Research

Stay ahead of the research without drowning in it. bridge distills the latest mental health theory and research into concise, clinician-friendly summaries — so you get what matters, fast.

Check out our curated list below for articles on findings from other outlets. Also see our Continuing Education page for suggested well-supported continuing education courses and credits.

For tips and tricks to help clients find accurate mental health information online, check out Dr. Matt B’s series on how to find established information online and on social media.

How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

A longstanding belief stemming from the days of Freud contends that venting about deeply repressed emotions provides a sense of...
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How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

How can we not be happy about happiness research studies? This research finds all sorts of benefits from happiness and...
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Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

There’s a tendency for many therapy theories to claim they work for all types of suffering. A number of evidence-based...
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Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

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The body “keeping score” of traumatic reactions has become a popular idea. The idea is that reactions to traumatic events...
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Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

We certainly can regulate our emotions. Mountains of research from the last 30 years finds that this is indeed possible...
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How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

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We often think of positive emotions as helping psychological health or wellness in a general sense. Who doesn’t want to...
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New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

Why are people so convinced they are right?

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I’m sure we have all seen it in life and in the therapy room: people just dead set and convinced...
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Why are people so convinced they are right?

Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

David Wegner’s famous “White Bear” experiment is arguably one of the most intriguing findings in all of psychology and mental...
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Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

Research Findings in Mental Health

Evidence-based social anxiety training for therapists

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Social anxiety is extremely common. Some estimates put it at or among the top of the list of mental health...
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Evidence-based social anxiety training for therapists

Is the Enneagram reliable and valid? 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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Is the Enneagram reliable and valid? What the evidence says

Political anxiety and stress: How do therapists help?

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Political stress often gets discussed during election season. However, US presidential administration policies in 2025 continues to create great uncertainty...
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Political anxiety and stress: How do therapists help?

Conversion therapy case reaches Supreme Court

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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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Conversion therapy case reaches Supreme Court

Emotion regulation in therapy: Evidence-based therapy does it

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We hear the term emotion regulation all the time. The concept has become increasingly popular in the mental health field...
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Emotion regulation in therapy: Evidence-based therapy does it

How effective are AI therapists? What are human therapists to do?

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We have written about initial research on AI therapy chatbots. Recent reports point to a drastic recent increase in AI...
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How effective are AI therapists? What are human therapists to do?

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...
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Why are negative emotions good?

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...
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How to conduct measurement based care in mental health

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

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Desperately seeking attachment bonds without healthy ways of maintaining those bonds? Research has begun to study these patterns and consider...
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Facing love addiction: What it is and therapist training to help clients

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

Narcissistic personality disorder training for therapists

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It’s interesting that those who experience narcissistic personality disorder often don’t show up for therapy. At least not for narcissistic...
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Narcissistic personality disorder training for therapists

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...
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Development of borderline personality disorder and how to help

Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

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There are times of year when it seems like everyone is trying to lose weight. New year’s resolution are a...
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Behavioral weight loss therapy and therapist trainings

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...
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Client retention strategies for mental health therapists.

Resources and therapy for loneliness

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We all feel lonely at times. For some individuals, loneliness can be a much more chronic experience. And it often...
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Resources and therapy for loneliness

Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

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Even the mental health field can’t stay out of the AI hype. Our work is very human driven, but it...
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Stanford plays with AI and mental health genetics

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...
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Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??

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...
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Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder

Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change

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

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