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The Science of Psychotherapy May 2021
In various books, poems and songs, May is dubbed as The Merry Month of May. The musical, Camelot, takes it one Spring step further into the Lusty Month of May! I am always intrigued when a positive affirmation is created. What is the motivation? It might be that May...
Psychotherapy in Pain Management with Dr Robert Moss
New Reading Course: Psychotherapy in Pain Management with Dr Robert Moss A book summary of "Psychotherapy in Pain Management" and video interview with clinical neuropsychologist Dr Robert Moss This course presents a brain-based model with the potential for...
The Science of Psychotherapy April 2021
The pleasure of curating this magazine never wanes. There is always fascinating material coming in from around the globe. In this vein, we continue our series of international Last Words with Flavio Cannistra from Italy. He begins with a famous quote which produces...
The Science of Psychotherapy March 2021
What is time? Physicists say it is the procession of events or experiences that produce an increase in complexity that makes sense to our conscious mind. Over time, we develop a “self” to whom those events and experiences happen and allows us to realize that there are...
The Sensitive Brain at Rest
Research uncovers patterns in the resting brains of highly sensitive people You know that raw overwhelm people have been reporting after months of a pandemic, compounded by economic issues and social unrest? Does fatigue and compulsive social media scrolling strike a...
New neuroimaging technique studies physiological effects of brain stimulation in depression treatment
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic...
Babette Rothschild talks about revolutionizing trauma treatment
We catch up with Babette Rothschild and talk about her new paperback release "Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment: Stabilization, Safety, & Nervous System Balance". Babette has been ahead of the curve for a long time in our world of the science of psychotherapy so...
How philosophy can change the understanding of pain
A German-Canadian research team is calling for a more comprehensive approach. Dr. Sabrina Coninx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Dr. Peter Stilwell from McGill University, Canada, have investigated how philosophical approaches can be used to think in new ways about...
Dr Jessica Stone talks about virtual therapy tools
Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for 30 years. Dr. Stone’s interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically using virtual...
One in Five American Adults Experience Chronic Pain
New data from the National Health Interview Survey found that 50.2 million U.S. adults reported pain on most days or every day, limiting daily functioning and productivity Chronic pain is among the most common chronic conditions in the United States, but estimates of...
The immune link between a leaky blood-brain barrier and schizophrenia
Research from the School of Veterinary Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia points to the involvement of the brain vasculature as a contributor to mental disorders such as schizophrenia. Like a stern bodyguard for the central...
Geoff Walters and Universal Owl
Geoff Walters is a man with a mission. He is creating an education platform called Universal Owl to identify the universal skills that every young person needs to succeed, and then teach those skill at scale. His hope is to be able to create a new type of education...
Making memories: Neural plasticity depends on a noncoding RNA’s unexpected journey
A new study sheds light on a complex process in the brain that enables us to learn and form memories. Making memories involves more than seeing friends or taking photos. The brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building neuron connections,...