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Overcoming the Winter Blues

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Judith S. Beck Ph.d

What If the Real Antidepressant Is You?

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David Burns M.d

The Hidden Reason Anxious Kids Say "No" to Everything

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Misattunement: You’re Both Trying—Yet Still Miss Each Other

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Mark B. Borg

How to Explain Divorce to Your Child

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Tiffany D. Clomax Psy.d

What Happens When We Push Emotions Down?

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Leigh W. Jerome Ph.d

Making the Most of Midlife

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Heather Rose Artushin Msw

5 Reasons Caregivers Feel Guilty Without Wrongdoing

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Elvin Yao Ph.d

You Are Choosing to Be Insecure

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Forrest Talley Ph.d

Executive Functions: The Quirks Behind Control

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Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman Ph.d

In Search of Frugal Joy

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Kate Kaufmann

Parenting Your Child So They Will Talk With You

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Elena Lister

Why Victims of Sex Crimes Are Often Blamed

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Meredith Gordon L.c.s.w

Why Does Math Make So Many of Us Anxious?

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Common Sense Science

In the U.S., Who Deserves Financial Stability?

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Maryam Hamedani Ph.d

What to Do When You Don’t Feel That You Matter

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Zach Mercurio Ph.d

Hanging On to Hope, Even in the Face of Disappointment

Hope can leave us discouraged, but it can also change the world for the better.

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Mary Mcnaughton-Cassill Ph.d

Adding Comfort and Dignity to the Breast Cancer Journey

How a simple question about a robe sparked an innovative initiative.

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John Mccarthy Ph.d

What Brings Out the Secret Snob in You?

Are you a snob about grammar, schools of therapy, shoes, cars, weight, or pizza?

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Gina Barreca Ph.d

No One Asked, But You Delivered: You Pre-Interviewed Yourself

Let the employer conduct the interview and don't rob yourself of opportunities.

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Anna Braverman Psy.d

Surf Therapy for PTSD Recovery

Surfing offers healing through exposure, belonging, and awe.

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Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

Is What We Remember True?

Our memories, while precious, are not as reliable as we’d like to think.

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Samantha Stein Psy.d

It's Time to Celebrate Animal Sentience and Stop Squabbling

Science and common sense clearly show that diverse animals are feeling beings.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

3 Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have in 2026

Three conversations to help couples take stock of what's working and what isn't.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Can You Heal Unhealthy Attachment?

Supportive relationships can help you learn healthier ways of relating.

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Kaytee Gillis

Will You Survive When You Tell the Truth?

At the most primal level, disapproval equals death.

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Nancy Colier Lcsw

The Psychology of Supporting a Strong Man Leader

Why do people work and vote against their own best interests?

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Seven Steps to Speak Your Uncomfortable Truth

How to say what needs to be said without causing unnecessary harm.

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Jonice Webb Ph.d

What Is Imagination?

Imagination enables one to look beyond the world as it is. This is how.

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Shahram Heshmat Ph.d

How Biological Beliefs Influence Medication Use

Believing emotional problems are biological may lead to chronic medication use.

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Joanna Moncrieff

"Shock" in Fentanyl Supply Leads to Dramatic Drop in Deaths

At last, some good news regarding the opioid epidemic.

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Mark S. Gold M.d

3 Traps That Can Derail Couples Therapy

What every couple should know before starting therapy.

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Mike Verano Lpc

Why Men Resist Therapy: Challenging Male Mythology

Men are struggling, yet many feel therapy is not an option.

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Phil Lane Msw

Why "Heart the Lover" Resonates With So Many People

Lily King's novel "Heart the Lover" is a moving story of young love and emotional growth.

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Elisabeth J. Lamotte Licsw

The Other Last-Mile Problem

How teams turn knowledge into action under stress

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Dan Dworkis M.d

Why Therapy Gets Stuck at Symptom Relief

When treatment stops working once you feel “better,” something vital is missing.

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Daniel Marston Ph.d

Is Consciousness Everywhere?

On the pseudophilosophy of panpsychism and its parallel to creationism

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Walter Veit Ph.d

What Physics Might Be If It Were Left to Psychologists

A parody of the Four Ps of creativity and the big-C, little-c, mini-C distinction.

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Liane Gabora Ph.d

The Hidden Meaning of Taking Pictures

What a sunset, a smartphone, and memory reveal about us

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Michiko Kimura Bruno M.d

How to Tell Your Children You Are Getting Divorced

Consider these five tips for a calm, compassionate, honest conversation.

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Oona Metz Licsw

Why Some People Seem Immune to Dementia

How some are able to build up a cognitive reserve.

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Karen L Fingerman Ph.d

Why Knowing Your Limits Can Be Your Major Advantage

Find your strengths by recognizing your weaknesses.

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Lixing Sun Ph.d

Is Romantic Curiosity a Virtue?

Men hate window-shopping, except for the romantic kind.

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Aaron Ben-Zeév Ph.d

How and Why We Use, Downplay, or Ignore Evidence

Is free will a known unknowable?

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Glenn C. Altschuler Ph.d

A Surprising Reason to Stop Working on Your Marriage

Why shifting from correction to connection is so powerful.

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Sheila Robinson-Kiss Msw

The Danger of Cognitive Hybrid Fluency

Smooth answers don't equal deep understanding.

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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

How Serious Games Tackle Serious Problems

Games have attempted to solve some of the most serious problems facing humanity.

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Simon Makin Ph.d

Our Brains on Smartphones and Social Media

What is the toll on our mental health?

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Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

Supporting Someone with BPD: Tips for Family Members

Focus on your relationship and emotion regulation skills, not your loved one's.

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Karyn Hall Ph.d

ADHD and the Motivation That Never Comes

Personal Perspective: My strategies to combat ADHD.

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Sophie Riegel