We often hear the term "temperament" thrown around to mean any type of emotional disposition or affective response. In humans...
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Featured Research Findings
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
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
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?
Political stress often gets discussed during election season. However, US presidential administration policies in 2025 continues to create great uncertainty...
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Conversion therapy case reaches Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling accepting the State of Colorado's ability...
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Emotion regulation in therapy: Evidence-based does it
We hear the term emotion regulation all the time. This concept has even become increasingly popular in the mental health...
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How effective are AI therapists? What are human therapists to do?
We have written about initial research on AI therapy chatbots. Recent reports point to a drastic recent increase in AI...
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Research Findings
Impacts of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
Borderline personality disorder can be very hard to treat, but don't worry, Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) has your back. MBT...
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Trauma and the brain: It’s different for PTSD
There has been an increasing interest in understanding trauma and the brain. Ideas like the body "keeping score" have helped...
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Rumination. Let’s mull it over (but not for too long).
We often ask clients to consider many aspects of difficult events and how they respond. But we have probably all...
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Kratom: What clinicians should know
So.... Does anyone actually know what kratom does? Kratom is an herbal substance from Southeast Asia that has both stimulant...
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Our best OCD treatment: Training is out there!
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be extremely difficult for those who experience it. The best OCD treatment options to help...
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The 5 love languages debunked.
Now we're not trying to burst anyone's love bubble here. Especially not for something so nebulous and often "confusing AF"...
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Longer-term client outcomes in telehealth vs in-person
Will clients benefit more from telehealth vs in-person treatment? The pandemic changed many areas of our lives, including how we...
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Does exposure therapy harm clients?
"The only thing to fear is fear itself." Was Roosevelt onto something in his attempts to encourage citizens to face...
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Attention and its difficulties: More than ADHD?
ADHD seems to have really gained popularity among consumers. It may be that when individuals have difficulties with attention, labeling...
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How do prodromal symptoms influence client diagnoses?
Have you ever heard parents or loved ones say something like "I always knew something was different" about your client?...
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RDoC: A new(ish) effort to understand mental health
Ever notice how so many clients with depression ruminate, but so do clients with anxiety and trauma? Or how clients...
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Social media and mental health in youth: As bad as we think?
Social media seems baked into the lives of children and teens today. We see it. But the stats back it...
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Dr. Google and Mental Health Self-Diagnosis
Research suggests that as social media and Internet use has increased, there has been a steady increase in self-diagnosis. Some...
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Gratitude journal and other strategies: Is less more?
Gratitude and gratitude enhancement has become an increasingly popular topic. And it makes sense why! Research has increasingly shown multiple...
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GAD and worry: Not just anxiety about anything
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has often been thought of as anxiety about a range of topics. This may lead clinicians...
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New integrative therapy: The Unified Protocol
-"My type of therapy is the best." -"No my theories are better." "-You're both wrong, my perspective is the best...."...
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CBT for ADHD: An effective nonmedication option?
Medication has long been the frontline treatment for both child and adult ADHD. But medication can be a big decision...
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Psychoeducation for friends and family?
People seek counseling for a multitude of reasons. One reason is clients seeking support for their experiences with a friend...
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New grief theories and the brain
Brains.... So much recent research has attempted to understand how numerous human difficulties play out in the brain. Grief and...
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Cannabis for anxiety and mental health: Does it help?
We've probably all heard this: "Weed helps me relax." "I have a cannabis prescription for my anxiety." Some clients report...
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Curated Research Findings
bridge finds and posts high quality articles discussing therapist resources and research important to the mental health field. New articles posted weekly and directly linked here!
- Scientists Discover a Trait in Speech That Foreshadows Cognitive Declineby The Conversation on March 11, 2025 at 11:36 pm
Can you pass me the whatchamacallit? It's right over there next to the thingamajig. Many of us will experience "lethologica", or difficulty finding …
- Brain Circuit Discovery Reveals How Empathy Shapes Our Behaviorby Neuroscience News on March 11, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Researchers have discovered how specific brain circuits process empathy, showing that witnessing others in pain activates the same neural pathways as …
- How the Brain Overcomes Instinctive Fear and Adapts to New Threatsby Neuroscience News on February 7, 2025 at 1:33 am
Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove harmless over time. Using a …
- Embrace your dark side: A new perspective on negative emotionsby Kevin Dickinson on February 7, 2025 at 1:31 am
In the 4th century A.D., Evagrius Ponticus escaped into the desert to contemplate salvation. An ascetic and philosopher, Evagrius came to believe …
- How to Relax and Unwind Without Drinking Alcoholby Angela Haupt on February 7, 2025 at 1:29 am
Alcohol has long been synonymous with relaxation. If you want to unwind after a rough day at work—or kick back on the couch, at a baseball game, or in the pool—there’s historically been a good chance you’ll have a drink in hand. Now, the tides are turning. In early January, then-U.S. Surgeon General …
- How CBD Modulates THC’s Impact on the Brainby Neuroscience News on February 7, 2025 at 1:26 am
Researchers have identified how CBD interacts with cannabinoid receptors to mitigate the negative effects of THC, the psychoactive component of …
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