Resiliency: Rewiring the Brain from Self Harm to Kindness
posted by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. on Mar 16th 2010
"In my experience working with many people, from the moment we wake up until the moment we put our head back down on that same pillow, there is a true lack of kindness toward ourselves day in and day out. On top of it, there is an imbalance of self harm that we engage with. Why is this and what can we do about it to rewire our brains for resiliency, health and well-being? " More...

Surviving a Crisis: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Distress Tolerance Skills
posted by Christy Matta, M.A. on Mar 16th 2010
"In an unpredictable world where we don't have complete control over our environment, our health or the people around us, we are all sure to experience times of crisis. It can come in many forms and can be both big and small. Crisis can be those moments when we're faced with mortality, financial disaster, the loss of a job, failure to achieve or meet our own or others expectations, accidents, being a victim of abuse or a crime and moments of embarrassment, to name a few. Whatever form it takes, crisis is unexpected and accompanied by overwhelming emotion." More...

Setting Limits
posted by Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. on Mar 15th 2010
"Are you one of those people who finds it difficult to say no? Do you end up feeling angry and depressed after you have agreed to do something that you did not want to do? Do you fear that people will not like you if you say no? do people describe you as a nice guy? You are not alone. Alex Lickerman, M.D., wrote a short article about himself in Psychology Today Magazine. It can be found in the March April issue of 2010 page 41. Dr. Lickerman describes his struggles with saying no to people. " More...

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...