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Addiction and Anxiety: How Therapy Can Help You Make a Change
Addiction is a struggle on many levels. Addiction to alcohol or other drugs is hard to control. It can make you feel guilty or ashamed. It can strain your relationships at home and at work. So ... Read More
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How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Fight Loneliness
Have you ever felt lonely and wondered why? We don’t have to be alone or isolated to feel alone. Loneliness can happen when we are with family, when we get along well with other members ... Read More
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Managing Meals: How to Take the Struggles Out of Mealtime with Kids
A few months ago, I identified and acknowledged one of my biggest stressors in raising young children: mealtime. The constant battles during meals, nagging the kids to stay at the table, ... Read More
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Mental Health Concerns More Common Among Transgender Children
Transgender children are more likely than their cisgender peers to have a mental health diagnosis, says a study in Pediatrics. The study says gender dysphoria may play a role in this phenomenon. ... Read More
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Why Won’t My Partner Sleep with Me?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, My husband and I used to have a great relationship, but ever since we had a baby and he started a stressful new job, he won’t sleep with me anymore. I don’t ... Read More
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How Parents Can Support a Child with Gender Dysphoria
Parents searching for a safe place for their transgender, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary child usually have a lot of questions. One of the first things parents who reach out to me ask ... Read More
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Study Explores Which Strains of Cannabis Improve Mental Health
Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Several states allow cannabis use within their borders. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says marijuana has no currently accepted ... Read More
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Relationships and Borderline Personality: How Therapy Helped Me Grow
During early childhood and throughout my adolescence, I lived in chaotic and toxic environments that I could not control. My parents argued frequently, and the mood in my household was ... Read More
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Improving Treatment for Chronic Illness with Integrative Health Care
The medical landscape of today has been transformed into something that our ancestors could barely have imagined. Over the past two centuries, medical science has revolutionized the lives ... Read More
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3 Things Your Therapist Wants You to Do Before Couples Therapy Begins
From my many years as a couples therapist, I have learned one of the most difficult phases of the work is when a couple has committed to repairing your marriage, but before the repair has ... Read More
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‘How Does That Make You Feel?’ Why Your Therapist Is Asking
It’s one of the most important questions in therapy. It’s stereotypical. Sometimes, it’s disruptive. It can lead to anxiety and self-examination. And it’s not going away. Your therapist ... Read More
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Negative Life Events Can Speed Up Brain Aging in Men
Negative fateful life events (FLEs) are hardships in which a person has little control over the situation. They can range from financial issues to a death in the family. Some people find ... Read More
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How Do I Feel Like a ‘Real’ Bisexual?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’m bisexual. I had a bunch of boyfriends in middle school. My parents joked I was “boy crazy.” But in high school, I started ... Read More
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Research Shows Anxiety-Induced Seizures Can Resemble Epilepsy
Although epilepsy is one of the most common causes of seizures, it’s not the only cause. Extreme emotional states can give rise to seizures. Psychogenic ... Read More
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia
It’s impossible to neatly separate mental health from physical wellness. Previous research has uncovered myriad connections between health choices ... Read More
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Dog Behaving Badly? It Could Be Jealousy
Anyone who’s ever been endlessly pawed by a dog who’s not getting what it wants knows that dogs experience a range of emotions. Science sometimes ... Read More
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OkCupid Conducts Experiment on Users, and Other News
In the wake of a backlash against Facebook’s recently revealed experiment on users, popular dating site OkCupid has released the results of its own ... Read More