by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
A recent study showed playing golf affects plasma lipid profile and glucose metabolism more positively than walking. But what about the effects of golf on our most important organ, our brains? In the fast-paced modern world, we face various challenges that demand...
by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
Healthy individuals can have difficulty imagining that terrorists who commit unspeakable atrocities don’t have a mental illness. Surely, they must have experienced terrible trauma, even complex trauma. Yet, research seeking to establish a connection between terrorism...
by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
The holiday dinner table is glowing and stacked with your homemade favorites. Your family members are feasting and chatting happily when your uncle brings up his extreme views on a presidential candidate. Everyone gets quiet and you can see the discomfort on people’s...
by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
Toxic labeling in a relationship involves using harmful labels to describe one another, often to manipulate or control the other person. As a psychologist working with couples for over the past 30 years, I have seen how the crushing impact of toxic labels can destroy...
by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
Estrangement is common. A 2015 study of college students found that 43% of participants were estranged from at least one family member (Conti, 2015). As a therapist, I imagine this number would be even higher today. Each situation is a little different. I’ve met...
by admin | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
Easy to be nice. Image by InspiredImages from Pixabay Interpersonal boundaries, when properly expressed, allow individuals in a relationship to feel safe and secure. These feelings of safety and security support the sharing of the self and facilitate intimacy. The...
