Psychology Articles

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• 8 Tips for Working from Home with Mental Illness
  People with mental illness struggle with the same time management troubles, distraction dilemmas and isolation issues as others ...
• Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There
  Author and professor Richard Wiseman has spent his career investigating and debunking everything from ghosts to psychics to séances to prophets.  While he now has a PhD in psychology with an emphasis in parapsychology, he ...
• What You Need to Know About Treatment-Resistant Depression
  Depression can be effectively treated with psychotherapy and medication. But it takes time to find the correct medication ...
• Social Support Is Critical for Depression Recovery
  Every human being wants to belong. This need is so strong that people will do nearly anything to feel ...
• What Really Strengthens Self-Esteem
  Self-esteem gets a bad rap. Some view self-esteem as arrogance, narcissism or selfishness. It’s anything but. Individuals with healthy self-esteem are humble ...
• Finding Authenticity in Your Man
  The closer I get to the males in my life, both friends and family, I find that my understanding of what I ...
• 15 Tips to Boost Your Well-Being and Happiness
  Taking better care of your body boosts your well-being fairly fast. “[Exercising and eating well] provide nearly instant benefits, ...
• The Myth of the Perfect Marriage
  When the reality of marriage doesn’t meet our expectations, we tend to blame reality. When it comes to marriage, we expect the ...
• The 5 C’s of Effective Discipline: Setting Rules for Children
  People don't just stumble upon good parenting. Parenting well, like any other skill in life, is something ...
• 32 of the Best Ways to Get Organized When You Have ADHD
  Organization is a common challenge for adults with ADHD. But it can be done! ...
• The Mid-Life Crisis: An Opportunity in Disguise?
  In the movie City Slickers the character played by Billy Crystal hits his 39th birthday and finds himself in a ...
• A Special New Year’s Resolution for Procrastinators
  Procrastinators rejoice! The coming of the New Year is a fantastic opportunity for you to energize yourself toward achieving ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Deborah Serani
  In this brand-new feature, we interview a different therapist each month about their work. Below, you'll learn ...
• The Truth About Animal-Assisted Therapy
  You know the impact your pet has on your life. But can the same sense of healing, security and unconditional love that ...
• The Media and Mental Illness: The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous
  When portraying mental illness and psychotherapy, the media tends to get it wrong -- ...
• Competing Family Loyalties in the Holiday Season
  The holidays are ripe for unearthing family dramas, often featuring a popular story line about competing loyalties. Though there are ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Therapist Julie Hanks
  Want to get a glimpse into a therapist’s world? Learn what therapy is really like? And get some wise advice ...
• Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies
  Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies by Alberto M. Bursztyn is the latest edition to the “Making Sense of Psychology” series. This series concerns itself with the psychological problems and challenges in the lives of today’s ...
• House and Psychology: Humanity is Overrated
  When I was a psychology major, part of our lab work involved observing people through a one-way mirror.  In House and Psychology: Humanity is Overrated, edited by Drs. Ted Cascio and Leonard Martin, the one-way ...
• Transform Your Life Now
  If you Google the phrase "transform your life," you get results showing you how to do just that in 5 easy ways, in less than 30 minutes, with 10 technologies, by 10 truths, or in ...
• Keeping Your Child in Mind
  A 3-year-old is happily playing on the floor near his mommy’s feet as she works on her laptop.  Unknowingly, she knocks a ballpoint pen onto the floor.  The little boy picks up the ballpoint pen, ...
• 20 Ideas from Creativity Connoisseurs To Inspire Your Imagination
  Creativity is not a gift bestowed to a select few before birth. Everyone is creative. It’s just ...
• How To Read People Like an FBI Profiler
  What do you make of a neighbor who’s married, has kids, dresses in a suit daily, rarely misses ...
• When Our Instincts Betray Us: How To Make Better Decisions
  We often listen to our bodies and our emotions when making very serious decisions. We might ...
• Therapists Spill: The Best Advice I’ve Received On Conducting Therapy
  There are certain words of wisdom that stay with you the rest of your life -- especially ...