Resolution, Not Conflict

The guide to problem-solving.

Susan Heitler Ph.D.

A Surprising Discovery: How Placebos Can Help Relieve Pain

What does recent research suggest about how chronic pain sufferers can use placebos (fake pills) to reduce real pain? Might this psychological technique reduce opioid use as well?

How High School Students Can Feel Less Stressed

Anxiety is rising to epidemic levels among teens. These strategies can help.

Can Psychology Cure Chronic Pain?

New psychological tools are offering relief from long-term suffering from chronic pain.

What Leads Alienated Parents to Give Up on Their Children?

What common misunderstandings about alienation can hinder parents in the struggle to reconnect with an alienated child?

On Whom Can I Depend? How Relationships Support Well-Being

"If I should get sick, who would take care of me?" It's a good question—and one that could lead to positive life changes.

5 Tips for Being the Parent All Teens Would Love to Have

Be the dumbest one in the room — plus four more surprising but highly effective parenting strategies.

Why Narcissism May Be a Risk Factor for COVID

What is it about narcissistic habits that may put individuals with these habits at increased risk for COVID?

Four Characteristics of Effective Conversations

What patterns characterize productive and satisfying conversations?

Too Many Therapists Misdiagnose and Mistreat Alienation

Finding therapists who know how to help alienated children can be a nightmare.

There Is Hope: 19 Innovations That Could Put an End to COVID

Feeling discouraged about the havoc being wreaked by COVID-19? These new products and treatments could bring the pandemic to a halt.

A Narcissism and Autism Connection? One Family's Experience

Does narcissism share commonalities with autism? What are the implications of the observation that the two often co-occur in families?

A Novel No-Meds, 5-Pronged Anti-Depression Strategy

Use one, some, or all of these innovative strategies to lift depression's dark cloud. Do it yourself, or ask a therapist to help.

A New Drug for Serious Depression: The Good News and the Bad

A new study has found that Esketamine works for treating chronic serious depression, but ...

Prevention of Parental Alienation: How You Can Help

A family court judge has suggested a three-pronged parental alienation prevention strategy. Learn what you can do to help.

What Fosters Resilience in Tough Times?

Check out these multiple vital strategies for resiliently responding to coronavirus-related concerns, parental alienation, relationship challenges, economic disasters, and more.

Tone of Voice: How Do You Sound to Your Family?

Notice your reactions when someone in your household growls or barks at you. Do you want others in your household to feel that way toward you?

Fuligo septica, shown here on a tree stump, is a slime mold known as scrambled egg slime or dog vomit slime mold.

Slime Mold Shows Us How to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic

What could a lowly organism like slime mold teach us about handling the challenges of this time of both medical and financial potential disasters?

No need to suffer excessive anxiety. Use these anxiety-relief strategies instead.

23 Methods to Calm Corona-Related Anxiety

Feeling anxious? Use these 23 strategies to combat those feelings.

8 Responses to Anger and Hatred

What are your options when someone berates or hates you? How do you protect yourself?

Feeling frustrated, distressed, overwhelmed?

10 Mantras for Managing Emotionally Challenging Situations

These principles can help you stay sane in tough circumstances, including parental alienation.

My daughter pushes me away. Why is her mother teaching her to hate me??

Narcissism in Parental Alienation: Clarifying Examples

An alienating parent who behaves narcissistically may do lasting harm.

Hanger: When Hunger Breeds Anger

Preventive action can address low blood sugar from creating irritability.

Adult Sibling Alienation: Who Does It and Why

Lawyers, beware! Is an alienating sibling behind your caretaker or inheritance case?

Raising Well-Behaved Kids: Mistaken vs. Smart Discipline

Want to raise good kids? Avoid two harmful discipline techniques, and use instead four far more positive options.

Oy, The Holidays: Anticipating An Emotional Rollercoaster?

Use this guide to managing negative feelings if you are expecting that emotional challenges lie ahead.

Severe Parental Alienation: A Mental Health Emergency

Long legal battles prolong and intensify alienation. The longer the courts take to intervene, the worse the alienation is likely to become, and the harder to reverse.

Parental Alienation: What Therapists Need to Know

Parental alienation is a form of child abuse—and recognizing, diagnosing, and treating it can be tricky. Here's how therapists can handle these challenging cases.

Can Mental Imagery Help You Feel Better?

What would your reaction be if your therapist asked you to close your eyes in a treatment session? A recent journal article supports eyes-closed mental imagery therapy techniques.

Not Getting Your Concerns Heard? Try These 5 Tools

Want to become more effective when someone you love, or someone you work with, keeps doing something that bugs you?

Couples Therapy: What 5 Ingredients Create a Great Outcome?

Does your couples therapist provide these essentials? If not, what can you do about it?

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