How to Heal After Upsets: A Safe 4-Step Route to Recovery
You're mad. Your partner is mad as well. What next? Just forget about it? Bear a grudge? Will talking over what happened just make matters worse? This effective 4-step sequence is what the couples in...
View ArticleHow to Deal with Passive-Aggressive Relationships
Are you dealing with someone who’s passive-aggressive in your life? Relating to a passive-aggressive person can be a difficult experience, with many moments of frustration, anger, and despair. How can...
View ArticleIs Treatment Helping? Can We Ever Know?
What is a normal, garden-variety human being? How does one go about being human? Without robust answers to these questions, discussions of abnormality or psychopathology will be fatally constrained in...
View ArticleA State of Psychiatric Emergency
Psychiatry is fast approaching a death spiral which we as a society may not be able to recover from. In many residencies, psychotherapy is not even being taught. Many psychotherapists of all...
View ArticleFive Ways to Get a Do-Over from Your Spouse
I’ve learned (the hard way) that trying to ignore these behavior blunders can strain my relationships, which only compounds the original error. That’s why, lately, I’ve started to employ an old...
View ArticleClueless: Bringing an Affair into the Open
Join Rolph as he tries to be honest and intimate with his wife about the infidelity that has plagued him. Marna is unable to consider his request to use therapy as a forum to work through legitimate...
View ArticleSurprise in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Guidelines
Unexpectedly, the AACAP bipolar disorder guidelines were published next to a sharply critical commentaryread more
View ArticleParenting Skills Depend on the Child
The first concern in any system of parenting skills should be a list of the child’s needs.read more
View ArticleDifferences Between Individual, Group, and Couple's Therapy
“Therapy” is a very broad term used to describe various styles and modes of treatment. It can be confusing because in addition to the types of therapy and therapist, there are different techniques,...
View ArticleLet's Talk about Our Failures
Growing up we learn all the important subjects: Math, English, History, and Science. But at what point do we learn how to handle failure, betrayal, sadness? We need to start creating a language to make...
View ArticleCognitive-Behavioral Therapy
A new blog on PsychologyToday.com will present the latest findings on cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based therapy.read more
View ArticleDon’t Tell Me to Call 911
Therapists don't need voicemail messages that demean their patients.read more
View ArticleSeven Ways Therapists Can Mess Up the Best OCD Treatment
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the treatment of choice for OCD. Learn about the common mistakes in ERP that can make it less effective, and how to avoid them. This entry is the first in a...
View ArticleHey Doc, Were You a History Major?
Medicine, History and You. You have your history, and your doctors have theirs. How does this all come together to give you better care. read more
View Article9 Essential Issues Good Therapy Should Address
Despite the fact that all people are unique individuals who will need their therapy tailored to their specific needs, there are some general factors that define good therapy. If you and your therapist...
View ArticleHyper-mentalism in Children Reporting Psychotic Experiences
Hyper-mentalism can be present in childhood as a new study reveals, but only the diametric model of mental illness reveals its positive aspects.read more
View ArticleLiving on Thin Ice
You can enjoy your work if it produces reinforcement, but you can’t be replenished by it if you’re situation-conscious on the job.read more
View ArticleWhen You're Afflicted With the Disease to Please
How to stop valuing others' comfort over your own, once and for all...read more
View ArticleAnger is its Own Beast, whose Bark is as Bad as its Bite
Why the distinction between anger and aggression is not as sharp or useful as it first appears.read more
View ArticleWhen Therapy Doesn't Work
There's no such thing as a magic pill, or a magic wand for that matter. Therapy requires as much effort from the patient as from the therapist. But not all patient/therapist duos are a good match. Read...
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