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Seeing a lost loved one in a dream can be powerful.
How teenagers become scapegoats.
Many people are able to recover after a major mental health challenge.
Sometimes we get stuck for a reason.
The sand tray is a mindful, sensory-soothing practice.
Major depression with psychotic features often goes unrecognized.
Sometimes self-care is doing the hard things.
Does autistic identity exploration take a unique path?
A Jonestown survivor's insights on trauma, connection, resilience, story, and hope.
Therapy is an active process between the clinician and patient.
With autism, social misunderstandings are often mutual. What can we do?
Depression can lead to negative thoughts including isolation.
Many things masquerade as anxiety. Here's what to do about them.
Six things that look like selfishness but aren't.
Personal Perspective: How one statement walked our country back a century.
Binge eating may be most commonly linked to ADHD.
Anxiety can be a weight on relationships, but partners can work through it together.
Neurodivergent couples face specific strengths and challenges.
The tangled interactions between relationships and mental health.
Personal Perspective: My mental health condition is not a behavior.
Research on early psychosis gives reason for hope.
Pre-mentalizing modes can interrupt our ability to reflect.
What parents can do.
Three ways to chill out.
Rejection sensitivity, often tied to ADHD, poses unique relationship challenges.
Five uniquely painful aspects of estrangement as a loss.
A Personal Perspective: Memorable mini playful acts of kindness.
Anxiety often shows up physically in the body.
A common occurrence for people experiencing psychosis and other conditions.
Is the fear of the government a real representation of illness or a stereotype?
You don't have to be a mental health professional to show support.
A compassionate approach to treating tough disorders.
A mechanism of change.
Here are some tips for tackling anhedonia.
It's mostly not about food.
Six differences between people-pleasing and smile-seeking.
A simple way to become centered in the present moment.
Have you ever desired to alleviate someone's suffering without the ability to do so?
How colleges are empowering neurodivergent individuals.
Research indicates that autistic youth are twice as likely to experience abuse.
Believe.
Three ways thinking twice can enhance your life.
Are you going too fast?
Book review: "Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: A Handbook for Caregivers."
Can you trust your happiness?
3 potential benefits of seeing a therapist from a different generation.
Five tips for coping with sleep deprivation: #5 Get some exercise—seriously!
With grief, we talk about emotions, but what about thoughts?
Birds hold special meaning to many and offer a mindfulness experience to all.