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Therapy as Gossip

Bad therapists believe (or disbelieve) what they hear; good therapists explore and understand its meaning and purpose.

Bad therapists believe (or disbelieve) what they hear; good therapists explore and understand its meaning and purpose.

How Shadow Becomes Personality and Society

Of what we are oblivious about ourselves, others may find obvious. We face an unrelenting hazard of projecting regrets, wishes, and defenses onto every person we encounter.

Of what we are oblivious about ourselves, others may find obvious. We face an unrelenting hazard of projecting regrets, wishes, and defenses onto every person we encounter.

"You Don't Seem Autistic to Me"

"You don't seem autistic" may seem like a harmless compliment, but it can be heartbreaking to those with autism.

"You don't seem autistic" may seem like a harmless compliment, but it can be heartbreaking to those with autism.

Grief Is Physical, Too

Holding grief in your body can make healing harder. Grief Yoga is one way to help feelings move through you.

Holding grief in your body can make healing harder. Grief Yoga is one way to help feelings move through you.

Is There a Place Where We Can Be Evil?

What do you do with your bad thoughts and evil instincts? Can you live a life in which you are exclusively a good person?

What do you do with your bad thoughts and evil instincts? Can you live a life in which you are exclusively a good person?

Releasing Your Emotional Pain Is a Necessity

Under certain circumstances, emotional pain can be bonding. Showing mutual understanding may be the most healing thing we can do for each other.

Under certain circumstances, emotional pain can be bonding. Showing mutual understanding may be the most healing thing we can do for each other.

What "Encanto" Tells Us About Our Chains

A Disney film that contains multitudes: How "Encanto" asks its adult viewers to think about repression at individual, familial, and societal levels.

A Disney film that contains multitudes: How "Encanto" asks its adult viewers to think about repression at individual, familial, and societal levels.

How Ingrained Patterns Affect Your Life Lens

We are each programmed by our past, which determines our attitudes and behaviors. These ingrained patterns are impossible for us to see.

We are each programmed by our past, which determines our attitudes and behaviors. These ingrained patterns are impossible for us to see.

Why We Choose to Act Against Our Own Interests

We do not always act in our own interest. There are forces in the human psyche, inner demons, that may propel us to act contrary to reason. What are they? Why do we have them?

We do not always act in our own interest. There are forces in the human psyche, inner demons, that may propel us to act contrary to reason. What are they? Why do we have them?

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The Critical Heroes of Psychology

Some lesser-known heroes in the field take a critical stance on psychology. Most students will never hear about them because they don’t fit easily into the story of the field.

Some lesser-known heroes in the field take a critical stance on psychology. Most students will never hear about them because they don’t fit easily into the story of the field.

Memories of Trauma

Imagine yourself as a traumatized passenger on a transatlantic flight that has run out of fuel and is seemingly destined to crash in the ocean. Such was the real life experience of psychologist Margaret MacKinnon, who, with colleagues, later compared passengers' memories with actual flight events. Their findings teach us a lesson about human memory.

Imagine yourself as a traumatized passenger on a transatlantic flight that has run out of fuel and is seemingly destined to crash in the ocean. Such was the real life experience of psychologist Margaret MacKinnon, who, with colleagues, later compared passengers' memories with actual flight events. Their findings teach us a lesson about human memory.