author | musician | counselor
Where is the balance between humanism and Christian fundamentalism? While mental health professionals take a largely secular approach to their practice, I discuss the combination of psychology and faith while telling the history …
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the life of the party!” Sophie …
They settle down on a neighborhood with the gentle ecstasy of flying Frisbees and shared tomatoes. They cause a kind of intoxication, but a wholesome, allowable one. They’re perfect for …
A Southern California University professor named Robert Thayer assessed 37 people wearing pedometers over a 20-day period. “We found that there was a clear and strong relationship between the number …
Test your knowledge. Put your hand over the screen and guess the three most common mental disorders in the US. They are, in order, with lifetime prevalence rates: Anxiety disorders …