The Link Between Anger and Stress
posted by Buck Black, LCSW on Mar 15th 2010
"Have you ever looked at the role stress has in anger? Many people say that stress is more prevalent today than 20 years ago. Likewise, others say there is more anger (road rage, workplace violence, and so on). Stress can certainly create a variety of problems. If you are prone to anger, then stress will likely increase your angry behaviors." More...

An Interview with George Bonanno, Ph.D., on Bereavement
posted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D. on Mar 15th 2010
" Dr. Bonanno describes lessons learned from his 30 year research career studying bereavement (grief in response to the death of a significant other). His findings debunk many grief myths that are widely held, including the notion that grief is always a drawn out process, and that it proceeds as a predictable series of stages. In reality, many people get over their losses fairly quickly. Rather than stages, the typical experience is more like periods of sadness that gradually get less intense. It is also the case that people normally experience intense happy emotions during bereavement as well as sad ones, moving back and forth between the two, with both emotions tending to be intensely felt but brief in duration. The more that people smile early on during bereavement, the faster they tend to recover their equilibrium. " More...

Narcissism And What's Underneath
posted by Simone Hoermann, Ph.D. on Mar 15th 2010
"Most of us have high expectations of ourselves and we want to succeed. However, as we go through life, people with healthy personalities recognize their limitations, learn to accept them and deal with them, and develop a balanced sense of their own self-worth that includes both their strengths and weaknesses. Not so those with Narcissistc Personality Disorder who feel that they are completely unworthy if they are not special. As they go through life, they end up trying to live in a way that supports their belief that they are meant to be special and superior." More...

The Five Senses
posted by Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. on Mar 11th 2010
"We have eyes, but do we see? We have ears, but, do we listen? Jon Kabbat-Zinn points out that the senses work together to create a wonderful combined sensory experience if, we pay attention. We hear with our eyes and see with our ears. But, do we see, do we hear, do we enjoy the smell of wonderful aromas? " More...

A Practice to Get Clear on Living the Life You Want
posted by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. on Mar 11th 2010
"There's a great metaphor that comes out the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) community and speaks to a true acceptance on how our difficult emotions can control us. Imagine you were on a bus called "your life." The passengers that get picked up on this bus are all your memories, habitual thoughts, emotions, impulses, etc... When we get on the bus it seems to be a struggle with our difficult emotions as they want to control the direction we're going to go, so they make a big stink and we'll do anything to fix the struggle. So, what happens?" More...