Addiction Counseling

Empowering paths to recovery and healing. Rubin Khoddam Ph.D. Approximately 20 million Americans aged 12 or older battled a substance use disorder in 2020. Addiction counseling is a specialized form of therapy designed to address the underlying causes of addiction….

How to Address Productivity Paranoia

Gleb Tsipursky Ph.D. As Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup, said of hybrid workers during a panel hosted by Bloomberg News during the World Economic Forum in Davos, “We do measure productivity very carefully.” By measuring productivity, companies can identify which employees are…

Here’s How to Stay Happier as You Get Older

Those who see aging as an evolution, rather than a loss, stay healthy longer. Loren Soeiro, Ph.D. ABPP Were you born between 1982 and 1994? If so, that makes you a millennial; it also means that you’ve likely just entered…

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Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents

By Matt Richtel, Catherine Pearson and Michael Levenson The nation’s top health official issued an extraordinary public warning on Tuesday about the risks of social media to young people, urging a push to fully understand the possible “harm to the…

Health Anxiety: Inflating the Likelihood of Serious Disease

Brittney Chesworth Ph.D., LCSW With health anxiety, we tend to overestimate the likelihood of severe disease. Learning how to challenge thinking errors is critical to see the probability of a threat more accurately. Examining the evidence is a cognitive behavioral…

Calm Your Mind With Micro-Meditation

L. Kenneth Zweig M.D. I’m sure you’ve heard about the benefits of meditation and probably had someone suggest you try it. Meditation is touted to help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as improve attention, memory, sleep, and energy. I’ve heard this mantra (cue…

An Antidote for Hope-ium: Mindfulness

Chelom E. Leavitt, J.D., Ph.D. False hope impedes growth and relational connection. Mindfulness may help. “Hope-ium” describes a harmful behavior that looks for small moments or experiences to bolster false hope. Hope-ium is a druglike response to avoid the hard…

Improving Baby and Toddler Mental Health

Rahil D. Briggs PsyD Co-authored by Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW. The importance of mental health is widely recognized for teenagers, adults, and even older children, but what about the mental well-being of babies and toddlers? You might think, “What could possibly cause…

Supporting Mental Health Through Disaster Prevention

Ilan Kelman Ph.D. The phrase “natural disasters” is a misnomer, because we can choose to avoid harm from the environment’s perils. Gaming can change our psychology by instilling cooperative strategies necessary for preventing disasters. Producing confidence in avoiding disasters can…

Schizophrenia and Hiding Away

Bethany Yeiser Schizophrenia involves chemical neurobiological changes in the brain, which can lead to bizarre decisions, poor insight, and even risk-taking. Classic symptoms of schizophrenia include paranoia (irrational fear) and delusions (fixed, false beliefs). And a manifestation of both paranoia and delusions is…

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