Understanding the Limits of Psychiatric Diagnoses

Daniel Marston Ph.D. Psychiatric diagnoses often do not say much about what is happening with a person. Psychiatric terms do not carry much meaning if all they focus on is symptoms and not how conditions impact a person’s functioning. There…

Advancing the Delivery of Mental Health Care With Technology

Susan J. Noonan MD Technology in mental health care can improve access to services for some. The use of technology in providing mental health care has increased dramatically. Virtual appointments and mental health apps can improve access to services for…

The Urgency for Love as a Healing Force

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. Love. We all talk about it, but how much do we really understand this mysterious force field? We refer to love frequently in poetry, religion, and mysticism. “The universe would disappear without the existence of the force…

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Teaching Vulnerability in Clinical Supervision

Amir Levine Ph.D. A newer clinician I supervise recently asked me, “What do you believe is the most important quality a therapist should have?” Reflexively, I answered, “Access to our vulnerability.” Source: wowowG/Shutterstock In all my years of supervising clinicians…

How Uncertainty Causes Anxiety

Adam Omary Whole or skim milk? Take your normal route home or an unfamiliar potential shortcut? Flip a hypothetical trolley switch that would kill one person, saving five others. All of these decisions have two things in common: uncertainty and…

What We Can Do About the Teenage Mental Health Crisis

Douglas Newton M.D., M.P.H. Turning concerning headlines into positive action. If you are concerned after seeing repeated headlines sounding the alarm about a nationwide teenage mental health crisis, you are not alone, and there are things you can do to…

How to Avoid Experiential Avoidance

Bruce Wilson Ph.D. “The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is far advanced, as to make avoidance impossible.” –Thomas Hardy How do most people deal with unwanted experiences? They avoid them. They try to displace…

How Trauma Interrupts Each Stage of Lifespan Development

Kathleen Marriott B. Psyc (Hons) MSoH A traumatic event can occur at any stage of development and hinder growth and success; it can even stop development altogether. Interventions designed to help trauma interrupting development aim to create experiences of the…

The Power of Stepping Into the Unknown

A Personal Perspective: The heroic task of letting go of the familiar. Gregg Levoy  Stories of the “hero’s journey,” from Bilbo to Buddha, tell us that leave-taking is an essential, perhaps an essential task. Heroes must eventually leave the village or the...

Feeling Empty? 7 Signs You’re Unconnected With Your Emotions

Jonice Webb Ph.D. Emptiness is one of the most painful feelings one can experience. Many people describe empty feelings as numbness, detachment, chronic or deep boredom, or a sense of being hollow in their bellies or chest. Like something is missing…

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