Feelings of calm, relaxation, tranquility, and peacefulness are reward states that arise when we have learned to focus, be curious, and pay close attention. Mindfulness is about building our capacity ...

In everyone’s life there are times when we need to reset our learned ways or find new ways as the current ones create emotional pain. Oftentimes it helps to look in detail how things are connected ...

Message-based psychotherapy matches video-based therapy for reduced depressive symptom scores, making it an effective ...

Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Key Takeaways Online therapy can be just as effective as in-person therapy for many mental health conditions.The internet makes mental health treatment more ...

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An innovative model of care that offers new mothers psychotherapy delivered by other mothers who have also experienced post-partum depression (PPD) should be implemented in clinical practice, ...

Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD Key Takeaways Psychotherapy uses techniques to help people change behaviors, thoughts, ...

Instant messaging, favored by chatting teens and office gossips, is now a growing tool for therapists counseling people on everything from quitting smoking to sexual-abuse trauma. Proponents say the ...

Artificial intelligence, and in particular large language models (LLMs), is reshaping the field of psychotherapy by offering ...