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The Anxieties of New Moms and the Hospital Experience
Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Jul 13th 2009

Like Phoenix Risen from the Ashes of Addiction, A New Addiction Recovery Program
Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 10th 2009

Memory Reconsolidation and Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 3rd 2009

Psychological Issues Faced by Adopted Children and Adults
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 18th 2009

Stigmatized: How Some People Become Judged
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, May 8th 2009

Falling In Love with the Therapist: Erotic Transference and Psychotherapy
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 17th 2009

Metacognition and The Pilot Who Landed in the Hudson River
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Wed, Feb 18th 2009

"United States of Tara": Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality) on Television
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 31st 2009

Unimportant Wounds: No Purple Hearts for PTSD
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Jan 9th 2009

Small Penis Syndrome: Characteristics and Self-Help Treatment Suggestions
Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Wed, Dec 31st 2008

Service Dogs and the Confusing Issue of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 12th 2008

A Family, Relationship, and human Communication Problem: Splitting
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Nov 24th 2008

"Water for Elephants", A Matter of Self Definition
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Sep 23rd 2008

Liberal morality versus conservative morality: Understanding the difference can help you avoid arguments
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Sep 15th 2008

Six Reasons Why People Self-Injure
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 28th 2008

Aging, Retirement and Stereotyping:
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, Aug 1st 2008

Male Self Concept and Small Penis Syndrome
Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Jul 7th 2008

Forgiving Dad: A Freedom Song
Calvin Sandborn - Wed, Jul 2nd 2008

Meet the New Homophobia; Different than the Old Homophobia
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jun 28th 2008

Ageism and the Upcoming Presidential Election
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Wed, Jun 18th 2008

Why the VA doesn't want to diagnose Iraq War Veterans' PTSD
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, May 20th 2008

Cheating vs. Values and Ethics: High School Sports
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, May 16th 2008

"I have benefited from AA and the 12 Steps... Very much so!"
Harrison (with commentary by Mark Dombeck, Ph.D.) - Wed, Apr 30th 2008

The VA's Suicide Problem
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Apr 29th 2008

Loneliness, A Deadly Disease
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Sun, Apr 13th 2008

Shame
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Apr 3rd 2008

Psychiatric Service Dogs, Very Special Dogs, Indeed
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Sun, Mar 16th 2008

New Mental Help Net Online Mental Health Support Community (Re-) Launches
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Mar 5th 2008

Can a Mind be Sick? A Discussion of Schizophrenia
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Mar 3rd 2008

Antidepressants No Better Than Placebo Says A New Study, But It's Really More Complicated Than That...
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Feb 27th 2008

Drinking During Pregnancy: Is it Really Okay?
Natalie Staats Reiss, Ph.D. - Fri, Feb 22nd 2008

A first-impression review of the new HBO series 'In Treatment'
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Feb 6th 2008

Dating, Finding a Partner, and Staying Together: Why can they be so Difficult?
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, Jan 25th 2008

Imprisoning the Mentally Ill
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Jan 14th 2008

How To Set New Year's Resolutions and Stick With Them
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Dec 31st 2007

A Christmas Wish
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 25th 2007

Day Hospital Treatment of Schizophrenia
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Sat, Dec 8th 2007

Elliott Smith and the gift of Vulnerability Music
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Nov 26th 2007

Childhood Psychiatric Symptoms and Anger
James B. Rainwater, Ph.D. - Tue, Nov 13th 2007

Eating ourselves to death
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Thu, Nov 1st 2007

PTSD treatment readiness and the looming Iraq war PTSD bubble
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 23rd 2007

The Nature of Psychosis
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 5th 2007

Parent's Anxiety Disorders And Children's Adjustment
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Sep 25th 2007

What Made George Lose His Curiosity?
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Sep 4th 2007

Dementia: What Gets Damaged; What Gets Saved
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 16th 2007

The Long Term Effects of Bullying
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Jul 24th 2007

Some Thoughts about Victimization, Anger and Abuse
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jul 5th 2007

The Tragedy of Alzheimer’s Disease
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Jun 26th 2007

Helping People to Mature: Robert Kegan and Psychotherapy (Commentary on 'In Over Our Heads')
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Jun 6th 2007

Men, Women, and Understanding Pornography
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, May 22nd 2007

Concerning Problems Within AA
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, May 7th 2007

Family Secrets
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 25th 2007

Issues raised by the Blacksburg, VA massacre
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 18th 2007

Violence and Trauma: Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Apr 17th 2007

Post-Cognitive Psychotherapy
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Mar 23rd 2007

The Perfect Family
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Thu, Feb 22nd 2007

Dysfunctional Procrastination
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Thu, Feb 1st 2007

Robert Kegan's Awesome Theory of Social Maturity listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 20th 2007

Dealing With Difference and the New Year
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 26th 2006

The Paradoxical Sinclair Method For Treating Alcohol Dependence
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 1st 2006

Hatred, Terrorism and Trauma
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Mon, Nov 27th 2006

Stalemate: When Couples Get Nowhere Fast
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Sun, Nov 5th 2006

Many Voices; One Self
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Nov 1st 2006

Stuffing It: The Culture of Not Speaking
Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 27th 2006

Torture is a Form of Trauma; Trauma Causes PTSD listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sun, Oct 1st 2006

Humanistic Psychotherapy listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Sep 1st 2006

Shame and Avoidant Personality Disorder
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 15th 2006

Boundaries and Dysfunctional Family Systems listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 1st 2006

A Better Meeting
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jul 1st 2006

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a Cult ?
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 1st 2006

Mental Health and the Legacy of Sigmund Freud
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Thu, May 4th 2006

Cognitive Restructuring listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, May 1st 2006

Learning Theory listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 5th 2006

What Do You Do When You Don't Know What To Do?
Allan N. Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. - Wed, Mar 15th 2006

Narcissus and the Grizzly Bears listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Mar 1st 2006

Repression listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Feb 1st 2006

Transference listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Nov 3rd 2005

Philosophers, Engineers, Ecologists and Gnostics: Four Approaches to Psychotherapy listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sun, Oct 2nd 2005

The Nonjudgemental Witness listen to this essay
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Aug 10th 2005

Unmasking Mental Illness
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 1st 2005

Standing Up For Yourself
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 2nd 2005

Warning Signs
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Apr 1st 2005

Blunt Instruments
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 1st 2005

Grief, Interrupted: PTSD in the time of Tsunami and War
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 1st 2005

Gay Rights Are Civil And Human Rights
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 5th 2004

Kids, Antidepressant Meds and the FDA
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 8th 2004

Disentangling Rapid-Cycling Bipolar From Borderline
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 5th 2004

Defense Mechanisms
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Jun 22nd 2004

Temperament 101
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Apr 2nd 2004

Foreclosed Identities
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Feb 20th 2004

Therapeutic Windows
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Dec 8th 2003

An Apology For Anger Management
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Nov 4th 2003

'The Magdalene Sisters' as an Illustrated Abuse Primer
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Sep 17th 2003

Marketing Madness!
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 30th 2003

Yoga For Mental Health
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 4th 2003

Blurring The Boundary Between Mental and Physical.
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jan 2nd 2003

The Interim Report Condensed To Six Bullet Points
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Nov 7th 2002

Pedophile Priests: Monstrous But Not Monsters
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 1st 2002

Clinical Privacy and Insurance Application Rejection
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Jun 10th 2002

Prescription Privileges For Psychologists
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 10th 2002

Counting The Mentally Ill: The Needs Haven't Changed, Only The Definitions
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Mar 1st 2002

A New Look & Feel For MHN
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Jan 21st 2002

Everyone Has A Personality
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 28th 2001

State Of The WebSite Address
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Nov 6th 2001

A New MHN Is Coming Soon
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 5th 2001

Coping With Our Day Of Infamy
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Sep 12th 2001

A Primer on Coping (and some Holiday applications)
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 1st 2000

Diagnosis and Dual Diagnosis
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Nov 1st 2000

Online Community
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Sep 1st 2000

The Troubled State Of Public Mental Health Funding, And What You Can Do About It
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 1st 2000

Getting Out The Vote
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jul 1st 2000

The Medicalization Of Mental Illness
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 1st 2000

Scapegoating And Mental Illness Stigma
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, May 1st 2000

Wonderland's Distorted Vision
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Apr 1st 2000

Website Privacy Revisited
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Mar 1st 2000

AA Is To Shame As A Hot Knife Is To Butter
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Tue, Feb 1st 2000

The Virtues Of Endurance, Acceptance And Structure
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 1st 2000

Self-Help For The Holidays
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Wed, Dec 1st 1999

Gratitude: The Antidote To Desire
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Mon, Nov 1st 1999

So You Want To Be A Mental Health Professional
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 1st 1999

The Psychotherapy of The Future: Available Now
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Sun, Aug 1st 1999

Reflections on change: Part III
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. - Thu, Jul 1st 1999

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