Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness + Find a Therapist (2024)

Weasel words suck the meaning out of the words that follow them. Their use can have a negative impact on friends, family, and colleagues.

A new systematic review strengthens the evidence on the links between social isolation, loneliness, and heart disease.

Two neurodivergent clinicians speak out about how to flourish in college.

Have you ever bumped into someone who looks extremely familiar, yet you have no clue who they are or why you know them? While confusing, there is a simple explanation.

Adult children don't always like or appreciate each other. Blood ties and a common history aren't always enough to maintain a connection.

It's important to take your time to deal with rejection and cultivate practices conducive to your healing and well-being. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.

Personal Perspective: Parents and neurodivergent kids who need accommodations in K-12 schools carry an immense invisible burden.

Serial killer Herb Baumeister killed himself before cops could interrogate him; learning more about killers with suicidal tendencies might help cops to thwart them.

Learning how our brains train us to focus on the negative will help you understand how to hack this tendency and feel better in your relationship.

A Personal Perspective: Is Trump a cult figure? A look at the evidence.

There is a temperature at which your mind does its best work.

Here are five myths and truths on the fight-flight-freeze response.

A colleague recently asked me, “How can I get the CEO to talk with me?” This question remains at the top of executives' minds across industries and roles.

Learn these strategies for laying a solid foundation in a romance.

Protect and preserve your energy and embrace the inherent wealth of your intuitive mental, emotional, and behavioral health by being introspective. The power is within.

Discover how the anchoring effect, a subtle cognitive bias, shapes our decisions across life's domains.

Employers are promoting mindfulness as a way to improve employee well-being. However, what works and doesn't work with employer-promoted mindfulness?

Firefighters, police officers, first responders, and pilots step into danger that none of us will ever experience, and it behooves us to find a way to provide mental healthcare.

Avoid these common thinking traps that can come between you and your partner and replace them with more helpful beliefs.

Nowadays, caffeine is no longer limited to a cup of bitter coffee. Understanding the health impacts of caffeine overuse is a collaboration among teens, caregivers, and clinicians.

Want to turn the mundane into the magical? Learn how to unlock awe-like experiences in your everyday life.

Is your values-based life burning you out?

A leader must communicate and collaborate to work together with his or her team.

Masturbation holds some surprisingly practical mental health benefits.

A certified grief support specialist offers advice to help estranged fathers and children get through Father’s Day.

Relational intelligence is more important than being quick-witted. Many people who process slower than the norm can be both wiser and deeper than the verbal virtuoso.

The traditional term "neuroplasticity" doesn't do justice to the amazing resilience of the human brain; perhaps it's time to adopt a more accurate term.

A psychiatrist and philosopher interprets the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Differing levels of sexual desire often reduce sexual satisfaction. Is motivation to please each other enough to improve a stagnant sex life?

Do you say and do things when you get triggered that you later regret? The good news is that you can learn to change your responses to be more in tune with your real goals.

Modern daters increasingly use AI to make dating easier. But maybe they shouldn't.

When someone is dying of cancer, the language of "winning the battle" and "beating" the disease can be hurtful and harmful.

Adding fun to the psychotherapy process has benefits for both clients and practitioners.