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Confessions of an Angry Therapist-to-Be Part 1 of 2

By Robert Puff, Ph.D. on September 6, 2011 in Meditation for Modern Life

It was Christmas in Princeton, New Jersey. I was in grad school at the time, and the mall's parking lot was hopping with holiday shoppers. As I was scanning the lot for open spaces, a car suddenly pulled in front of me. Although we were both moving at a snail's pace, the jam-packed lot meant that I had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting him. Read More

After 9/11: The Mental Health Crisis That Never Came

By James C. Coyne, Ph.D. on September 6, 2011 in The Skeptical Sleuth

Best evidence shows it is a myth that the events of 9/11/2001 inflicted a collective psychological trauma on the American people with long-lasting effects. Read More

On Being a Psychologist in Manhattan on Sept 11, 2001

By Guy Winch, Ph.D. on September 6, 2011 in The Squeaky Wheel

A sick feeling of familiarity gripped me the morning of September 11, 2011. Having grown up in Jerusalem, I was no stranger to terror attacks and I found myself falling into habits I had hoped were safely in my past. Read More

Can Mastery and Innovation Coexist?

By Jonathan Fields on September 6, 2011 in Awake at the Wheel

Mastery takes a dogged commitment to becoming extraordinary at a single task or pursuit. Read More

Remembering the Unacknowledged Victims of the 9/11 Attacks

By Toni Bernhard, J.D. on September 5, 2011 in Turning Straw Into Gold

By Wednesday, September 12th, 2001, they wondered if they should call the wedding off. Who would want to come and, if they did come, who would be in a celebratory mood? Read More

Labor Day Reflections on the Hard Labor of Parenting in Our Ailing Economy

By Catherine McCall, MS, LMFT on September 5, 2011 in Overcoming Child Abuse

A nine-year-old boy recently shared with me that he told his parents he wanted to stop taking the guitar lessons that he loved, because he wanted to save them the gas money they'd have to spend in order to drive him to the studio. He went on to say that he probably wouldn't be able to go to college, and that pretty soon his parents might have to sell their house and move into a trailer. Read More

Is the Financial Crisis Bringing Us Together?

By Ran Zilca on September 4, 2011 in Confessions of a Techie

Should banks provide free beer? Read More

Bullying in the Female World

By Ditta M. Oliker, Ph.D. on September 3, 2011 in The Long Reach of Childhood

"Kick him where it hurts" - "Punch him harder" - "Pin him down till he yells uncle".  These are some of the sounds associated with male aggression.  In fact, the word aggression was only applied to the males of our species, expressed in physical action and captured in words like hitting, pushing, punching, beating and ganging-up.  Included in any description was anger th Read More

Freeing Yourself from Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Exhaustion

By Danny Penman, Ph.D. on September 2, 2011 in Mindfulness in a Frantic World

It is possible to taste an alternative to the relentless struggle that pervades much of our daily lives. Recent scientific advances have discovered the secret of happiness and how you can successfully tackle anxiety, stress, exhaustion and even full-blown depression. It’s the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and promotes a deep-seated authentic love of life. Read More

September 11, 2001: Did Americans Suffer Virtual Trauma From Television Coverage?

By James C. Coyne, Ph.D. on September 2, 2011 in The Skeptical Sleuth

Did Americans suffer prolonged negative mental and physical effects from viewing of the events of 9/11/201 on television? Read More

Brain Injury Changes Lives in an Instant

By Janet M. Cromer, R.N., L.M.H.C. on September 1, 2011 in Professor Cromer Learns to Read

What if you awoke from a coma into a chaotic world where nothing made sense? What if the anxious people circling your bed and imploring you to speak couldn't understand your desperate gibberish? What if the memories and knowledge accumulated over a lifetime had been erased like chalk on a blackboard? Read More

How to Cope with Personal and Global Uncertainty

By Toni Bernhard, J.D. on August 31, 2011 in Turning Straw Into Gold

His therapist said to him, “We can’t live our life in fear. We all must develop an assumption of safety that allows us to get through the day. I have three children, and if I allowed myself to worry constantly that one of them might be hit by a car, or could be kidnapped, I wouldn’t be able to function.” Read More

Why I Hate Nature and LOVE Electricity

By Gina Barreca, Ph.D. on August 31, 2011 in Snow White Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Life in the woods without electricity is disgusting. Rustic? Charming? Like House on the Prairie, you say? More like Gilligan's Island, where my husband and I both want to be The Professor and nobody wants to be Mary Ann. Read More

Helping Children Cope with Hurricane Irene: Start with Family Rituals

By Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT on August 30, 2011 in The Healing Arts

Post-disaster, participating in a creative activity together empowers families and activates storytelling about positive events previous to time of the traumatic event. And it becomes even more effective if psychologists and counselors encourage families use creative activity to identify the rituals and traditions that help them recapture feelings of optimism and safety. Read More

Can I Get an Eyewitness?

By Sam Sommers on August 30, 2011 in Science Of Small Talk

Few moments in a courtroom are as persuasive to a jury as seeing a confident witness point at a defendant and say, "that's the man I saw at the crime scene." That's what makes the fallibility of eyewitness memory so surprising to most people when they learn about it... Read More

Everyone Wants Better, No One Wants Change

By Jonathan Fields on August 30, 2011 in Awake at the Wheel

People want a better economy, but nobody's willing to share in the financial hit it'll take to get us back on track. Read More

Rebooting from the Inside Out

By Steve Sisgold on August 29, 2011 in Life in a Body

"Stop Over Thinking". It's easy to say but harder and harder to do, Read More

Maybe You Should Be Angry

By Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D. on August 28, 2011 in Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings

Perhaps your flight is considerably delayed; the team you've supported for years is getting humiliated on the field; your insurance company has rejected a claim for a ridiculous reason; or, you saw a provocative text on your partner's cell phone. In any case, you're angry. Read More

Feelings, What Feelings?

By Ingrid Mathieu, Ph.D. on August 28, 2011 in Emotional Sobriety

One of the hallmarks of addiction is using substances or other behaviors to escape what you're feeling. Even in recovery, there are subtle ways that one can escape his or her experience. Perhaps you can identify yourself in these feeling-fleeing strategies... Read More

What Are the Differences Between Normal and Optimal Cognitive Aging?

By Douglas Hyde Powell, Ed.D., A.B.P.P. on August 28, 2011 in The Aging Intellect

Estimates are that over half of older adults in the United States and other economically developed countries are aging normally and approximately 25% are classified as optimal agers. Most of us can list a half dozen life style habits associated with optimal, successful, or healthy aging—getting regular exercise, eating healthily, etc. Read More

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