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How people make change in therapy to improve mental health

Post author:Dr. Matt B
Post published: May 1, 2026
Post category:Research

To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month this May, we thought we'd talk some fundamentals of therapy. I mean, the whole point is to help people find coping tools and…

Seek pleasure and avoid pain Gray's reinforcement sensitivity theory in therapy

Seek pleasure and avoid pain: More 80s retro theories for therapy

Post author:Dr. Matt B
Post published: April 28, 2026
Post category:Research

The history of mental health has assumed that we humans do whatever possible to seek pleasure and avoid pain. The 1980s pumped out some foundational theories, including how this assumption…

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