Category: Mental Health
Why Polyvagal Theory Doesn’t Stand Up to the Science
The pseudoscientific framework therapists love to believe Ah yes, polyvagal theory: The pseudoscientific framework that therapists just love to believe explains their methods of “trauma-informed ...
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and How it Works
Dr. Kazi Hassan, MD and Leah Benson, LMHC discuss ketamine assisted psychotherapy, and how it has helped clients over the decades with their mental health ...
Why Mental Problems Seem Like Such a Mystery
It’s Not “Genetic” Popular culture likes to believe that mental problems are the result of bad genes or a person being a “bad seed.” Or ...
I Hate the Phrase, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
I hate the phrase “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” I know, hate is a strong word. But when people say, “what doesn’t kill ...
Stress Makes You Sick – Literally
Stress and Cancer are Related I read an article recently by a guy named Dr. Doolittle. He wrote it for the Stanford Center for Integrative ...
“Mental Health” Is Not The Problem, Failure to Manage Anger Is The Problem
“Mental health problems” do not lead to violence being perpetrated on society. A failure to manage anger does. We need to stop calling it a ...
Can I Be Happy?
To answer the question, “can I be happy,” we have to first lay down a foundational definition of happiness, and then answer an important question.
Bloodlust (Why We Like A Fight)
Why does this happen? Why do people perpetrate cruelty and violence on others or silently root for it as it goes on?
You Don’t Need A Therapist
No, you don’t need a therapist. You’re not crazy and there’s nothing really wrong with you. But you’re not happy are you? Can you quit ...
Why Successful People Go To Psychotherapy
Successful people go to psychotherapy because they know that if they invest in themselves, they will be more effective at what they do, enjoy themselves ...
