Research

Stay ahead of the research without drowning in it. bridge distills the latest mental health theory and research into concise, clinician-friendly summaries — so you get what matters, fast.

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How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

A longstanding belief stemming from the days of Freud contends that venting about deeply repressed emotions provides a sense of...
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How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

How can we not be happy about happiness research studies? This research finds all sorts of benefits from happiness and...
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Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

There’s a tendency for many therapy theories to claim they work for all types of suffering. A number of evidence-based...
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Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

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The body “keeping score” of traumatic reactions has become a popular idea. The idea is that reactions to traumatic events...
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Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

We certainly can regulate our emotions. Mountains of research from the last 30 years finds that this is indeed possible...
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How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

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We often think of positive emotions as helping psychological health or wellness in a general sense. Who doesn’t want to...
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New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

Why are people so convinced they are right?

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I’m sure we have all seen it in life and in the therapy room: people just dead set and convinced...
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Why are people so convinced they are right?

Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

David Wegner’s famous “White Bear” experiment is arguably one of the most intriguing findings in all of psychology and mental...
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Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

Research Findings in Mental Health

The psychology of chronic pain: Trainings and how therapists help

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Surprise, surprise: many patients with physical pain also experience emotional pain. This mind-body connection is strong for chronic pain. This...
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The psychology of chronic pain: Trainings and how therapists help

Postpartum depression updates: Research and treatments to know

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s old school short story, The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) offers a chilling depiction of postpartum depression. This depression...
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Postpartum depression updates: Research and treatments to know

Therapy approach for bipolar disorders: Training and resources

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Medication has long reigned supreme as the key treatment for bipolar disorder. And in many ways, that is still the...
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Therapy approach for bipolar disorders: Training and resources

Effects of cannabis: What to know from new mental health research

What’s up with the wacky weed? Does it help? Does it not help? Clients often believe it helps them. But...
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Effects of cannabis: What to know from new mental health research

Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do

Self-harm and self-injury come when an individual harms themselves physically. Nonsuicidal self-injury is not intended to lead to suicide, but...
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Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do

Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help

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Eating disorders are extremely difficult for individuals to experience. And difficult for therapists to help with! They affect both mental...
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Eating disorders: Important factors and how to help

Break-ups and job loss: How to help clients cope with other losses

All loss is difficult. And it can be particularly hard for those struggling with mental health difficulties. The mental health...
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Break-ups and job loss: How to help clients cope with other losses

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

Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training

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Look out! IT’S PANIC!!! Many clients experience it at different times. So what do therapists do to help, especially when...
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Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training

Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?

Many clients have struggled for years with successful long-term weight loss. GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are seen as a miracle...
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Weight loss surgery or Ozempic? What helps clients more?

Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.

Forgiveness and self-forgiveness happens in response to many types of adversity. Self-forgiveness is particularly difficult for many who experience increased...
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Self-forgiveness in therapy: How to help.

How to build gratitude in therapy to cope with the Holidays.

The Holidays can be a difficult time for people: Loneliness. Comparing one’s life-situation to the apparent “awesome and happy” lives...
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How to build gratitude in therapy to cope with the Holidays.

Female and male loneliness epidemics.

Make no mistake: people get real darn lonely. This can happen as major holidays or anniversaries approach, or anytime during...
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Female and male loneliness epidemics.

How does ketamine work in the brain? What to know.

Ketamine has become a helpful and exciting option for many individuals who were resistant to other treatments for major depression...
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How does ketamine work in the brain? What to know.

Why conspiracy theories are appealing to some: How therapists help clients

Holidays and other times with family sometimes bring dread for clients. They often complain about relatives with conflicting beliefs and...
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Why conspiracy theories are appealing to some: How therapists help clients

Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.

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Okay. Stress and coping itself is not exactly “so retro”. It’s a continuing human experience since whenever we started encountering...
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Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.

Psychodynamic therapy approach. Concepts and how to train

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Attachment, attachment, attachment. It is perhaps one of the most popular topics among consumers in mental health. And it’s very...
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Psychodynamic therapy approach. Concepts and how to train

Emotionally pushing clients in therapy: Is it bad to stress them out?

Most mental health professionals do not want to do anything to make their clients distressed in therapy sessions. In particular...
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Emotionally pushing clients in therapy: Is it bad to stress them out?

What happened to Freud’s psychoanalysis?

Remember when you first heard about Freud’s theory of the mind? Id and it’s struggles to break through to the...
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What happened to Freud’s psychoanalysis?

AI for suicide prevention: High hopes, but still more to learn

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Research shows doctors and clinicians are often unable to accurately predict suicide. As if suicide wasn’t sad and humbling enough...
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AI for suicide prevention: High hopes, but still more to learn

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