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Can the Sound of Your Voice Determine Your Mood?
When people’s voices are digitally altered to sound happier, sadder, or more fearful, their emotional states change to reflect the emotion in their voices, according to a study published ... Read More
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5 Steps to Getting the Support You Need and Deserve
Having a mental health issue can be very isolating. You may feel like no one understands the pain and despair you experience. Because of this, you might keep your condition to yourself, ... Read More
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How Journaling Heals: There’s No ‘Write’ Way to Journal
Words have power, so it follows that the process of journaling does, too. It’s a tool I often recommend to the people who see me for therapy. Some situations in which journaling might ... Read More
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3 Tips to Help Your Relationship Survive an Emotional Affair
I define an emotional affair as a relationship in which one or both parties are involved in another significant relationship where there is emotional intimacy, sexual chemistry, and romantic ... Read More
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The Importance of Stress Management for People with HIV/AIDS
Stress is a state of physical, mental, and emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. It can also be a reaction people experience as they encounter rather ... Read More
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Living in the Moment: What Mindfulness Is and Is Not
Let’s stop making mindfulness something other than what it is. Let’s stop making mindfulness the great cure-all. Let’s stop making mindfulness another gimmick to improve ... Read More
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How to Ease a Loved One’s Transition into a Nursing Home
Putting a family member in a nursing home may be one of the toughest decisions families have to make, and unfortunately, the decision for many doesn’t tend to feel “good.” Many hope ... Read More
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How Emotional Intelligence Can Be Key to Workplace Success
While there are many benefits to having high intelligence, many managers, supervisors, and other workers—particularly those who work in businesses in which interpersonal relationships ... Read More
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Therapeutic Alliance: What’s Love Got to Do with Therapy?
How important is the therapeutic relationship—the relationship between a person in therapy and his or her therapist—to the change process? Is the relationship itself the primary source ... Read More
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8 Signs You’re in a Codependent Relationship
Have you ever been in a relationship that felt as though it sapped all of your energy? If so, you may have been in a codependent relationship. Codependency is generally defined as a type ... Read More
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Why Some Couples Choose Not to Get Married
Not all couples plan for a trip down the aisle. Even couples who have been in a relationship for years may choose to forgo tradition and not get married. Statistics from the Centers for ... Read More
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Study: Fear of Spiders May Be Cured in Two Minutes
At least 30% of Americans have a fear of spiders, or arachnophobia. According to a new study published in Biological Psychiatry, just two minutes of therapy could eradicate that fear. For ... Read More