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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
There is discussion lately about how why negative emotions are good. This reframing is helpful for clients and individuals trying...
Measurement-based care helps us identify how well clients progress during therapy. Our recent article discussed why this evidence-based approach helps...
Desperately seeking attachment bonds without healthy ways of maintaining those bonds? Research has begun to study these patterns and consider...
We all feel pretty good when we help the clients we work with. After all, that’s what we want and...
It’s interesting that those who experience narcissistic personality disorder often don’t show up for therapy. At least not for narcissistic...
How does borderline personality disorder develop? We all know the nature vs nurture debate. “This again??” But research continues to...
There are times of year when it seems like everyone is trying to lose weight. New year’s resolution are a...
Therapists often ask “What client retention strategies help keep clients in therapy longer?” This is often due to desire to...
We all feel lonely at times. For some individuals, loneliness can be a much more chronic experience. And it often...
Even the mental health field can’t stay out of the AI hype. Our work is very human driven, but it...
New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy are all the rage now. These mediations were originally developed to treat...
The colder months are a time when many individuals experience seasonal affective disorder. Some individuals even experience these symptoms in...
Creating change can be one of the hardest things for many of us to do. Anything from quitting smoking to...
Many individuals try to enact new years resolutions to make some change(s) in their lives. These changes are difficult to...
Experiences of grief can intensify at so many points in life. Especially during particular importance to a individual (e.g., anniversaries)...
So many of us experience higher levels of stress during the Holidays. That can add a lot for therapy clients...
New weight loss medications are all the rage. The weight loss benefits seem too good to be true. Many are...
Treating trauma at the same time as comorbid substance abuse may sound pretty obvious. Both treatments at the same time...
We’ve all heard the term “self-help.” You’ve probably even been offered a self-help program promising perfect confidence or consistently good...
I’m sure we have all heard clients talk about memory difficulties. Many of them even attribute memory problems to having...
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