The Care We Need

Resilience

How to Build Resilience

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on March 29, 2024

We all want to be resilient when we face challenges in life. Here are specific ways to build it.

We all want to be resilient when we face challenges in life. Here are specific ways to build it.

Anxiety

Name That Feeling: It May Be a Matter of Interpretation

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on March 6, 2024

Our interpretations lead to feeling scared, happy, angry, or excited. The trick is making the correct interpretation.

Our interpretations lead to feeling scared, happy, angry, or excited. The trick is making the correct interpretation.

Trauma

Social Support Feeds Resilience When Faced With Trauma

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on January 4, 2024

Personal Perspective: How having a supportive person or people in your life while enduring trauma and difficulty can make all the difference.

Personal Perspective: How having a supportive person or people in your life while enduring trauma and difficulty can make all the difference.

Depression

Behavioral Activation: A Proven Tool to Help You Get Active

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on December 22, 2023

Getting active can help improve your mood and manage stress.

Getting active can help improve your mood and manage stress.

Resilience

How to Unlock Resilience

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on November 20, 2023

Challenging memories can get triggered during the holidays. Two psychologists offer tips for managing them that can help build resilience.

Challenging memories can get triggered during the holidays. Two psychologists offer tips for managing them that can help build resilience.

Trauma

How to Listen When the World Seems to be Falling Apart

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on October 24, 2023

Learn how to listen when the world seems to be falling apart. Hint: Most of us need to practice not saying everything that comes into our heads.

Learn how to listen when the world seems to be falling apart. Hint: Most of us need to practice not saying everything that comes into our heads.

Approaching difficult memories can set you free from them controlling your life.

Trauma

Traumatic Experiences: Getting Stuck and Unstuck

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on August 7, 2023

Research has shown that people who try to avoid memories and reminders of difficult experiences have more symptoms of PTSD and depression and other problems over time.

Research has shown that people who try to avoid memories and reminders of difficult experiences have more symptoms of PTSD and depression and other problems over time.

Memory

Emotions Make Us Healthy Humans

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., and Barbara O. Rothbaum Ph.D. on July 11, 2023

You don't have to dismiss or control your emotions.

You don't have to dismiss or control your emotions.