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Are You the Family Scapegoat? (10 Question Quiz)
by Rebecca C. Mandeville, MFT It would be nice to believe that when children turn into adults they are somehow magically released from the family scapegoat role....
Religious Sexual Abuse: A Return to Shame
It’d been some time since my husband, Rhys, and I had scorched the sheets together. Poor health and physical pain are as good as a cold shower. But with healing,...
Schizophrenia & Family Support: 5 Essential Benefits
Schizophrenia is characterized as a serious mental health disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. The disorder involves a range of problems with thinking (cognition), behavior and emotions....
Coping with Anger from a Loved One’s Mental Illness
Dr. Aimee Daramus shares her insight and expertise in this guest blog about managing emotions when someone you care about has a mental illness. When you have a loved one with a mental illness,...
Today I Love New Revelations
Today I love new revelations about myself that I discover on my own, like how I care more about what someone else thinks about a countertop we both have to live with and less about the countertop itself,...
Are We All Emotionally and Politically Exhausted? Some Thoughts
Lately people both inside and outside of my office spontaneously report that they can’t take hearing the news. It keeps them up at night. The problem they report is that they can’t help turning it on or responding when one of their many devices signals “ Breaking News.” Most of us can identify with this cycle that leaves us anxious,...
Choosing Freedom, After Decades of Switching Addictions
You may have heard a friend or family member, suffering from Substance Use Disorder, refer to their drug use as a means to “fill a void.” An emptiness inside of...
10 Easy Ways to Foster Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence at Home
We now know that the role of emotional intelligence in life and academic success is far greater than we realized. An emotionally intelligent child stands a higher chance of achieving...
9 Effective Ways to Reduce Chronic Stress
It wasn’t until Martha came into her therapist’s office that she realized the extent of her stress. Prior to coming in, Martha thought she was losing her mind. As an...
How Smart Are Parrots? A Question Any Primate Can Answer
I have cohabitated with parrots since I was eight years old. My first parrot, a lively green and yellow parakeet I named Perky, quickly matched me word for word as we grew our vocabularies together....
Oxytocin Therapy May Benefit Cocaine-Addicted Men, But Not Women
A new study finds that oxytocin, a hormone produced naturally in the hypothalamus, has a different effect on men and women when used as a treatment for cocaine-addicted individuals with...
Study: Most Canadians With Anxiety Disorder Show Ample Recovery
New research from the University of Toronto provides good news to those with a history of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), the most common type of psychiatric illness. Investigators reviewed three...
Autism Families Face Numerous Taxing Challenges
A new survey of caregivers of children with autism found that families of children with autism face high physical, mental and emotional burdens. Moreover, some families are sometimes ridiculed and...
Long-Term Drug Treatment for Schizophrenia Deemed Safer Than No Medication
In a new study, an international team of researchers investigated the safety of very long-term antipsychotic medication for patients with schizophrenia. They found that death rates were lower when patients...
