Tag: therapy
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Mental Health, CA
Read more: Mental Health, CAIn never rains in California, but… In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state — about 4.9 million people — said they needed help for a mental…
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Phone Therapy
Read more: Phone TherapyThe Los Angeles Times looks at phone therapy (it works). The therapist-patient relationship is crucial to people battling depression, addiction, weight gain and diabetes. But that relationship might not always have to be in person to be effective…
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Positive Psychology TED
Read more: Positive Psychology TEDFrom TED2004–an oldie–Positive Psychology founder, Martin Seligman, talking his talk.
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What Happens in Therapy?
Read more: What Happens in Therapy?What happens in therapy? Good question. Couch Fiction, a book-length comic by British psychotherapist, Philippa Perry, offers some answers. Based on a case study of Pat (our sandal-wearing, cat-loving psychotherapist) and her new client, James (an ambitious barrister with a potentially harmful habit he can’t stop), this graphic novel follows the anxieties, frustrations, mind-wanderings and…
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Talk Therapy Psychiatrist
Read more: Talk Therapy PsychiatristDavid Carlat talks to NPR about his book, Unhinged: The Trouble With Psychiatry. Article, audio, and excerpt all on the site. “And this is a good therapist who I often work with. I recommend that you give her a call and set up an appointment. The medication works better when you are also seeing a counselor.”…