Why do I keep repeating the same patterns?
Do you often feel not good enough, not included, or upset? Could the same patterns be repeating themselves in your life?
View ArticleNature’s Antidepressant: The Dog
How do dogs work their magic on our mood? Researchers believe a big part of the answer is found in the chemical oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone.” Dogs also affect our moods less directly, by...
View ArticleIs Evidence-Based Treatment All It's Cracked Up To Be?
Evidence-based treatment sounds great. There's just one problem: if the evidence is faulty or irrelevant, so is the claim based on it.
View ArticleHow Forgiveness Therapy Helps Emotional Eating
If you want a successful Weight Loss Plan, start with a "Hate Loss Plan."
View ArticleDo Warning Signs Apply to Parents of Kids With Autism?
Many parents of children with autism find themselves becoming accustomed to routine discomfort, and, as a result, may not acknowledge typical warning signs as an indication to seek outside support.
View ArticleWhat Makes You So Special?
Why do we treat ourselves worse than we'd treat an enemy? We can learn to be more compassionate with ourselves.
View ArticleNneka Jones Tapia Takes On Mental Health in Prisons
Nneka Jones Tapia is a psychologist and the newly appointed executive director of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, one of the biggest prisons in the country. She shares how her plans to address the...
View ArticleThe Need for Safety in Therapy, Part Two
In Part Two of "The Need for Safety in Therapy," we explore some specific strategies to heighten and install feelings of being safe in the therapeutic relationship while clients are working through...
View ArticleReflections on Therapeutic Mastery, Part 2
Excerpts from a personal interview, continued
View ArticleFathers and Sons
Ciao! Phil Zimbardo here. I’d like to share some alarming new information we’ve gathered about men and boys, fathers and sons...
View ArticleSecrets of Psychotherapy: Ten Ways to Help You Be Happy
What can different psychotherapies tell us about living happier lives?
View Article3 Ways Pessimism About Future Possibilities Fuels Depression
A new study reports that having a pessimistic attitude about "possible futures" isn't simply the result of depression. Pessimism about possible futures may be a leading cause of depression.
View ArticleSecrets of Psychotherapy: Ten Ways to Be More Happy (Pt. 2)
What can different psychotherapies tell us about living happier lives?
View ArticleA Hidden Cost of Sex Between Professors and Students
Professor-student sex pollutes the educational environment.
View ArticleA Response to "Why Patients with BPD Don't Get Better"
This post is in response to a post authored by David M Allen, MD titled “Why Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Don’t Get Better,” published on June 15, 2015. I have several problems with...
View ArticleWhat's Your Definition of Happiness?
There are many definitions of happiness out there and, at the end of the day, you have to find yours. Read how these great thought leaders define their happiness and tell us what resonates with you!
View ArticleTackling the Emotions in Borderline Personality Disorder
People with borderline personality disorder have one of the most challenging psychological problems to treat. Furthermore, if you or someone you know is in a relationship with someone who has this...
View ArticleTherapy Through...Choir?
Exploring choirs that are specifically designed to strengthen the speech skills of those with speech deficits.
View ArticleThe Need for Safety in Therapy, Part Three
“Internal” safety relates to the client’s “felt sense” and subjective inner processes that serve as an emotional barometer for them throughout the process.
View ArticleSibling Incest in the News
Having worked in the child sexual abuse field for 30 some years, I am continually struck with a sense of sadness when yet another family comes forward with admissions of sibling sexual abuse. Rather...
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