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Featured Research Findings
ResearchThere’s a tendency for many therapy theories to claim they work for all types of suffering. A number of evidence-based...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchThe body “keeping score” of traumatic reactions has become a popular idea. The idea is that reactions to traumatic events...
ResearchWe certainly can regulate our emotions. Mountains of research from the last 30 years finds that this is indeed possible...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchWe often think of positive emotions as helping psychological health or wellness in a general sense. Who doesn’t want to...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchI’m sure we have all seen it in life and in the therapy room: people just dead set and convinced...
ResearchDavid Wegner’s famous “White Bear” experiment is arguably one of the most intriguing findings in all of psychology and mental...
ResearchResearch finds that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is effective for PTSD. However, the scientific community still does...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) isn’t the only treatment in town. But everyone keeps talking about it because it just proves...
Research Findings in Mental Health
Continuing Ed.,Research “I shouldn’t think so negatively all the time.” “I should have told her I loved her more.” “I should have...
ResearchIt’s not that it’s not popular. EMDR has become an extremely popular treatment. And many clinicians advocate great gains in...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchWe have probably all seen times when clients express difficulties with social interactions. Sometimes this can be due to things...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchA couple things may come to mind when we hear about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression. Like, “it’s just therapy...
ResearchMental health professionals like to think we do effective work with clients. We like to think we are badasses for...
Policy,ResearchHarm reduction is an evidence-based, if controversial, approach to substance use difficulties. Many individuals as well as some clinicians believe...
ResearchBody-oriented approaches for treating post-traumatic symptoms, such as Somatic Experiencing®, are increasing in popularity. But what does the research say...
ResearchForgiveness has been around forever. Multiple religions promote forgiveness as a key action when the world gets difficult. And for...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is therapy approach that helps clients learn new ways of approaching difficult experiences. The idea...
ResearchAhhh scaffolding. You may see it in many places. From developmental psych textbooks to business management trainings. But therapists can...
ResearchWe’ve described how some personality tests are either problematic or just not all that accurate or helpful. So which tests...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchThere have been a lot of new, exciting advances in our understanding and treatment of complicated grief (aka prolonged grief)...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchBreathwork became an extremely popular approach to mental health in recent years. It is sometimes used as a therapist resource...
Policy,ResearchThe Department of Education announced that it will cut funding for mental health services provided to qualifying school districts across...
ResearchEffective therapy helps individuals learn evidence-based strategies for how to actively improve certain aspects of their lives. But what do...
ResearchWe often hear the term “temperament” thrown around to mean any type of emotional disposition or affective response. In humans...
ResearchPeople often refer to depression as “passed on.” Research does show a greater genetic risk of experiencing depression when either...
Continuing Ed.,ResearchSocial anxiety is extremely common. Some estimates put it at or among the top of the list of mental health...
ResearchWhen it comes to psychological tests, they need to be reliable in order to be accurate. We again use reliability...
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