Category: Therapy

Have you ever sunk into the couch at your therapist’s office, given a report of the week, and scheduled for next week without a sense of knowing where you are going in…

My undergraduate education as a psychology major at UCLA in the 1960s was pretty standard for that time, with an emphasis on normal child and adult development, brain processes, psychopathology, assessment methods,…

Is “Bad Therapy” Bad Therapy?

Are your clients showing signs of political anxiety? Although not a formal diagnosis, political anxiety is a phrase used to describe the anxiety experienced as a result of the current domestic or…

As therapists, we try all sorts of techniques to reach our clients. Some techniques are helpful, while others miss the mark. One new technique that is gaining in popularity is using tabletop…

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.”…

We’re in an Age of Existential Crisis. These last few years have held significant battles with life and death, climate change, global conflict, and hate crimes. But perhaps the more insidious crises…

Prostock-studio/Envato Elements Exciting new research on anxious adolescents shows that successful therapy is associated with positive changes in the brain. The American Journal of Psychiatry recently reported that after completing a course…

In the conventional approach to trauma, exposure therapy is often used as the primary means for overcoming symptoms of post-traumatic stress and anxiety. Exposure therapy involves deliberately exposing trauma sufferers to the…

Source: Creator947051/Pixabay Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is a mental-health condition characterized by intense and persistent distress in social situations such as conversing or eating with others, meeting…