Love, Sex, and Pornography
Liz sat on the far end of the couch and smiled weakly.”I love Adam and I want to make him happy.” “Uh huh…” I said. Liz continued. “I feel I’m falling short of my goal. I would do next to anything to...
View ArticleDo You Know What You Need?
Recent research shows that people differ in how well they recognize their own needs, which has important implications for relationships and well-being. Find out how to identify your needs.
View ArticleDo “Autism Parents” Face Increased Stigma for Mental Health?
Despite the fact that mental health is centrally tied to our overall well-being, parents of children with autism may find themselves not only combating the general public’s shared stigma related to...
View ArticleWilderness Therapy
Why getting outdoors may be the best medicine for your psychological health. It can not only free you from your daily world of connection but also test you psychologically as you push yourself in your...
View ArticlePutting Humanity and the Humanities Back Into Medicine
The relationship between medical art and science is changing rapidly, with the science now overwhelming the art. Doctors more and more function like technicians, not healers. A knowledge of the...
View ArticlePrison Art: Is It Therapy or "Therapeutic"? So What?
There is no doubt that making art in prison can be therapeutic--but is it necessarily therapy? This blog teases apart the differences between the two, all the while exploring the age-old question: so...
View ArticleUncovering the Past and Embracing the Future
The Resilience Regiment speaks with Capstone Treatment Center.
View ArticleBetrayal and Abandonment in Therapy
When sudden death, suicide, or a sexual advance shatters the clinical alliance.
View ArticleYou Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choices
We can make whatever choices we want or need to—as long as we are willing to accept the consequences of those choices. This equation represents the intersection of awareness, action, and...
View ArticleAffects, Language, and Cognition
For many months, we have been exploring the three pillars of human development: Affects (Feelings), Language, and Cognition. We have tried to make the case that there is a revolution in our...
View ArticleDoes Change Come from Within?
The environmental location of causality—change comes from without rather than from within—is awfully convenient for therapists, who happen to find themselves in their patients’ environments.
View ArticleThe Value of the Therapeutic Relationship, Part Two
Although I steadfastly hold to the belief that therapy can be extremely helpful, even life changing, as is the case with all other professions, there’s a bell curve of competence and effectiveness....
View ArticleArt Therapy: It’s Not Just an Art Project
Are there circumstances where art itself is the proverbial therapist? This is a question that continues to rankle the profession called “art therapist” as well as those who are trying to establish a...
View ArticleCan Improv Comedy Treat Social Anxiety?
People are increasingly turning to improv comedy (theatre made up on the spot) to reduce social anxiety. The reason it's working for some and not all is simple, but powerful.
View ArticleWhat I've Learned about Friendships in my 20s (So Far)
Navigating your twenties is hard, especially socially, as we make and lose friends. But here are some tips I've learned about friends in my twenties so far.
View ArticleHuntress Barbie Is Hunting You
The latest celebrity trophy hunter is a femme fatale who sees killing as therapy. Her motives help us understand the dilemma of everyone who’s ever felt like a Nobody in a Dead End job, in need of some...
View ArticleWill Psychoanalysis Evolve with a Changing World?
Psychoanalysis purports to be all about change. But will psychoanalysis keep up with a changing world?
View ArticleThe Value of the Therapeutic Relationship- Part Three
In the last two installments of this series, we began exploring some of the reasons why seeking out the support and guidance of a well trained and compassionate mental health provider can be valuable....
View ArticleFun therapy
What fun therapy, if there were such a thing, would be like for us now that we’re all grown up.
View Article8 Ways to Recover From Post Childhood Adversity Syndrome
Recognizing that childhood emotional stress can play a role in adult illness and relationship challenges can be enormously freeing. The sudden "aha" as to why you've been struggling a little too hard...
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