END OF THE YEAR! – TIME FOR ME TO RE-EVALUATE. – – Please help me help you. What have you gained this year from receiving my newsletter? Which posts were meaningful to you? Did you take any of my Online Classes? If so, how did they help? (I really need examples so I can design […]
In a new study just released, group mindfulness treatment was just as effective as individual cognitive therapy in treating depression.[1] As usual, the actual article is behind a paywall, but if you sign up for online library services through your alma mater, you should be able to get the actual article. This Swedish study randomly […]
Automatic happiness? Sounds like a science fiction story about cheery robots. But that’s our topic for today. It turns out that online help automates mental health. How can that be bad? Well, only research can tell us how good or bad it is. The model is to offer self-help resources to people suffering from anxiety, […]
At this year's American Psychiatric Association meeting in San Francisco, just completed, Dr Drew Ramsey, MD, talked about three large studies suggesting that what we eat does have a large impact on our moods. He reviewed Sanchez-Villega's large study of Spanish college students (1). In this well-known study, she and her colleagues found that one's […]
There are a fair number of therapists reading this blog. Rather, I should say of the very few people who read my rants, several are therapists. But enough sniveling. On a Positive Psychology discussion group the following question was posted: Hi all! Is anyone familiar with research which has been done to treat people with […]
My granddaughter Lily is almost three. She has gotten excited about being scared. She wants her parents to tell her scary stories, and when she comes to visit, she wants me to be a “Tickle Monster.” That means I hold my hands up and lumber after her growling. If I catch her, I am supposed […]
As far as I know, my dog never makes resolutions. She seems to be happy with who she is. I am not. I want to get stronger, run some 5k and 10k races. Since I started running a couple of weeks ago, I am up to four miles (this morning). I am resolved to increase […]
