Eric R. Maisel Ph.D.

Is Attention Deficit Natural?

Teens and their parents are faced with ever-increasing pressure to label lapses of attention as symptoms of attention deficit disorder. Is that what's really going on?

Teens and their parents are faced with ever-increasing pressure to label lapses of attention as symptoms of attention deficit disorder. Is that what's really going on?

The Sixth Model of Personality

Contemporary views of personality do not credit human beings with the power to actively self-regulate. Those views fall short of accurately portraying who we are.

Contemporary views of personality do not credit human beings with the power to actively self-regulate. Those views fall short of accurately portraying who we are.

How to Get Rid of Your Mental Straitjacket

It's hard to do the thinking we want to do and need to do if our thoughts are held hostage by repetitive thinking. Redesigning your mind can help with that.

It's hard to do the thinking we want to do and need to do if our thoughts are held hostage by repetitive thinking. Redesigning your mind can help with that.

How to Keep from Stumbling in the Very Same Place

Have you found yourself repeating your mistakes, even though you know better? Here's a visualization technique that can help you stop repetitively stumbling.

Have you found yourself repeating your mistakes, even though you know better? Here's a visualization technique that can help you stop repetitively stumbling.

Does Your Mind Have a Calmness Switch?

A great way to increase cognitive fitness, achieve emotional wellness and engage in trauma healing is by using the special CBT technique of visualizing your mind as a room.

A great way to increase cognitive fitness, achieve emotional wellness and engage in trauma healing is by using the special CBT technique of visualizing your mind as a room.

How to Brighten a Gloomy Mind

A great way to reduce chronic sadness is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate that room by painting its dingy walls a new, bright color.

A great way to reduce chronic sadness is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate that room by painting its dingy walls a new, bright color.

Removing That Bed of Nails From Your Mind

The best way to increase self-confidence and happiness is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate it.

The best way to increase self-confidence and happiness is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate it.

Why Your Mind Really Needs Windows

The best way to increase cognitive fitness, emotional health and mental acuity is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate it.

The best way to increase cognitive fitness, emotional health and mental acuity is to visualize your mind as a room and to actively redesign and redecorate it.

What If Mental Health Care Came With Money-Back Guarantees?

To what sort of standard of care do we want to hold mental health professionals? Are some new guidelines needed?

To what sort of standard of care do we want to hold mental health professionals? Are some new guidelines needed?

6 Tips for Getting Work Done While Feeling Sad and Hopeless

We have more reasons than ever to feel sad and hopeless. Given those realities, how will get our work done?

We have more reasons than ever to feel sad and hopeless. Given those realities, how will get our work done?