How to Conquer Your Nightmares with Lucid Dreaming
Lucid dreaming is the process of becoming aware in a dream. Once lucid within a nightmare you realize that there is no real danger, so you can choose to safely confront your fears.
View ArticleYou Want Couple’s Counseling But Your Partner Does Not.
“Should I still come to counseling to work on my relationship if my partner won’t come? Maybe I should just give up. We’re doomed, right?” I hear this type of question quite often. It’s unfortunate,...
View ArticleForgetting PTSD: How Genes Affect Memory
The tet1 gene plays a central role in forgetting traumatic experiences.
View ArticleYoga as Medicine for Depression
According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, 58 percent of those who practice yoga do so for mental and physical well-being, and 16 percent use yoga to treat specific...
View ArticleSelling the Couch: The Business of Psychotherapy
The business side of private practice is something that eludes many, if not most, mental health professionals. As an outgrowth of his practice, Philadelphia-area psychologist Melvin Varghese has...
View ArticleThe Freedom to Enjoy Secure Functioning
Psychological principles underlie the current political debate over same-sex unions. Like all couples, same-sex couples have a better chance to thrive in an environment that supports their ability to...
View ArticleLet’s Play: How the Science of the Brain is Changing Therapy
I recently attended a conference at UCLA entitled: Play, Creativity, Mindfulness and Neuroscience in Psychotherapy. The conference offered an approach that has been gaining increasing importance,...
View ArticleWhy Stress Rules Our Lives
Why today's adults feel more stress than did their predecessors -- and the lessons that we might learn from the past to better cope with our life stresses.
View ArticleHow To Change Your Life
Change, which is so difficult to achieve in life and to portray in literature is often brought about by a catalyst, a stranger, who comes into our lives and makes us see ourselves in a different and...
View ArticleGracing Clients’ Lives
Boomer died suddenly at age 9, leaving a trail of progeny and well wishes for his therapy work with clients.
View ArticleMental Illness On Reality TV: Helpful Or Harmful?
A new TV show begs a very basic question: Does showing the intensely emotional moments of untreated mentally ill individuals help or harm the overall cause?
View ArticleWhen a Sociopath Is Hell Bent on Destroying You
Sociopaths (anti-social personality, psychopath) can decimate a life. The mental, emotional or physical trauma can be stunning. The aftermath of sociopathic is unique because the assault instills a dim...
View ArticleSex Is Disgusting But We Keep Doing It
Disgust and sexual arousal seem at odds with each other but they're also more closely related than you might think.
View ArticleTime to Tidy Up Your Head
When a book about tidying up your home hits the top of the best seller's list, there's got to be something worth reading in it. Or maybe this is just a wake up call for all of us to look at the kind of...
View ArticleNet Losses
A number of market research reports have indicated that many office employees spend at least one hour of their day at work on various non-work activities (e.g., booking holidays, shopping online,...
View Article5 Reasons to Go Meat Free Right Now!
In what ways can your mind, body, and spirit benefit from going meatless?
View ArticleIs There an Epidemic of Fake Service Dogs?
In order to gain access to public places such as restaurants and hotels with their pets a number of people are purchasing service dog vests and meaningless assistance dog identification cards and...
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