Research finds that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is effective for PTSD. However, the scientific community still does...
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CBT for children and adolescents. How do therapists help?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) isn't the only treatment in town. But everyone keeps talking about it because it just proves...
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Screen addiction is related to suicide and mental health
Questions about the effects of screen time abound in our modern society. Does it really affect mental health or social...
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Are men and boys falling behind? What to know and how to help.
Economic and social markers now show that men and boys are falling behind in multiple aspects of American society. Researchers...
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Coping with climate change anxiety: How to help
Climate change has been brewing for a while now. But so has anxiety about climate change. Otherwise known now as...
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How people adjust to changes in life: Points for therapists
There is a human tendency to want to categorize things simply. This is no different for therapists. We often want...
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Evidence-based manualized treatments: Pros versus noes
Alright, we really just wanted to make a snazzy title that rhymed. There really are no "noes" when it comes...
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How people make change in therapy to improve mental health
To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month this May, we thought we'd talk some fundamentals of therapy. I mean, the...
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Research Findings in Mental Health
Best treatment for panic attacks: Therapist resources and training
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.
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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Psychodynamic therapy approach. Concepts and how to train
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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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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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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AI for suicide prevention: High hopes, but still more to learn
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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Suicide risk assessment: How accurate are professionals?
Being able to predict the future with 100% certainty is not possible. That’s the case for anything in life, but...
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Are personalized treatment approaches really more helpful?
Most evidence-based treatment approaches for common mental health concerns are pretty effective. There are even ways to make therapy even...
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“Shoulding all over yourself.” How to work with self-critical thoughts
“I shouldn’t think so negatively all the time.” “I should have told her I loved her more.” “I should have...
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Why EMDR for trauma is not “strongly recommended”.
It's not that it's not popular. EMDR has become an extremely popular treatment. And many clinicians advocate great gains in...
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Social Skills Training (SST): Benefits and continuing ed.
We have probably all seen times when clients express difficulties with social interactions. Sometimes this can be due to things...
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Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) training: Where to find it.
A couple things may come to mind when we hear about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression. Like, "it’s just therapy...
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How to make therapy more effective: Memory and habit formation
Mental health professionals like to think we do effective work with clients. We like to think we are badasses for...
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Harm reduction for addiction: Not just ensuring safety
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, if controversial, approach to substance use difficulties. Many individuals as well as some clinicians believe...
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