Intersections

Stress

Manage Holiday Stress or Blues With the Gift of Self-Care

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on November 2, 2024

During the holidays, we can feel overwhelmed by pressure, emotions, and memories. Here are four strategies for navigating this stressful season.

During the holidays, we can feel overwhelmed by pressure, emotions, and memories. Here are four strategies for navigating this stressful season.

Cognition

Critical Thinking Can Reduce Belief in Conspiracy Theories

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on October 21, 2024

Poor critical thinking skills may mean belief in conspiracies without evidence.

Poor critical thinking skills may mean belief in conspiracies without evidence.

Bias

Misogyny and Its Everyday Expressions

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on October 2, 2024

What is misogyny, how is it expressed, and what are its impacts?

What is misogyny, how is it expressed, and what are its impacts?

Cognition

Development of the Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on September 27, 2024

A short measure of adults’ motivation for intellectual engagement and a willingness to evaluate information could prove valuable in explaining some social attitudes and beliefs.

A short measure of adults’ motivation for intellectual engagement and a willingness to evaluate information could prove valuable in explaining some social attitudes and beliefs.

Cognition

Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Matters

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on September 23, 2024

Critical thinking dispositions are important for many reasons. But to explore their impact, we need a valid measure.

Critical thinking dispositions are important for many reasons. But to explore their impact, we need a valid measure.

Anxiety

Positive Stress and Optimal Anxiety as Performance Enhancers

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on August 23, 2024

Can stress be positive? Can anxiety be optimal? How these phenomena can actually enhance performance.

Can stress be positive? Can anxiety be optimal? How these phenomena can actually enhance performance.

Suicide

New Study: An Accurate Subtle Screening of Suicidal Ideation

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on June 14, 2024

Addressing significant nondisclosure and concealment of suicidal ideation, the subtle screening for suicidal ideation (SSSI) provides reliable, valid, and accurate assessment.

Addressing significant nondisclosure and concealment of suicidal ideation, the subtle screening for suicidal ideation (SSSI) provides reliable, valid, and accurate assessment.

Suicide

Assessing Suicidality: Beyond Issues of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on June 7, 2024

Accurate clinical information is needed for good decision-making about suicide.

Accurate clinical information is needed for good decision-making about suicide.

Suicide

Silent Struggle: Why People Don't Disclose Suicidal Thoughts

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on May 28, 2024

Did you know that many persons who think about ending their lives don't tell anyone—not their closest friends, family members, or even their therapists?

Did you know that many persons who think about ending their lives don't tell anyone—not their closest friends, family members, or even their therapists?

Meditation

The Ever-Elusive Present: Attending to It via Breathwork

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on March 29, 2024

Thinking about the past or worried about the future? Take a free mini-vacay any time of day via breathwork.

Thinking about the past or worried about the future? Take a free mini-vacay any time of day via breathwork.

Loneliness

Why Are Millennials the Loneliest Generation?

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on March 22, 2024

Research shows that young people are the loneliest generation. Why, and what can they do about it?

Research shows that young people are the loneliest generation. Why, and what can they do about it?

Loneliness

I Have Nobody: The Loneliness Health Crisis

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on February 29, 2024

Loneliness represents a severe health crisis. Let's explore why it is on the increase and some possible solutions.

Loneliness represents a severe health crisis. Let's explore why it is on the increase and some possible solutions.

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Intimacy: When AI Is Caregiver and Confidante

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on December 23, 2023

Love in the age of digital production.

Love in the age of digital production.

Depression

(Un)comfortably Numb: 5 Ways to Alleviate Emotional Numbing

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on December 19, 2023

What is emotional numbness, how can you identify it, and what are some ways to remedy it?

What is emotional numbness, how can you identify it, and what are some ways to remedy it?

Happiness

Why Being a Little Kinder Is Good for Everybody

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on November 30, 2023

Being kind seems to be a lost art today. Here are four tips for enacting kindness in an age of grievance.

Being kind seems to be a lost art today. Here are four tips for enacting kindness in an age of grievance.

Resilience

Happiness Correlates with Self-Care and Vicarious Resilience

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on September 20, 2023

If it makes you happy: A new study finds that cultivating self-care and vicarious resilience is highly correlated with well-being.

If it makes you happy: A new study finds that cultivating self-care and vicarious resilience is highly correlated with well-being.

Relationships

What It Really Means When a Partner Annoys You

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on September 4, 2023

Does your partner ever annoy you? Of course they do. Here is a different take on what annoyance says about your relationship.

Does your partner ever annoy you? Of course they do. Here is a different take on what annoyance says about your relationship.

Environment

Healthy Responses to Climate Change and Climate Anxiety

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on August 5, 2023

When do normal concerns about the impacts of climate change become something else—climate anxiety? Here are tips for responding to it and to climate change itself.

When do normal concerns about the impacts of climate change become something else—climate anxiety? Here are tips for responding to it and to climate change itself.

Anxiety

Getting Back Out There: People I Met in the Past 24 Hours

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on June 26, 2023

Each of us has a multitude of characteristics that make us uniquely who we are. Therefore, we all react a little differently to things like a pandemic.

Each of us has a multitude of characteristics that make us uniquely who we are. Therefore, we all react a little differently to things like a pandemic.

Trauma

To Go or Skip a School Reunion: The Past's Multiple Meanings

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on June 20, 2023

Wondering if you should accept an invitation to a school reunion? Here are some pointers as you make your decision.

Wondering if you should accept an invitation to a school reunion? Here are some pointers as you make your decision.