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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
ADHD seems to have really gained popularity among consumers. It may be that when individuals have difficulties with attention, labeling...
Have you ever heard parents or loved ones say something like “I always knew something was different” about your client?...
Ever notice how so many clients with depression ruminate, but so do clients with anxiety and trauma? Or how clients...
Social media seems baked into the lives of children and teens today. We see it. But the stats back it...
Research suggests that as social media and Internet use has increased, there has been a steady increase in self-diagnosis. Some...
Gratitude and gratitude enhancement has become an increasingly popular topic. And it makes sense why! Research has increasingly shown multiple...
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has often been thought of as anxiety about a range of topics. This may lead clinicians...
-“My type of therapy is the best.” -“No my theories are better.” “-You’re both wrong, my perspective is the best….”...
Medication has long been the frontline treatment for both child and adult ADHD. But medication can be a big decision...
People seek counseling for a multitude of reasons. One reason is clients seeking support for their experiences with a friend...
Brains…. So much recent research has attempted to understand how numerous human difficulties play out in the brain. Grief and...
We’ve probably all heard this: “Weed helps me relax.” “I have a cannabis prescription for my anxiety.” Some clients report...
“Ecstacy”? “Molly”? They weren’t always just around to party. Researchers started to test MDMA for mental health difficulties in the...
When we ask “Is Myers-Briggs valid”, we refer to validity in the nerdiest sense. That is, does the test actually...
Robots doing therapy??! We’ve all heard of the advent of AI tools, like Chat GPT. AI tools like “chatbots” that...
Compassion focused therapy is a CBT-like approach to therapy that helps clients build more self-compassion. Is it all just warm...
Some have called PTSD a disorder of memory. But can experiencing symptoms after a traumatic event just be due to...
A recent popular theory proposes 7 types of ADHD. This concept may be appealing for some clients and clinicians to...
“Put it out into the universe and it will come true.” “If you believe it, it will manifest into existence.”...
So are we completely a product of our environment or is this stuff all just preset by genetics? This age-old...
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