are the common denominator in all your relationships; improving yourself is bound to enhance the lives of everyone you meet as well. read more
View Article7 Keys to Increasing Your Self-Esteem Today!
Self-esteem can be defined as healthy respect for yourself, as well as healthy self-worth. In our competitive society, the propensity to be affected by low self-esteem is chronic and pervasive. The...
View ArticleHonesty: The Film
Existential honesty owns up to the inevitable heartbreak of loss.read more
View ArticleVitamin D and Seasonal Affective Disorder Symptoms
New study examines vitamin D supplementation and its effects on symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD)read more
View ArticleWhy I Stopped Psychological “Interpretations” with Clients
With the advent of neuroscience on brain development, science is focusing on the nonverbal and unconscious emotional world underlying clients within a therapeutic context. As a result, there is a rich...
View ArticleConsumer Culture And Well-Being
Research shows that consumerist goals and values are damaging to well-being. The alternative is to cultivate intrinsic aspirations.read more
View ArticleHow To Spot and Stop Narcissists
Pathological narcissists often come across as grandiose, egotistical, manipulative, self-absorbed, and highly conceited. It's not easy when you have such an individual in your personal or professional...
View ArticleAsexuality and the Health Professional
Asexual people are consistently told that their lack of sexual attraction is pathological. Worse yet, sometimes this message is reiterated by the medical and mental health professionals they trust....
View ArticleCan We Pay People to Quit Drugs?
A number of empirical studies have shown that direct cash payment can alter human behavior, and more specifically drug use behavior. However, this treatment is not effective for everyone. Finding out...
View ArticleHell Is No Place to Hang Out
If you are in emotional anguish, it is difficult to make it through each moment, never mind putting in the extra effort to drag yourself out of it. Yet, there are ways for you to find hope for a better...
View ArticleOn Being the Main Character of Your Own Life
Many elderly people have lost their improvisational abilities, and reciting lines is the only kind of participation they can still muster.read more
View ArticleThe Move Away from Abstinence Based Addiction Treatment
The face of addiction treatment is changing, and not for the better.read more
View ArticleThe Power of Art in Crossing Inmates’ Prison Boundaries
The latest post, by guest blogger Lariza Fenner, illustrates just how art and art therapy can be used to bring prison inmates together who might otherwise be in violently opposing groups.read more
View ArticleThere Is Nothing Either Good or Bad But Thinking Makes It So
Lack of empathy is the black hole in our social relations.read more
View ArticleWelcome to Chronic Pain 360: Real Hope for Recovery
We need to rethink the way we treat chronic pain.read more
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