A longstanding belief stemming from the days of Freud contends that venting about deeply repressed emotions provides a sense of relief. "Just let them out." This idea has extended to…
How can we not be happy about happiness research studies? This research finds all sorts of benefits from happiness and other positive emotion strategies. Not to mention the encouraging finding…
We certainly can regulate our emotions. Mountains of research from the last 30 years finds that this is indeed possible. However, for some reason, we as humans cannot simply tell…
David Wegner's famous “White Bear” experiment is arguably one of the most intriguing findings in all of psychology and mental health. He found that when people tried to not think…
There is a human tendency to want to categorize things simply. This is no different for therapists. We often want to understand certain outcomes or prescribe specific if-then scenarios for…
Most mental health professionals do not want to do anything to make their clients distressed in therapy sessions. In particular, many therapists long to not trigger trauma reactions or say/do…
We often hear the term "temperament" thrown around to mean any type of emotional disposition or affective response. In humans or pets! But researchers who work on our evidence base…
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