Toxic Relationships: 50 Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship
While many relationships may display one or two of these warning signs, toxic relationships often feature a lot of these alarm bells.
View ArticleThrough a Distant Lens
Hearing voices and feeling paranoid may be common experiences, often a reaction to trauma, abuse, or deprivation.
View ArticleDogs Can't Cure Cancer
How much do cancer patients benefit from playing with therapy dogs before their radiation or chemotherapy treatments? There's good news and bad news...
View ArticleTherapy and Weight Loss
How can mental health providers assist in your weight loss goals? Read on to learn more...
View ArticleHerbal Supplements Not as Advertised
Recent study finds that the vast majority of major store brand herbal supplements do not contain the product label ingredient. Instead, researchers found the supplements contained contaminants and...
View ArticleGetting Ready to Get Back Out in the Dating World
Getting ready to date again after your big breakup isn't easy, but it's worth it (and so are you!)
View ArticleAntidepressant Superstition
Why do people become dependent on drugs that are no more effective than sugar pills?
View ArticleWhy Residential Rehab Matters in Heroin Addiction
A sweeping 11-year study out of Australia adds fresh understanding to our knowledge of heroin dependence and, in the process, challenges a widely held misconception—that residential rehab doesn’t...
View ArticlePsychological Strength Research That Everybody Needs to Know
New research puts two psychological treatments of depression to the test. Should we choose a treatment that capitalizes on people's strengths or one that compensates for their deficits and weaknesses?...
View ArticleCampus Sexual Assault & Binge Drinking: What Can Parents Do?
The double whammy of sexual violence and binge drinking on college campuses has parents concerned – as well it should. As numerous studies have shown, the two behaviors are closely linked in a number...
View ArticleLove Was Just Around the Corner
Just when Eva assumed love had passed her by it stopped to call and stayed a while. Perhaps the reason is that Eva has done superb work to strengthen her troubled family experiences and to build...
View ArticleProtection Compulsion...A Case Study
A psychologist can't fix what they don't know about. Sometimes a patient's defenses can be so strong they thwart their own treatment. But if a therapist slips into detective mode, he/she just might...
View ArticleRitual Abuse, Cults and Captivity
Escaping the torment of a cult can be the most difficult part for a survivor, but recovery and rehabilitation can be just as challenging.
View ArticleAre Your Boundaries Making You Miserable?
Sure, you need boundaries. And undeniably, you have the right to assert them—whether to safeguard your privacy, self-respect, or basic sense of decency. So it’s crucial to develop the ability and...
View ArticleYour Dark Side’s Upside
Why you might add some societally discouraged behaviors to your toolkit.
View ArticleThinking and Doing in Exposure & Response Prevention Therapy
In the third post in a series, find out what the "exposure" in exposure and response prevention is all about, and how therapists can avoid using the wrong form of exposure in treatment.
View ArticleFrom "Sex and the City" to Marriage, “The Longest Date”
Award-winning, former "Sex and the City" writer Cindy Chupack talks candidly with Elise Ballard about her epiphanies and insights on life, love, romance, writing, and therapy, as well as her new book...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Dreaming
Is the psychology of dreaming a forgotten backwater? There are many claims made about how, when and why to interpret dreams but are the true?
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