A Non-Pathologizing Approach to Emotional Trauma
When we dwell with others’ unendurable pain, their shattered emotional worlds are enabled to shine with a kind of sacredness that calls forth an understanding and caring engagement within which traumatized states can be gradually transformed into bearable painful feelings that can be seamlessly and constitutively integrated into whom one experiences oneself as being.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Psychiatry Stress Therapy descartes dissociation dsm emotional dwelling existential vulnerability finitude grief loss relational home stoics Source Type: news
When It’s Hard to Feel Grateful
Questions that could help even strugglers feel gratitude.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Resilience Self-Help Spirituality Christmas grateful gratefulness gratitude Source Type: news
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
When we try and control things that are not ours to control, it can result in more stress and problems than we anticipated.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D. Tags: Depression Stress Work Source Type: news
Not My Circus. Not My Monkeys
When we try and control things that are not ours to control, it can result in more stress and problems than we anticipated.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D. Tags: Depression Stress Work Source Type: news
Not Me, Couldn't Be: The Devil made me do it!
We are all possessed by an unruly spirit of one sort or another that takes the heat why things go awry, however you may wish to identify it. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: William L. Mace Tags: Autism Depression Resilience Stress Source Type: news
Enough Is Enough Series #3: A Hallucinogen for Depression?
Now we have the false promise that the hallucinogen Ketamine, street name - Special K - raises hope as a treatment for depression. This tells us how far afield, my field, psychiatry has really gone - that it is even a consideration to use an hallucinogen for the treatment of depression.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Berezin, M.D. Tags: Depression Evolutionary Psychology Neuroscience Personality Psychiatry Therapy Source Type: news
What It Takes to Let Go and Start Over
Whether or not we are granted a fresh start every year, the world is set up so that we believe it’s possible. But a fresh start doesn’t just involve starting something new, it means letting go of the past.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster Tags: Cognition Depression Happiness Philosophy change changing cuba emotional baggage New Year politics promises reinvention resolution work Source Type: news
Four Questions for a More Resilient Brain
Byron Katie has a great set of four questions that help give us space from our negative thoughts. Here are four questions that build on that and open us up to possibility, while encouraging positive neuroplasticity to Uncover Happiness. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Happiness byron katie mindfulness uncovering happiness Source Type: news
Why Is Columbia Silent On Student Suicide?
All were encouraged to rely on one another and on university resources. Phone numbers of the Counseling and Psychological Services staff were provided. But there was no mention of the cause of Joshua’s death in either e-mail. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Psychiatry college columbia university mental health mental illness suicide Source Type: news
The Other Side of Christmas
Above and below the commercial din, Christmas can be challenging.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Babits Tags: Depression Law and Crime Race and Ethnicity Relationships American consciousness Billy Joel bob dylan Burrucker carole king carolers cole porter compassion cruelty Dan Smullyan Eric Garner freedom glad tidings gratitude Source Type: news
Tips for Living with a Depressed Person
Fortunately, most depressions do end, but some take more time than others, and it takes a lot of grit to get through a year with a partner who is in the grips of this sometimes debilitating disease. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Sandy Hook, Two Years Later
An irrational rationale? The motivation for the massacre at Sandy Hook continues to elude us.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Langman, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Depression Education Law and Crime schizophrenia school shooters school shootings violence Source Type: news
How to Be Present and Still Create Your Future
Mindfulness is about being present not thinking about the present and if you know how, you can use mindfulness as an important tool to break out of the past and create your life.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennice Vilhauer, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Creativity Depression Happiness Self-Help Future-Directed Therapy goals mindfulness well-being Source Type: news
Top Five New Years’ Resolutions - The Wisdom of Taxi Drivers
And always remember: a taxi ride can be a unique opportunity to take a step back and reflect, especially if you are guided by the right driver.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ran Zilca Tags: Creativity Depression Ethics and Morality Happiness Parenting Self-Help Sex Sleep Social Life Spirituality attachment Buddhism Deepak Chopra inner peace mindfulness positive psychology ride of your life Source Type: news
Depression: Is There a Smartphone App for That?
There is tremendous potential for smartphone apps to enhance mental health treatments in new and exciting ways. However, there is a key limitation.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fjola Helgadottir, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Eating Disorders Media Self-Help Therapy Source Type: news
