In recent weeks, several articles have appeared previewing the work to be published in November's Psychological Science in the Public Interest. In this article, the authors allege that the majority of psychotherapists fail to use ...

My wife, Dr. Smith, and I are big fans of mindfulness approaches to therapy and we've included discussions of mindfulness in most of our self help books within the For Dummies series (including Borderline ...

  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. ...

We've had clouds and rain for the last few days in New Mexico; an unusual occurrence in the land of sunshine (more than 300 days a year). But with the rain came lower temperatures and ...

Last night the phone rang at 2:18 am. I was sound asleep-it was great sleeping weather last night, the cool air streamed through open windows. By the time I woke up enough to understand that ...

For decades, a considerable body of research has demonstrated that a number of psychotherapies are highly effective in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral treatments have received the most attention from researchers, ...

I't's 4 am, I'm awake. I hope that I can go back to sleep. . . . Did I remember to get the coffee ready?  I hope the traffic won't be so bad tomorrow night, ...

The anxiety disorder called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur when a person witnesses or is involved in a traumatic experience. In most cases, the person is present at the trauma, but other times ...

School is starting in many areas in the next few weeks. Most kids are excited about the beginning of school. A few kindergarten kids and sometimes even older children will exhibit symptoms of separation anxiety. ...

Our contest is over. We had many correct and almost correct responses. The winners are based on number correct and speed of answering. We had some postings on the blog and others to our emails. ...