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Featured Research Findings
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,TechQuestions about the effects of screen time abound in our modern society. Does it really affect mental health or social...
Policy,ResearchEconomic and social markers now show that men and boys are falling behind in multiple aspects of American society. Researchers...
ResearchClimate change has been brewing for a while now. But so has anxiety about climate change. Otherwise known now as...
ResearchThere is a human tendency to want to categorize things simply. This is no different for therapists. We often want...
Research Findings in Mental Health
Mental health professionals like to think we do effective work with clients. We like to think we are badasses for...
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, if controversial, approach to substance use difficulties. Many individuals as well as some clinicians believe...
Body-oriented approaches for treating post-traumatic symptoms, such as Somatic Experiencing®, are increasing in popularity. But what does the research say...
Forgiveness has been around forever. Multiple religions promote forgiveness as a key action when the world gets difficult. And for...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is therapy approach that helps clients learn new ways of approaching difficult experiences. The idea...
Ahhh scaffolding. You may see it in many places. From developmental psych textbooks to business management trainings. But therapists can...
We’ve described how some personality tests are either problematic or just not all that accurate or helpful. So which tests...
There have been a lot of new, exciting advances in our understanding and treatment of complicated grief (aka prolonged grief)...
Breathwork became an extremely popular approach to mental health in recent years. It is sometimes used as a therapist resource...
It seems like wherever you look these days, you don’t hear many clinicians say “I treat depression” or “I’m a...
The Department of Education announced that it will cut funding for mental health services provided to qualifying school districts across...
Effective therapy helps individuals learn evidence-based strategies for how to actively improve certain aspects of their lives. But what do...
We often hear the term “temperament” thrown around to mean any type of emotional disposition or affective response. In humans...
People often refer to depression as “passed on.” Research does show a greater genetic risk of experiencing depression when either...
Social anxiety is extremely common. Some estimates put it at or among the top of the list of mental health...
When it comes to psychological tests, they need to be reliable in order to be accurate. We again use reliability...
Political stress often gets discussed during election season. However, US presidential administration policies in 2025 continues to create great uncertainty...
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling accepting the State of Colorado’s ability...
We hear the term emotion regulation all the time. This concept has even become increasingly popular in the mental health...
We have written about initial research on AI therapy chatbots. Recent reports point to a drastic recent increase in AI...
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