General Articles

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• I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD
  A friend of mine has obsessive-compulsive disorder. His OCD doesn’t take over his life, at least not ostensibly. He has some rituals, and occasionally he does things that raise eyebrows, but overall he’s a normal ...
• Teens Need A PR Director
  The long-standing popular image of teenagers is that they are rebellious, self-centered, risk-taking, and don't want anything to do with their ...
• The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook
  In 2008, Margaret Wehrenberg published The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques:  Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Anxious and What You Can Do to Change it.  Now a workbook has been released to accompany the ...
• Moving and Young Children
  Moving day. Such excitement! Such distress! An event nearly every family experiences a few times, if not more. The impact on ...
• Rewire Your Brain for Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness
  The thesis of Dr. Marsha Lucas’s new book is simple: By changing your brain, you can change your relationship. In fact, the title says it all: Rewire Your Brain for Love. The basic idea at ...
• Q&A: Disciplining a Challenging Preschool Child
  Q: My son is four years old and he rules the house. His first response to ...
• The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty
  We live in an age of frequent and easy confession. People seem eager to share private information and experiences that would have been kept as closely guarded secrets in years past, perhaps guarded by shame ...
• Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety
  In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed ...
• Sexuality and Marital Intimacy
  A good marriage is best friends with passion. Without the passion, you just have a friendship. For some, ...
• Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life
  A wonderfully executed book which sets out with the lofty objective of organizing and taming our society’s fast-paced lifestyle, Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life is a true prize in its class of literature.  It’s ...
• Ideology, Psychology, and Law
  Ideology, Psychology, and Law is a wonderful collection of essays edited by Jon Hanson, the Alfred Smart Professor of Law and Director of The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School. This ...
• White Elephants
  As I cried, I wanted to believe it was the alcohol that induced Mom’s words.  I had to believe it was the alcohol.  I don’t want them.  The words rang in my ears.  That’s the ...
• Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships
  What if I told you that one secret to making a long-term relationship more fulfilling is to have another committed couple with whom you and your beloved could spend time?  The very premise of Two ...
• Overcoming the Fear of Making Mistakes
  “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.” This is a famous ...
• Easy Steps to Reconnect: A Guide for Emotionally Avoidant Dads
  It was torture for Jason when his 13-year-old ...
• Sexual Awareness: Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality
  Now in its fifth edition since its original publication in 1975, Barry and Emily McCarthy’s Sexual Awareness is still the go-to book for couples who want to learn more about healthy sexuality. Each of the ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Ryan Howes
  Every month we chat with one clinician about everything from the trials and triumphs of being a ...
• When Truth Lies: A Journey with Schizophrenia
  The year is 1969, and Kevin has just graduated from high school. His classmates look forward to dates, parties, and college. Not Kevin. He sees Satan bugs crawl in and out of his body. He ...
• Money and Your Children
  From small allowances for young children to bank accounts and credit cards for college students, parents have many questions and ...
• Before The World Intruded: Conquering The Past And Creating The Future
  Michele Rosenthal’s memoir, Before The World Intruded, is the story of her struggle with a life-threatening illness and the trauma it created. Rosenthal shares her battle with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), leading us from her diagnosis ...
• Parallels between Improv Comedy and Therapy
  What do psychotherapists and standup comedians have in common? If you guessed they use many of the ...
• Things to Consider When Choosing a Residential Treatment Program for OCD
  I’ve written before about my son Dan’s stay at an intensive residential program for ...
• Drug Effects on Alzheimer’s Patients Reassuring
  Researchers have added further detail to their findings on the risks of common drugs for elderly people. Dr. Chris Fox of ...
• How to Put Parenting First and Tame the To-Do List
  The mom I was talking with the other ...
• Is Adult ADHD Linked to Addiction?
  The prevalence of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) greatly exceeds the prevalence of this diagnosis among the adult ...