Psychology Articles

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• 7 Reasons to Seek Marriage Counseling
  Marriage rates supposedly are on the decline. While it's an oft-repeated statistic that 50 percent of first marriages end in ...
• Therapists Spill: The Best Advice I’ve Received On Living a Meaningful Life
  We all want to lead a life with some sort of meaning. What that meaning ...
• What You Need to Know About Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
  Most women would say they have PMS. Inevitably, once ...
• Parents Gone Wild at Easter Egg Hunt
  The headline on our local paper reads, “A few rotten eggs spoil Easter Hunt.” Parents, who were supposed to ...
• Who Is a Sex Addict?
  Increasing numbers of men and women are seeking clinical treatment for sexual addiction. This is partly the result ...
• Hypersexuality: Symptoms of Sexual Addiction
  Sexual addiction or hypersexuality is defined as a dysfunctional preoccupation with sexual fantasy, often in combination with the ...
• Using EMDR Therapy to Heal Your Past: Interview with Creator Francine Shapiro
  Francine Shapiro, Ph.D, first discovered and developed EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in ...
• Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
  Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks, the authors of Bright Not Broken, and the contributor, Temple Grandin, all have a combination of personal and professional experience with learning and developmental disabilities. Kennedy and Banks are ...
• How Clinicians Practice Self-Care & 9 Tips for Readers
  Self-care is vital for well-being, and no group knows that better than clinicians. Not only do they help clients learn to take better care ...
• Raising Assertive Kids
  Assertiveness isn’t necessarily innate. While it might come naturally to some people, it’s largely a skill -- and an important one at ...
• Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners
  The popular TV series "Mad Men" contains several scenes depicting psychoanalysis. Betty Draper lies on the couch in her analyst’s office, the doctor seated impassively behind her. Betty reports on her mundane thoughts in great ...
• Mirror, Mirror in the Brain: The Biology of How We Connect to Others
  Have you ever cussed at your home team while watching a sporting event? How ...
• Premature Death Rates Rising in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Patients
  People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a substantially raised risk of premature death, research warns, and the risk ...
• 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 ...