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A Universal Approach to Crises: Using the Process of Change

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J. Scott Fraser Ph.d

Navigating Reward vs. Punishment With Teachers

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Lisa Sheinhouse M.a

Coping With Post-Holiday Blues

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Stephanie A. Sarkis Ph.d

Brain Rot: Why Brain Health Matters Now More Than Ever

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Krystal L. Culler Dbh

3 Networking Tips for Introverts: Your Mission to Connect

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Nancy Ancowitz

Talking Politics at the Holidays Without Ruining Dinner

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Pamela B. Paresky Ph.d

Unlocking College Success for Neurodiverse Teens

Five strategies for parents to boost success in neurodiverse kids.

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Ryan C. Warner Ph.d

Teletherapy for High Achievers: Is It a Good Fit?

Teletherapy may be a smart option for the stress-filled lives of high achievers.

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Sherrie Bourg Carter Psy.d

The Body Talks—Can the Narcissist Listen?

The narcissist may appear self-satisfied but struggle for body acceptance.

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Susan E. Schwartz Ph.d

Coping Tools In Our Self-Care Tool Chest

How to manage in-the-moment distress.

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Annie Wright Lmft

It's Not Your Fault, and You Are Not Broken

Many people carry stigma from childhood maltreatment, and they deserve better.

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Holly Parker

Grief Doesn’t Take a Holiday

There is no "right" way to move with grief—only your way.

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Edy Nathan Ma

When a CEO Can Unwittingly Fan the Flames

Research sheds light on the response to UnitedHealth Group's recent apology.

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Simone Tang

The Pressure to Stay Silent When An Abusive Person Passes

When an abusive person passes, their victims can feel denied and invalidated.

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Kaytee Gillis

Boost Your Creativity Without Burnout

Studies reveal a surprising way nature helps with innovation.

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Jeffrey Davis M.a

How to Navigate Holiday Eating Anxieties With Eating Disorders

Manage eating disorder distress during the holidays with planning and support.

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Cris E. Haltom Ph.d

Heart Rate Variability as a Key to Regulation and Stress

Heart rate variability: A simple tool to promote relaxation and tension relief.

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Diane N Solomon Ph.d

Trauma and Personality Disorders: Myths and Misconceptions

Addressing conceptual confusion around personality psychopathology.

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Mark L. Ruffalo M.s.w

No Boundary: How AI Is Dissolving the Lines of Thought

The spooky space that's between human and machine intelligence.

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John Nosta

Your Heart Didn’t Break; It Awakened

When a relationship ends, it’s easy to feel like your heart has shattered.

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John Kim Lmft

Issues With Medication Compliance in Psychiatric Disorders

There can be many reasons why medicine for psychiatric disorders isn’t effective.

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Yvette Sheline Md

Friendzone Power Dynamics

Navigating the complex intersections of friendship and unrequited love.

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Nafees Alam Ph.d

When Antidepressants Harm

Can antidepressants prevent us from getting better?

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Justin Garson Ph.d

Don’t Wait for January 1st: Use This Week to Claim Your Year

Why the last seven days of the year hold the key to lasting success.

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Adi Jaffe Ph.d

Choosing When to Communicate Emotions

Tips for balancing your well-being and your connection to others.

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Lizabeth Roemer Ph.d

Could 10 CBT Sessions Produce Lasting Change for You?

Brief cognitive behavioral therapy can still be highly effective.

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Dr Esther R. Cole

The Myth of "Happily Ever After" and the Pursuit of Happiness

Let go of "happily ever after" and find happiness one day at a time.

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Robert Puff Ph.d

There’s a High Cost to "Frictionless" Customer Experiences

Research shows human "friction" is vital for a meaningful life.

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Kim Samuel

Stressed Out Over Work-Life Balance? Check Your Premises

Debunking work-life balance fallacies may be the key to achieving success.

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Sherrie Bourg Carter Psy.d

Have You Ever Received a Gift You Didn't Like?

Here's the best way to respond when a gift falls short.

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Suzie Pileggi Pawelski

Helping or Hurting?: 3 Tips for Parents of Struggling Adults

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Are You Ready for 'Dating Sunday'?

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Bruce Y. Lee M.d

Can You Explain the Difference Between Naughty and Nice?

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Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.d

Decoding the ARCH Triad: Spotting the Next School Shooter

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Tahir Rahman M.d

Burn Your Boats: Letting Go of What Does Not Serve You

Why you should let go of what does not serve you.

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Nauman Naeem M.d

How to Stop Internalizing Other People's Conflict

Seven ways to make sense of relationship conflicts without getting overwhelmed.

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Hal Shorey Ph.d

Lacking Social Connections

The effects of and potential antidotes to loneliness.

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Marisa T. Cohen Phd

Top 3 Warning Signs of Relationship Trouble

Can you fix the relationship or is it time to move on?

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Aurisha Smolarski Lmft

Three Ways New Weight Loss Drugs May Improve Depression

GLP-1 agonists may improve both physical and mental health.

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Cannabis Use Disorders in Teens and Adults

Cannabis use in young people: A growing concern fueled by high-potency pot.

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Mark S. Gold M.d

When Your Subordinate Is Tongue-Tied

Take these steps to help your subordinate communicate more effectively.

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Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.d

The Dangers of AI Mental Health Misinformation

A Personal Perspective: Should AI be trusted to diagnose and treat mental health issues?

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Fletcher Wortmann

Understanding the Ideal Self

Why the Ideal Self lies at the heart of leadership.

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Udayan Dhar Ph.d

Does Giving Late Gifts Harm Your Relationships?

The psychology of late gift giving.

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Max Alberhasky Ph.d

Traveling This Holiday Season? Your Therapist May Be Unavailable

Many jurisdictions prohibit out-of-state therapists from treating visitors.

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Gabriel Young Ph.d

Collecting Christmas: Holiday Enthusiasm and Collecting Are Intertwined

Christmas is a thematic focus and meaningful outlet for collecting tendencies.

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Flip the Script on the OCD Treatment You Know

3 radically new tips to find your freedom.

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Michael Alcee Ph.d

How to Connect with Gen Z Over the Holidays

A guide for navigating boundaries around technology.

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Sophie Riegel

Positive Discomfort: All Stress Is Not Equal

The stress kids experience to muscle through a challenge is helpful, not harmful.

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Claire Lerner Lcsw-C

Effort = Reward: The Equation That Must Evolve Over Time

Early on, effort will bring us success. Later, it can lock us into mediocrity.

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Nadav Klein Ph.d

So You’ve Been Brainwashed Without Realizing It: What Now?

Understanding the transformative journey of escaping cult influence.

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Steven A Hassan Phd

5 Simple Skills to Calm Your Irritability

Mindful alternatives to lashing out or withdrawing.

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Emily Hylton-Jean Ph.d

The Best Gifts: 4 Lessons in Resilience

A Personal Perspective: Resilience lessons from living with multiple sclerosis.

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Connie Carpenter Phinney

The Promise of Psychoplastogens

Transforming mental health with psychoplastogens.

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Mitchell B. Liester M.d

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Alcohol Cravings

A new study finds transcranial magnetic stimulation may reduce alcohol cravings.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Stuck in the Question of "Why Did This Happen to Me?"

The harmful effects of a tendency to personalize.

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Leon Garber Lmhc

The Benefits of Accepting Your Unwanted Emotions

Finding peace and direction in life.

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Elizabeth Sadock Ph.d

The Many Risks of Cannabis and High-Dose THC

Brain and behavioral effects on teens and young adults are of special concern.

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Mark S. Gold M.d

Surprised by Sadness: How Joy Is Linked to Emotional Pain

How to handle difficult thoughts and emotions triggered by the holidays.

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Evan Parks Psy.d

It Was Time to Explore More Complex Potential

A Personal Perspective: Working on rehabilitation with a special patient.

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Ragnar Purje Ph.d

Chlamydia Hysteria at the Gym

TikTok spreads fear of your workout giving you an STD.

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Robert Bartholomew Ph.d

Executive Presence for Highly Sensitive Professionals

Learn to manage well while staying true to your sensitive nature.

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Melody Wilding

Seeing the Unseen: Caring for the World

The fictional stories of Sam and Berko shed light on global need.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

The Dangers of Doom Scrolling

Doom scrolling is linked to worse mental health and life satisfaction.

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Susan B Trachman M.d

Embracing the Mantra "Be As You Are" on Your Fertility Journey

The first step to changing unhelpful thought patterns.

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S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.d

Harnessing the Power of "Swarm Intelligence" in Human-AI collaboration

Think like a bee.

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John Nosta

Can Animals Negotiate?

From shared territories and play, to politics and pay, animals may negotiate.

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Nigel Barber Ph.d

A Familiar Christmas Carol Offers Insight Into Who We Are

Having a "nose so bright" can be an asset and not a liability.

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Joseph A. Shrand M.d

The 3 Lies You Tell Yourself That Keep You Stuck

How to stop sabotaging your happiness and start living your truth.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Winners Do Quit: Dare to Give Up

Giving up has a bad rap. It shouldn’t.

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Carlos Alós-Ferrer Ph.d

New Studies Shed Light on Misophonia

Learn about recent studies into misophonia as well as the importance of outreach.

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Jennifer J. Brout Psy.d

12 Ways to Help When Your Child Struggles to Make Friends

Practical ways to support your lonely child.

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Eileen Kennedy-Moore Ph.d

Hopeful Trends in College Mental Health

For students with depression or anxiety, there's less stigma and more treatment.

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Marcia Morris M.d

What We Can Learn From Accidental Pharmaceutical Discoveries

Lessons on flexibility and agility in fostering mental health.

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Jason N. Linder

Memory and Amnesia

What amnesia may be able to tell us about memory and memory loss.

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Barbara Blatchley Ph.d

Feeling Lost After a Breakup? 3 Bold Moves to Recover Faster

Turn heartbreak into growth with these empowering strategies.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

5 Oddly Specific Holiday Triggers for Post-Traumatic Parents

The holidays are triggering for post-traumatic parents. Here's why and what to do.

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Robyn Koslowitz Ph.d

Help for Seasonal Affective Disorder

You may be experiencing more than "the winter blues."

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Stephanie A. Sarkis Ph.d

What We Don’t Know About Temperament and Sleep Training

Temperament is key to sleep training, but it’s not found in research or advice.

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Macall Gordon M.a

Narcissistic Elderly Parents Pose Continuing Challenges

As older adults grow more frail, their demands may grow exponentially stronger.

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Suzanne Degges-White Ph.d

Death, Anxiety, and Finding Meaning

Personal Perspective: How to find a legacy (and a good therapist).

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Katie Rose Guest Pryal J.d

Finding Your Virtual Comfort Zone

Virtual comfort zones: The psychology of screen space.

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Farid Pazhoohi

Hacks for Overcoming Perfectionism at Work

Make an active shift from perfectionism to a growth mindset. 

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Amanda Jean Rocchio Msed

Loving More Than One Person Is Possible

Polyamory's historical context and its meaning today.

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Mark Matousek

The Legal Implications of Power in Romantic Relationships

Power imbalances may have a significant impact on the validity of consent.

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Ruth S. Johnson J.d

Eating Disorder Recovery: Values Over Resolutions

Embrace personal values as an internal compass guiding eating disorder recovery.

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Melissa Gerson Lcsw

Container Logic Puzzles

Try these these experiments in hypothetical scenario reasoning.

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Marcel Danesi Ph.d

Finding Joy Amid Grief While Navigating the Holidays

Personal Perspective: How to embrace the holidays while coping with loss.

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Tomorrow Arnold Ph.d

The High Cost of Denying Your Anger

Finding ways to release anger is important for health.

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Kaytee Gillis

The Contradictions of Self-Pleasuring

While most adults masturbate, many people limit their enjoyment of it.

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Marty Klein Ph.d

4 Tips to Help Your Teens Talk During Gatherings

Avoid sequestering your screen-ager to the basement.

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Kate Mangino Ph.d

Staying Sane in an Angry World

It’s no accident that “mad” is a synonym of anger.

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Steven Stosny

4 Benefits of Palliative Care at Home

Personalized and coordinated medical care at home increases quality of life.

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Bob Uslander M.d

How to Get Out of Drinking This Holiday Season

Research-based strategies to avoid drinking at festive get-togethers.

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Lynsey K. Romo Ph.d

Three Surprising Tips for True Kindness

We can set boundaries, be assertive, and protect ourselves from exploitation.

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Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes Ed.d

The Rise and Demise of Calhoun's Utopia: Mouse Universe 25

The discoverer of the "behavioral sink" was hailed a hero and then a failure.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Conscious Field and Its Properties

Is the mind conflicted or does conflict just reflect thoroughness?

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Ezequiel Morsella Ph.d

Are You Carrying the Invisible Load in Your Relationship?

Doing the emotional heavy lifting in a relationship can hurt you.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Understanding the Illness-Wellness Continuum

Here is a basic framework for health, well-being, and illness.

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Gregg Henriques Ph.d

5 Ways You Can Do Less and Feel More This Holiday Season

Focus on what truly matters and let go of what doesn’t over the holidays.

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Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.d

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