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Family Dynamics

Are You Launching a College Freshman?

Elisabeth J. LaMotte LICSW on August 15, 2026 in Cinematherapy

Ideas for embracing the milestone transition between high school and college.

Ideas for embracing the milestone transition between high school and college.

Addiction

Can GLP-1s Cure Addiction?

Ted Beauchaine Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Psychological Science Meets the Streets

Several addiction scientists have suggested GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could cure addiction. We've heard similar claims before, only to be disappointed. Here’s why history matters.

Several addiction scientists have suggested GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could cure addiction. We've heard similar claims before, only to be disappointed. Here’s why history matters.

Jealousy

3 Ways Jealousy Can Threaten Your Relationship

Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP on August 15, 2026 in Fulfillment at Any Age

Most people would agree that wanting exclusivity with your partner is fundamental to commitment, making jealousy a natural fear. New research shows three ways to keep it in bounds.

Most people would agree that wanting exclusivity with your partner is fundamental to commitment, making jealousy a natural fear. New research shows three ways to keep it in bounds.

Psychiatry

The Humanistic and Scientific Trajectories of Modern Psychiatry

Robert C. Smith MD, MACP on August 15, 2026 in Patient Zero

Modern psychiatry is adopting a biopsychosocial model that blends a humanistic approach with a systems-based model that promises better explanations for mental disorders.

Modern psychiatry is adopting a biopsychosocial model that blends a humanistic approach with a systems-based model that promises better explanations for mental disorders.

Health

Moving Beyond Wellness to Empowerment

George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, ABPP, FACLP on August 15, 2026 in When Disaster Strikes: Inside Disaster Psychology

For resilience and wellness programs to be effective, it may be necessary to integrate two powerful public health promotion strategies designed to foster personal power.

For resilience and wellness programs to be effective, it may be necessary to integrate two powerful public health promotion strategies designed to foster personal power.

Therapy

Clinical Wisdom: More Secrets of the Therapeutic Alliance

Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Evil Deeds

Exploring the tension between sharing and therapeutic abstinence in clinical work.

Exploring the tension between sharing and therapeutic abstinence in clinical work.

Illusory Truth Effect

How to Deal With Bullsh*t

Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA on August 15, 2026 in ExperiMentations

Bullsh*t can be more persuasive than lying because it exploits the way that minds build good-enough truth. Recognizing the trap helps us respond without spreading it.

Bullsh*t can be more persuasive than lying because it exploits the way that minds build good-enough truth. Recognizing the trap helps us respond without spreading it.

Divorce

What to Do When You’re Caught in the Middle of a Breakup

Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on August 15, 2026 in Fixing Families

It's common to be caught in the middle of a divorce or breakup and feel pressure to take sides. How to navigate these awkward situations.

It's common to be caught in the middle of a divorce or breakup and feel pressure to take sides. How to navigate these awkward situations.

Extroversion

What Type of People Are Popular at First Sight?

Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., M.Div., Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Why Bad Looks Good

How do some people manage to captivate every room they enter? The answer may be connected with their display of certain dominant behaviors.

How do some people manage to captivate every room they enter? The answer may be connected with their display of certain dominant behaviors.

Parenting

The More Your Adult Child Panics, the More You Pay

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

When financial emergencies keep ending in rescue, urgency itself can become part of the family pattern.

When financial emergencies keep ending in rescue, urgency itself can become part of the family pattern.

Stress

The Madness of the Modern World

Daniel Fryer M.Sc., MBSCH on August 15, 2026 in Keeping an Even Keel

Are you stressed and overwhelmed? What if there is nothing actually wrong with you? What if you simply haven't evolved enough to cope with the demands of life in the 21st century?

Are you stressed and overwhelmed? What if there is nothing actually wrong with you? What if you simply haven't evolved enough to cope with the demands of life in the 21st century?

Race and Ethnicity

How Nolan Wells and Tyler Smith Stir Black Mistrust

Kevin Cokley Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Black Psychology Matters

The tragedies of Nolan Wells and Tyler Smith underscore the painful reality that Black families experience. Racial socialization is an important survival strategy for Black youth.

The tragedies of Nolan Wells and Tyler Smith underscore the painful reality that Black families experience. Racial socialization is an important survival strategy for Black youth.

Body Image

Can Getting Naked With Strangers Improve Body Image?

Amy Campbell MClinPsych on August 15, 2026 in Psyched About Sex

It turns out that most of what we think our bodies "mean" was never true, just taught.

It turns out that most of what we think our bodies "mean" was never true, just taught.

Wisdom

Ancient Wisdom Practices Can Help You Thrive This Semester

Humin (formerly Healthy Minds Innovations) & the Center for Healthy Minds on August 14, 2026 in Healthy Minds

In the midst of student life challenges, this time is also an opportunity to practice meeting difficulties with compassion and understanding. These practices can help.

In the midst of student life challenges, this time is also an opportunity to practice meeting difficulties with compassion and understanding. These practices can help.

Awe

Awe Is an Amazing Emotion, but Do We Know What It Is?

Tamim Mobayed MA on August 14, 2026 in Emotional Behavior, Behavioral Emotions

Understanding the debate over awe's origins in experiences of powerful leadership, nature, and the divine.

Understanding the debate over awe's origins in experiences of powerful leadership, nature, and the divine.

Shame

What's Important to Consider in Talking About Meth

Chris Tompkins LMFT on August 14, 2026 in LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology

Many gay men feel unsure about their relationship with drugs and alcohol, but think they have to wait until something dramatic happens before changing anything. That isn't true.

Many gay men feel unsure about their relationship with drugs and alcohol, but think they have to wait until something dramatic happens before changing anything. That isn't true.

Boundaries

10 Things Estranged Adults Are Told They're Doing Wrong

Samantha Barcham DCPsych on August 14, 2026 in Beyond Blame

You didn't try hard enough. You're too sensitive. You won't forgive. Estranged adult children hear these messages again and again, and here's what each one leaves out.

You didn't try hard enough. You're too sensitive. You won't forgive. Estranged adult children hear these messages again and again, and here's what each one leaves out.

Relationships

Maybe Thinking You Could Leave Is a Good Sign

Tyrel J. Starks Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Queer Relationships, No Straight Lines

Relationship theory holds that perceiving barriers to leaving a relationship is a sign of commitment. Learn about recent research suggesting it may be a psychological risk factor.

Relationship theory holds that perceiving barriers to leaving a relationship is a sign of commitment. Learn about recent research suggesting it may be a psychological risk factor.

Therapy

Why Myths Still Matter: The Odyssey, the Ego, and the Self

Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Evil Deeds

Here’s what ‘The Odyssey’ can teach us about the limitations of ego and the journey toward the self.

Here’s what ‘The Odyssey’ can teach us about the limitations of ego and the journey toward the self.

Relationships

What Happens When Couples Still Live Together After Breaking Up

Yvonne Castañeda, LICSW, MSW on August 14, 2026 in The Power of Parallels

Breaking up is hard enough. But what happens when the relationship ends and you still have to wake up under the same roof?

Breaking up is hard enough. But what happens when the relationship ends and you still have to wake up under the same roof?

Positive Psychology

The Power of Positive: The Neuroscience of Affirmation

Brian K. Perkins Ed.D. on August 14, 2026 in Leading Minds

Positive affirmation is more than feel-good thinking. Neuroscience suggests that the language leaders use with themselves can shape how they approach leadership challenges.

Positive affirmation is more than feel-good thinking. Neuroscience suggests that the language leaders use with themselves can shape how they approach leadership challenges.

Politics

What Does Science Say When “the Science” Refuses to Speak?

Stephen Camarata Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in The Intuitive Parent

The data from the COVID-19 pandemic must be objectively reviewed and defended. Invoking science means accepting responsibility for outcomes and interpretations of the results.

The data from the COVID-19 pandemic must be objectively reviewed and defended. Invoking science means accepting responsibility for outcomes and interpretations of the results.

Anger

Are You Controlled by Your Partner's Defensiveness?

Nancy Colier LCSW, Rev. on August 14, 2026 in Inviting a Monkey to Tea

How to stop enabling your partner's defensiveness

How to stop enabling your partner's defensiveness

Law and Crime

The Psychology of True Crime and Emotional Regulation

Lindsay Weisner Psy.D. on August 14, 2026 in The Venn Diagram Life

Exposure to true crime may be helpful in reducing symptoms of anxiety, fear, and insecurity in a way that mimics the cognitive behavioral concept of exposure therapy.

Exposure to true crime may be helpful in reducing symptoms of anxiety, fear, and insecurity in a way that mimics the cognitive behavioral concept of exposure therapy.

Parenting

Your Quiet Child May Be the Most Overwhelmed

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

The child who screams gets everyone's attention. The child who goes silent may need just as much help—but because their distress looks like “nothing,” adults can miss it.

The child who screams gets everyone's attention. The child who goes silent may need just as much help—but because their distress looks like “nothing,” adults can miss it.

Social Life

The Inevitability of the Extreme

Joachim I. Krueger Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in One Among Many

The social sciences seek to detect, explain, and mitigate extreme beliefs and behavior. Some extreme events have mundane causes, which makes them no less intriguing.

The social sciences seek to detect, explain, and mitigate extreme beliefs and behavior. Some extreme events have mundane causes, which makes them no less intriguing.

Attention

The Opposite of Distraction Is Not Focus: It's Reverence

Michael Todd Fink LMSW on August 14, 2026 in The Circle of Compassion

“Focus” has become industrial, and it is burning us out. Discover why the real antidote for a distracted, fragmented life is permission to be awestruck again.

“Focus” has become industrial, and it is burning us out. Discover why the real antidote for a distracted, fragmented life is permission to be awestruck again.

Autism

Why We Learn Connections That Aren't Really There

Liron Rozenkrantz, Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in How Beliefs Shape Reality

We learn from experience, but not always from the parts that actually matter. What happens when our brains assign meaning to information that should be irrelevant?

We learn from experience, but not always from the parts that actually matter. What happens when our brains assign meaning to information that should be irrelevant?

Happiness

The Art of Anticipation

Jennice Vilhauer Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Living Forward

Your future can improve how you feel today. The secret is intentionally creating experiences worth anticipating.

Your future can improve how you feel today. The secret is intentionally creating experiences worth anticipating.