Identifying the Emotions When They Arise Does this sound familiar? You, (or someone you know), are feeling anxious or depressed. It may have something to do with a job, with...
What is CBT and What Makes it so Effective? If you have paid even a little bit of attention to the language of psychotherapy and personal improvement in recent days, chances are yo...
New View of Hypochondria Replaces Worry with Rational Thoughts People who constantly worry about having an illness, even when medical exams find there’s nothing wrong, used to be...
ACT (pronounced “act”) is one of the therapeutic approaches which has developed as a “third wave” of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). CBT works to support people in chan...
Brain Activity During Meditation Research using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, at Harvard Medical School shows that for some people with depression, the brain patterns that oc...
Innovative Therapy Group and Poetry Help Teens Deflect Violence Teenagers who live in violent neighborhoods have to live among fights, shootings and a community often teetering on ...
Working Through Mental Illness Psychologist Ellen Holtzman has a practice in Wakefield, Mass. and often works with clients who have anxiety. The psychologist reviews the anti-anxie...
Social Anxiety Disorder is the third most common psychiatric illness, and depending on the definition one uses- the incidence is believed to be anywhere from 5 to 13 percent of the...
We use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to treat anxiety. How CBT works: repetitive negative thoughts influence choices. The patient is encouraged to identify actions which help bring...