Can We Prevent Suicide and Self-Harm?
Reducing the risk of suicide involves a range of measures implemented over time. Self-harm and suicide are substantial public health...
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Bella DePaulo Ph.D
Nov 10, 2023
The Key to a Fulfilling Life? Friendship, Not Marriage
... but neither finished first in a major recent survey. Earlier this year (2023), the Pew Research Center asked a representative...
Elliot D. Cohen Ph.D.
Nov 8, 2023
OCD and the Need for Certainty
Your OCD may stem from a false need for certainty. What can you do about it? There are two types of OCD : Moral and existential, both of...
Marisa T. Cohen PhD, LMFT
Nov 6, 2023
The Work of Blending Families
Rules for ensuring success when combining households. A blended family is a unit that includes parents and their stepchildren. Joining...
Isabelle Brocas Ph.D.
Nov 3, 2023
The Misunderstood ADHD Struggles
Approaching ADHD with knowledge and empathy. Tommy sat at his desk, and he opened his laptop. The essay instructions were on the screen,...
Marty Nemko, Ph.D.
Nov 1, 2023
How to Reduce Social Anxiety
Practical self-help ideas to lower stress in social situations. Sometimes what people label as "social anxiety" is actually a reasonable...
Morgan Blair MA, LPC
Oct 30, 2023
Eating Disorder Harm Reduction With Neurodivergent Clients
Considerations for a harm-reduction approach to treatment. Neurodiversity and neurodivergence are terms often used interchangeably but...
Margaret R Rutherford Ph.D.
Oct 27, 2023
Codependence or Interdependence: Avoid One, Welcome the Other
5 ways to create heathy interdependence in your partnership. There was a time when "codependence" wasn't a word. But years ago, when...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Oct 25, 2023
Stop Feeling Anger
Forgiveness frees you from the tangles of anger and retribution. Give up resentment, come to peace about whatever happened, and forgive...
Jim Taylor, PhD
Oct 23, 2023
7 Forces That Make Positive Life Change So Difficult
A Personal Perspective: You may not realize what's holding you back. Internal and external forces can sabotage the best of intentions....
Liz White DClinPsy, CPsychol
Oct 20, 2023
Coping With Grief After Someone Has Died
Here are some simple tips to help you through the grieving process. Grief is a complex and highly personal process that can be...
Daniel Fryer, M.Sc., MBSCH
Oct 18, 2023
Is Online Therapy as Good as Face-to-Face?
In the digital world, a computer screen doesn't inhibit psychotherapy. A study found digital therapy to be as effective as in-person...
Beverly Engel L.M.F.T.
Oct 16, 2023
What Constitutes Child Sexual Abuse?
People can be sexually abused in childhood without realizing it. People often have misconceptions about what childhood sexual abuse (CSA)...
Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D.
Oct 13, 2023
4 Fearsome Phobias for Halloween
“In time we hate that which we often fear.”—Antony and Cleopatra Some people have a phobia of Halloween or the ghouls and goblins...
Dan Neuharth, Ph.D., MFT
Oct 11, 2023
7 Telltale Signs of an Anxiously Attached Partner
How to recognize an anxious-preoccupied attachment style. Recognizing the signs of an anxious attachment style is important for greater...
Mark Bertin MD
Oct 9, 2023
Why Is Adult ADHD So Often Unrecognized?
Whatever treatments you decide, understanding you have ADHD makes a difference. Most adults with ADHD have never been diagnosed and are...
Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP
Oct 4, 2023
What If You Find Your Partner Using Porn?
Discovering a spouse’s porn use can be a challenge and an emotional opportunity. The discovery of porn in a committed relationship can be...
Justin Garson, Ph.D.
Oct 2, 2023
Seeing Depression as Having a Purpose Could Aid Healing
Framing it as a disease hinders recovery, so why keep doing it? Popular presentations of depression can promote, or hinder, treatment...
Imi Lo
Sep 29, 2023
Setting Boundaries With Parents With Personality Disorders
How can we set boundaries without the fear of future regrets or guilt? Setting boundaries with parents with BPD/NPD is challenging as...
Kimberly Key Ph.D.
Sep 27, 2023
Surviving Abuse
Abuse thrives in stress and isolation; and is increased by a pandemic. Abuse is abysmal. It leaves multiple scars and acts as a contagion...
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