Category: Mental Health

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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
Anger Management

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 ...
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Developmental Trauma

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 ...
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Anxiety

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 ...
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Mental Health

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 ...
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Adolescent Therapy

“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 ...
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Emotional Satisfaction

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.
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Aggression

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?
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Bioenergetic Analysis - Body Psychotherapy

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
Mental Health

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 ...

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