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Research Findings in Mental Health

Brief, easy-to-digest articles on the new and important research-based information and therapist resources for your clients.

Finding love: How therapists help clients when it’s so hard

Dating and finding love was never an easy thing. These days, it can be even harder and more discouraging for...
Finding love: How therapists help clients when it's so hard

Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.

We all want to be experience happiness as much as possible. Clients especially want that, but often find it elusive...
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Types of narcissism: It’s not so cut and dry.

Narcissism has become a popular framework to explain behavior that appears dominant in workplaces and maladaptive or harmful in relationships...
Types of narcissism: It's not so cut and dry

“Trauma-informed care”: Roots and directions

Many now refer to “trauma-informed care” as any assessment or intervention that acknowledges the possibility of a traumatic event(s). It...

Continuing Education and Trainings (CEs)

Curated, evidence-based CE trainings in therapy, assessment, and clinical practice — from the best sources, so you can spend less time searching and more time with your clients.

Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

There are times of year when it seems like everyone is trying to lose weight. New year’s resolution are a...
Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

DBT Essential Skills Training (CE)

Dear Man, Wise Mind, Interpersonal effectiveness, and all those good ones…. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can be an immersive experience...

Therapist Resources

Everything you need for evidence-based practice — research-backed resources built for clinicians.

psych medication information - Therapist resources homepage

Digestible info on what psychiatric medications treat
and how each class of medications acts in the brain

ICD - DSM diagnosis codes - Therapist resources homepage

Free ICD / DSM diagnosis codes look-up table
with diagnostic classification categories.

therapist books and self help books - Therapist resources homepage

Evidence-based treatment texts for therapists
to skills books / workbooks for clients

assessment - Therapist resources homepage

Free and validated assessment measures to
understand client difficulties or progress

Tech and Policy

News updates on tech and policy in mental health to stay informed on evidence-based practice.

The rise in Autism diagnoses: Accuracy or controversy?

We hear more and more about Autism in recent years, especially on social media. Sometimes it even raises the question...
The rise in Autism diagnosis: Accuracy or controversy?

Social media addiction settlement: Meta gives in

We recently wrote about a California court ruling that found Meta and Google liable for a users’ mental health. That...
Social media addiction settlement: Meta gives in - kids on their phones

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