Gender

How to Respond When a Child Says They Are Trans

By Candida Fink M.D. on June 29, 2022 in Changing Minds

If your child comes out to you as trans, there are some important steps you can take to support their mental health.

If your child comes out to you as trans, there are some important steps you can take to support their mental health.

Depression

How to Help People Open Up When They Don’t Want To

By Myron Nelson LCPC on June 29, 2022 in How to Be a Burden

It's difficult to know that friends and family members that are going through a hard time but aren't asking for help. Here are some techniques to help them open up.

It's difficult to know that friends and family members that are going through a hard time but aren't asking for help. Here are some techniques to help them open up.

Coaching

Coaching Employees Like It's a Sport

By Lauren Florko Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in People, Planet, Profits

We can borrow lessons from sports to deliver effective coaching at work.

We can borrow lessons from sports to deliver effective coaching at work.

Work

Is Your Colleague Overly Competitive?

By Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in Working With Difficult People

Is your competitive colleague sapping your spirit? Learn how to even the playing field while maintaining your professionalism.

Is your competitive colleague sapping your spirit? Learn how to even the playing field while maintaining your professionalism.

Sex

The Strongest Predictor of Sexual Satisfaction

By Arash Emamzadeh on June 29, 2022 in Finding a New Home

A new study concludes that relationship variables explain why some people experience higher satisfaction with their sex life.

A new study concludes that relationship variables explain why some people experience higher satisfaction with their sex life.

Sex

When Sex Research and Sex Therapy Clash

By Diane Gleim LMFT, CST, CST-S on June 29, 2022 in Underneath the Sheets

You're curious if researchers have studied a question you have about sex. But maybe you should pause a moment before you consult Google.

You're curious if researchers have studied a question you have about sex. But maybe you should pause a moment before you consult Google.

Intelligence

Can AI and Genomics Predict the Next COVID Variant?

By Cami Rosso on June 29, 2022 in The Future Brain

How AI and genomics can predict future mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

How AI and genomics can predict future mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Trauma

7 Ways Yoga Helps Heal Trauma

By Vinita Mehta Ph.D., Ed.M. on June 29, 2022 in Head Games

Research identifies the ways that the ancient practice of yoga can decrease trauma symptoms and help healing.

Research identifies the ways that the ancient practice of yoga can decrease trauma symptoms and help healing.

Happiness

Research Suggests a New Way to Make Life Feel Meaningful

By Amie M. Gordon, Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in Between You and Me

Feeling that your life is meaningful can be deeply satisfying but not always easy to achieve. New research suggests we may need to stop and appreciate the moment.

Feeling that your life is meaningful can be deeply satisfying but not always easy to achieve. New research suggests we may need to stop and appreciate the moment.

Happiness

The Difference Between Self and Disorder

By Sarah A. Myers on June 29, 2022 in Living As An Outlier

Distinguishing between the Self and our symptoms can help us recover from mental illness.

Distinguishing between the Self and our symptoms can help us recover from mental illness.

Health

The Stigma of Rare Disease Is Magnified When You’re LGBQ+

By Kathleen R. Bogart Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in Disability Is Diversity

New research finds that LGBQ+ women with rare disorders experience intersectional stigma. The study highlights the need for accessible community events.

New research finds that LGBQ+ women with rare disorders experience intersectional stigma. The study highlights the need for accessible community events.

Self-Help

How to Avoid 3 Common Cognitive Biases

By William Hwang Psy.D. on June 29, 2022 in Flex Your Feelings

Have you been making these thinking errors?

Have you been making these thinking errors?

Fear

Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking 

By Padraic Gibson D.Psych on June 29, 2022 in Escaping Our Mental Traps

In a world in which the necessity for public speaking, training, and presenting is growing, a fear of public speaking may also be growing. Here's what you can do.

In a world in which the necessity for public speaking, training, and presenting is growing, a fear of public speaking may also be growing. Here's what you can do.

Child Development

What to Do If Your Child Touches Their Private Parts in Public

By Sam Louie MA, LMHC on June 29, 2022 in Minority Report

Are you worried about your child when they touch their private parts? Here's what you should know.

Are you worried about your child when they touch their private parts? Here's what you should know.

Cognition

3 Reasons You Want to Read This Post

By Patricia Lockwood, Ph.D., and Jo Cutler, Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in The Helpful Brain

How do we choose what information we want to know? The answer has implications for our mental health, physical health, and social relationships.

How do we choose what information we want to know? The answer has implications for our mental health, physical health, and social relationships.

Sleep

Coping Strategies for Nightmares and Night Terrors

By Bruce Bauman on June 29, 2022 in Surviving Forty Years of Therapy

A Personal Perspective: Dr. S and I implemented techniques to change my waking reaction to the night terrors; I have used these for over four decades, with alterations along the way.

A Personal Perspective: Dr. S and I implemented techniques to change my waking reaction to the night terrors; I have used these for over four decades, with alterations along the way.

Work

Not Getting Along With Your New Boss?

By Victor Lipman on June 29, 2022 in Mind of the Manager

Here are some practical, constructive strategies to try.

Here are some practical, constructive strategies to try.

Relationships

Instant Friends Smell Alike

By Temma Ehrenfeld on June 29, 2022 in Open Gently

Instant friendship may indeed have to do with "chemistry," new research suggests. With friends, we seek similarity.

Instant friendship may indeed have to do with "chemistry," new research suggests. With friends, we seek similarity.

Happiness

4 Ways of Being Unhappy: Do Any Apply to You?

By Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in The Pathways of Experience

In modern societies, people commonly feel empty, unacknowledged, and adrift. Consider four sources of that discontent.

In modern societies, people commonly feel empty, unacknowledged, and adrift. Consider four sources of that discontent.

Health

How the Roe Overturn May Hurt Doctors, and All of Their Patients

By Robert Klitzman M.D. on June 29, 2022 in Am I My Genes?

Personal Perspective: The overturn of Roe v. Wade will strain medical providers and potentially lower their willingness to work in states with abortion bans, harming all patients.

Personal Perspective: The overturn of Roe v. Wade will strain medical providers and potentially lower their willingness to work in states with abortion bans, harming all patients.

Gender

Reproductive Coercion, Post-Roe

By Anne P. DePrince Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in From Awareness to Action

Personal Perspective: What does research on reproductive coercion and intimate partner abuse tell us about a post-Roe world? Here's what you need to know.

Personal Perspective: What does research on reproductive coercion and intimate partner abuse tell us about a post-Roe world? Here's what you need to know.

Politics

What Makes Someone a Jerk?

By Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D., MPP on June 29, 2022 in Jerkology

It's a worthwhile exercise to get beyond gut intuitions in diagnosing jerks.

It's a worthwhile exercise to get beyond gut intuitions in diagnosing jerks.

Anxiety

Can We Keep Hope Alive?

By Susan Sands Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in Well-Being Through a Lifetime

Personal Perspective: How can we keep hope alive in these frightening and uncertain times? I have some ideas.

Personal Perspective: How can we keep hope alive in these frightening and uncertain times? I have some ideas.

Law and Crime

How Do Polygraphs Work?

By Christian L. Hart Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in The Nature of Deception

Polygraphs measure the physiological changes that occur when people lie, although imperfectly.

Polygraphs measure the physiological changes that occur when people lie, although imperfectly.

Relationships

The Gottman Ratio for Happy Relationships at Work

By Gail Golden MBA, Ph.D. on June 29, 2022 in Curating Your Life

Do your team members hear more praise or criticism? Start leveraging positivity for your team to become high performers.

Do your team members hear more praise or criticism? Start leveraging positivity for your team to become high performers.

ADHD

ADHD in High-Functioning Adults

By Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., ABPP on June 29, 2022 in Rethinking Adult ADHD

Adults with ADHD can achieve great things and struggle at the same time, but they cite some potential strengths that may help to guide others toward success

Adults with ADHD can achieve great things and struggle at the same time, but they cite some potential strengths that may help to guide others toward success

Anxiety

Do You Suffer From Maladaptive Daydreaming?

By F. Diane Barth L.C.S.W. on June 29, 2022 in Off the Couch

Daydreams can be healthy, but there can also be a dark side. Here's what to do when your daydreams become maladaptive.

Daydreams can be healthy, but there can also be a dark side. Here's what to do when your daydreams become maladaptive.

Depression

How to Recover From a Miscarriage

By Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on June 29, 2022 in Fixing Families

Miscarriages trigger loss, grief, and more. Hypervigilance, self-blame, and obsessing are common reactions. Here are some steps to help you recover.

Miscarriages trigger loss, grief, and more. Hypervigilance, self-blame, and obsessing are common reactions. Here are some steps to help you recover.