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Research Findings in Mental Health

Why are negative emotions good?

Why are negative emotions good?

There is discussion lately about how why negative emotions are good. This reframing is helpful for clients and individuals trying...
How to conduct measurement based care in mental health

How to conduct measurement based care in mental health

Measurement-based care helps us identify how well clients progress during therapy. Our recent article discussed why this evidence-based approach helps...
Facing love addiction: What it is and therapist training to help clients

Facing love addiction: What it is and therapist training to help clients

Desperately seeking attachment bonds without healthy ways of maintaining those bonds? Research has begun to study these patterns and consider...
Measurement-based care: How do we know we are helping?

Measurement-based care: How do we know we are helping?

We all feel pretty good when we help the clients we work with. After all, that’s what we want and...
Narcissistic personality disorder training for therapists

Narcissistic personality disorder training for therapists

It’s interesting that those who experience narcissistic personality disorder often don’t show up for therapy. At least not for narcissistic...
Development of borderline personality disorder and how to help

Development of borderline personality disorder and how to help

How does borderline personality disorder develop? We all know the nature vs nurture debate. “This again??” But research continues to...
Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

There are times of year when it seems like everyone is trying to lose weight. New year’s resolution are a...
Client retention strategies for mental health therapists.

Client retention strategies for mental health therapists.

Therapists often ask “What client retention strategies help keep clients in therapy longer?” This is often due to desire to...
Resources and therapy for loneliness

Resources and therapy for loneliness

We all feel lonely at times. For some individuals, loneliness can be a much more chronic experience. And it often...
Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

Even the mental health field can’t stay out of the AI hype. Our work is very human driven, but it...
Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??

Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??

New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy are all the rage now. These mediations were originally developed to treat...
Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder

Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder

The colder months are a time when many individuals experience seasonal affective disorder. Some individuals even experience these symptoms in...
Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change

Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change

Creating change can be one of the hardest things for many of us to do. Anything from quitting smoking to...
New Years resolutions: How to support client behavior change

New Years resolutions: How to support client behavior change

Many individuals try to enact new years resolutions to make some change(s) in their lives. These changes are difficult to...
Anniversary and holiday grief support

Anniversary and holiday grief support

Experiences of grief can intensify at so many points in life. Especially during particular importance to a individual (e.g., anniversaries)...
Holiday stress coping strategies for clients

Holiday stress coping strategies for clients

So many of us experience higher levels of stress during the Holidays. That can add a lot for therapy clients...
Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.

Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.

New weight loss medications are all the rage. The weight loss benefits seem too good to be true. Many are...
Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Treating trauma at the same time as comorbid substance abuse may sound pretty obvious. Both treatments at the same time...
Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

We’ve all heard the term “self-help.” You’ve probably even been offered a self-help program promising perfect confidence or consistently good...
Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

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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