Therapy can be super awkward. And necessarily so if you’re discussing difficult material. Even if you are talkative and gregarious, you might not know what to say during certain parts of your therapeutic journey. This can be even more of a challenge duringonline texting therapybecause you don’t get your therapist’s visual cues that might prompt you to say something more on a topic. To help you continue therapy without hesitation when you’re feeling stuck, shy, or just don’t know what to discuss, we created this guide for communicating with therapists online....

Dating and relationships can be wonderful — meeting new people, the exciting first kindling of romance, establishing a deeper connection with someone who knows you intimately. But it can also go wrong. And when it does, the damage to our self-esteem can cause intense emotional suffering, the type of pain that hurts in ways you didn’t imagine before getting involved with someone. To avoid some of that hurt, try these quick mental health tips....

Mental health treatment today is no walk in the park — from insurance companies denying coverage, to a lasting stigma, to the fact that the many of the most severely mentally ill among us to their own devices on the streets or relegated to prison. It’s an understatement to say that there is work left to be done. Yet, the inhumane history of mental health treatment reminds us how far we have already come....

One in five adultsin the U.S. lives with mental illness in a given year. Within that, black and Hispanic Americans access mental health services at about half the rate of their white counterparts. Asian Americans utilize services at about one-third the rate of white Americans. It’s safe to say the mental health community is not meeting the needs of people of color. If you are a person of color who is considering therapy, here are some questions you may want to keep in mind while you search for a potentialtherapist:...

Updated on 4/28/21 The following is intended for readers 18+ While pornography isn’t a tactile substance, it can impact the brain’s behavior in a similar way to certain drugs, causing some people to become addicted to it. While the impact of porn addiction might not have the same physical dependency associated with drugs, tobacco and alcohol, it can still lead to destructive behavior for the addicted individual and those around them....

Online therapyhas many definitions. Depending on which one you use, its history has a different beginning. Most of the people who have catalogued the history of online therapy use broader definitions.Some historiansbelieve it began during the1972 International Conference on Computerswhen Stanford and UCLA staff used linked computers to demonstrate a psychotherapy session. This wasn’t a real psychotherapy session with a licensed therapist and — unlike the modern internet — was limited to that small network of computers....

Psychopath. It’s a loaded word that immediately brings to mind many associated images. Serial killers and violent criminals tend to be the heart of people’s assumptions. Psychopaths dominate the villain role in media across all forms of entertainment and often take center stage in news broadcasts. Nothing about the word, or the psychopathic person, is good. They are fundamentally evil and should be treated as such. In many people’s minds this is a belief carved in stone....

Psychotherapists are sometimes skeptical about online therapy. Some of the concerns stem from the medium itself. They imagine that it’s difficult to build relationships online, that the lack of body language limits its effectiveness, that tone and nuance are lost in communication. Other concerns center around hours of availability, fear about managing emergencies, or about licensing restrictions. The vast majority of therapists, however, are interested in embracing new technologies — tools that help them be more data-driven, more available, and better able to track client progress....

Parenthood can be difficult whatever your life circumstances are, but these days, parents seem more over-extended than ever, and stressed to their maximum capacities. As a result, mental health issues among parents are common. We know that about1 in 7 mothersare at risk ofpostpartum depression(and that a growing number of fathers are as well). If untreated, PPD can last for months, or even years. But even beyond the earliest phase of parenthood, mental health disorders abound....

It’s a natural reaction — when something good happens to us, we want to share that experience with others. Some of my friends had this reaction after their first experiences withtherapy. They would recommend it casually, as if it were the new restaurant down the block. “You’ve got to try it.” “Everyone should be in therapy at least once.” It was a life-changing experience for them, and their hearts were in the right place when they suggested it to those who would listen....

When I was a child growing up in the UK, much of my knowledge of the US came from reading comic strips likePeanuts, which were published in the Sunday newspapers. I remember reading the series in which Lucy, the female nemesis of the insecure Charlie Brown, set up a makeshift shack offering psychiatric counseling for five cents a session (no insurance accepted, presumably). Having no clue what a psychiatrist was, I asked a friend’s elder brother, who often knew about adult things, for an explanation....

Updated on 9/14/2022 Bullying isn’t new, but the way people go about it has changed. What was once reserved for the schoolyard now often occurs at home or at work through online platforms and social media. Cyberbullying affects adults just as powerfully as it does children. Given how prevalent (not to mention damaging) it can be, understanding how to deal with cyberbullying must be a top priority for us all....

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WhenMichellestarted therapy with Talkspace, she was happy with how it was going. Her therapist, Rachel, generally reiterated what Michelle said and then asked some questions to dig into the issues. At first this style suited Michelle, and she was making progress. After a few weeks, however, Michelle felt the therapy had become stale. “We did some trauma/catharsis work, personality tests and analysis, and ongoing gratitude activities,” Michelle wrote. After that Michelle was once again satisfied with therapy and continued to work through her mental health issues....

I’ve always dreaded holidays like the 4th of July — and this has nothing to do with the fact that I’m lacking American pride. Occasions that aren’t family-centric like Christmas or Thanksgiving generally come along with an obligation to have plans with a group of friends or significant other. As a result, we feel the need to have something special planned (because you know everyone’s going to be asking you what you’re doing for the 4th) and make what we do look epic on social media (because getting a lot of “likes” means that we’re doing something right)....