Beyond Individual Psychology: How Psychology Shames
Do you see your problems as only your own? Do you see how they are part of a larger family or cultural system? If not, you may be burdened with undeserved shame.
View ArticleCan Psychoanalysis Make You Smarter?
No therapy claims to make people smarter, but I wouldn’t be surprised if sometimes psychoanalysis does just that. Psychoanalytic therapies are those treatments in which the therapist’s job is to help...
View ArticleThe Art Therapy + Happiness Project
Artistic creativity is primarily a force of health and well-being rather than a mirror of dysfunction or disorder. Therefore the real purpose of art therapy and expressive arts therapy is to facilitate...
View ArticleHappiness versus Success
Over the decades - as both a psychiatrist practicing in Silicon Valley and a civilian living here locally - I have witnessed so much success and yet so little happiness. In our valley of material...
View ArticleExpanding the Mental Health Workforce
A guest post by Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York City.
View ArticleThe Good and Bad News for Post-Menopausal Women
A four-year placebo-controlled study suggests that HRT doesn't slow cognitive decline. But there is good news for post-menopausal women who feel like they're "losing it."
View ArticleThe Mysteries of Madness
In Madness and Civilization, Andrew Scull reviews how the struggle between those who understand madness as a supernatural phenomenon, those who viewed it as a problem originating in the biochemistry of...
View Article5 Problems that Are Unique to High Achievers
Becoming successful won't make you immune to many of life's problems. In fact, your accomplishments could bring about a whole new set of problems.
View ArticleMay the 3rd Force Be With You
Rollo May, Fritz Perls, Carl Rogers, and Abraham Maslow meet in a bar.....
View ArticleTherapists Tell Therapy Stories
What really happens behind the closed doors of a therapy session? Six therapists share stories.
View ArticleThe Need for Safety in Therapy- Part One
One of the fundamental ways that we can help clients distinguish the past from the present is to give them the sustained and predictable experience of feeling safe.
View ArticleHow Does Psychotherapy Really Work? It’s Not What You Think
From an outsider’s perspective, there are all sorts of ideas about how the so-called “talking cure” works—most of them are not true.
View ArticlePositive Psychiatry: The Next Chapter for an Evolving Field
It’s time for psychiatry to move towards being true physician experts in mental health, not just mental illness. This means going beyond psychotherapy and medications treatment by incorporating...
View ArticleRational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) for Addiction
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) posits addictions are caused by the interplay of cognition, behavior, and images.
View ArticleResolving Guilt in Therapy
Dr. Martin Hsia describes his compassionate CBT intervention for resolving guilt in this Moments of Meaning video.
View Article5 Ways NOT to Deal with Anger
Even I use the third strategy, on occasion, against my own advice...
View ArticleSecrets of Psychotherapy: Ten Ways to Make Yourself Happy
What can different types of psychotherapy tell us about living a happier life?
View ArticleSecrets of Psychotherapy: Ten Ways to Help You Be Happy
What can different types of psychotherapy tell us about living a happier life?
View Article‘Empathy’ Is a False God
‘Empathy’ has been revered as the emotional analog of wisdom. I’m here to say that it is vastly overrated. It can even be a form of narcissism. ‘Responsiveness’ is the real source of the resonance of...
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