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Featured Research Findings

Depression updates: A guide to new directions for an old difficulty
Continuing Ed. Research

Depression updates: A guide to new directions for an old difficulty

It seems like wherever you look these days, you don't hear many clinicians say "I treat depression" or "I'm a...
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Department of Education mental health cuts
Policy Research

Department of Education mental health cuts

The Department of Education announced that it will cut funding for mental health services provided to qualifying school districts across...
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Late-stage therapy skills: A guide as clients get better
Research

Late-stage therapy skills: A guide as clients get better

Effective therapy helps individuals learn evidence-based strategies on how to actively improve certain aspects of their lives. But what do...
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What is temperament, really? More than just disposition
Research

What is temperament, really? More than just disposition

We often hear the term "temperament" thrown around to mean any type of emotional disposition or affective response. In humans...
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How maternal stress and depression impacts child development
Research

How maternal stress and depression impacts child development

People often refer to depression as "passed on." Research does show a greater genetic risk of experiencing depression when either...
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Evidence-based social anxiety training for therapists
Continuing Ed. Research

Evidence-based social anxiety training for therapists

Social anxiety is extremely common. Some estimates put it at or among the top of the list of mental health...
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Is the Enneagram reliable? What the evidence says
Research

Is the Enneagram reliable? What the evidence says

When it comes to psychological tests, they need to be reliable in order to be accurate. We again use reliability...
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Political anxiety and stress: How do therapists help?
Policy Research

Political anxiety and stress: How do therapists help?

Political stress often gets discussed during election season. However, US presidential administration policies in 2025 continues to create great uncertainty...
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Research Findings

Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

Research Tech
Even the mental health field can't stay out of the AI hype. Our work is very human driven, but it...
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Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??

Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??

Research
New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy are all the rage now. These mediations were originally developed to treat...
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Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder

Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder

Research
The colder months are a time when many individuals experience seasonal affective disorder. Some individuals even experience these symptoms in...
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Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change

Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change

Continuing Ed. Research
Creating change can be one of the hardest things for many of us to do. Anything from quitting smoking to...
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New Years resolutions: Supporting client behavior change

New Years resolutions: Supporting client behavior change

Research
Many individuals try to enact new years resolutions to make some change(s) in their lives. These changes are difficult to...
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Anniversary and holiday grief support

Anniversary and holiday grief support

Research
Experiences of grief can intensify at so many points in life. Especially during particular importance to a individual (e.g., anniversaries)...
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Holiday stress coping strategies for clients

Holiday stress coping strategies for clients

Research
So many of us experience higher levels of stress during the Holidays. That can add a lot for therapy clients...
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Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.

Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.

Research
New weight loss medications are all the rage. The weight loss benefits seem too good to be true. Many are...
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Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Continuing Ed. Research
Treating trauma at the same time as comorbid substance abuse may sound pretty obvious. Both treatments at the same time...
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Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

Research
We’ve all heard the term “self-help.” You’ve probably even been offered a self-help program promising perfect confidence or consistently good...
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Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

Research
I'm sure we have all heard clients talk about memory difficulties. Many of them even attribute memory problems to having...
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Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs

Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs

Research
We have probably all had this moment in our work: does this individual experience borderline personality disorder? This is a...
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Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?

Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?

Research
Sleep and PTSD don't always mix. Many people suffering from PTSD report nightmares that not only frighten, but also impact...
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AI for mental health diagnosis

AI for mental health diagnosis

Research Tech
A machine that can diagnose disorders? Well, it may not be too surprising with everything AI seems to be able...
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Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health

Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health

Policy Research
Therapists and researchers alike often emphasize the importance of social support. A few inverse experiences of feeling supported - loneliness...
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Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma

Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma

Continuing Ed. Research
We all know being a therapist ain't easy. Mental health professionals rack up hundreds of hours hearing about clients' difficulties....
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Keto: Eating your way to reduced bipolar symptoms?

Keto: Eating your way to reduced bipolar symptoms?

Research
Healthy diet is consistently correlated with improvements to mental health, but what if a keto specific diet could help certain...
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Treatment for prolonged grief disorder: Activating identity

Treatment for prolonged grief disorder: Activating identity

Continuing Ed. Research
Deep interactions with close loved ones provide an extreme amount of reward for us! They meet our biological need for...
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Loneliness and memory loss are linked

Loneliness and memory loss are linked

Research
In a post-pandemic world where loneliness has increased, it is important to explore how loneliness and memory loss may be...
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Mental health terminology gap widens: Therapy speak abounds.

Mental health terminology gap widens: Therapy speak abounds.

Policy Research
Many therapists have noticed clients have increasingly come to therapy talking about difficulties in a whole new "therapy speak". Clients...
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