Trevor A. Foulk Ph.D. During Halloween time, we’re confronted with a lot of images and experiences meant to terrify us. Some of the things we encounter are objectively terrifying. For example, it’s not hard to understand why a man in…
Beth Kurland Ph.D. If you are struggling deeply with recent world events, you are certainly not alone. I have been alive on this planet for over five decades and somehow these last recent years have felt like some of the…
Jerold J. Kreisman M.D. “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseasesto cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.” –Voltaire Clinicians and researchers are trained to understand, diagnose,…
Robert Evans Wilson Jr. We are often inundated by fear. Fear is doled out by politicians to influence people. Advertisers peddle fear to keep people buying their products and services. Some media outlets lead with it to build audiences and sell…
Gil Winch Ph.D. Starting a new job entails dealing with much uncertainty regarding the job itself, the people and the culture, so it’s not surprising that in a recent survey, a whopping 87% reported suffering from ‘new job jitters’. Yet, the term ‘jitters’…
David R Patterson Ph.D., ABPP I spent a large part of my academic career at a medical school, where I developed a consulting service at a Level-I trauma center with a county mission to care for patients who are indigent, homeless, and have mental illnesses….
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy MD Mental health conditions are common. One in five U.S. adults experience a mental illness and global estimates show at least 50 percent of us will experience a mental health condition in our lifetime. Decades of research have documented…
Loren Soeiro, Ph.D. ABPP If you practice mindfulness meditation, you probably know that it can lower your stress level, reduce anxiety, and improve low moods. You might also be aware of its health-improving properties. According to the National Institutes of Health, mindfulness meditation may be able to…
Thomas Suddendorf Ph.D. There are many good reasons to complain about human foresight. For one thing, we are often lousy at taking a longer view, being guided instead by the prospects of a quick buck, the whims of the daily news…
Jennifer Gerlach LCSW I remember a psychologist suggesting I get a massage. I felt myself a bit aback. Massage seemed to me like an expensive placebo. She shared about massage assisting with emotional release and healing of trauma. Years later, after receiving a…