Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

Doomscrolling: The Ultimate Negative Flow State

First, A Little Psychology I've written before about social media use and how it can be both helpful and harmful. The article, Is Social Media Reflecting Our Pathology or Adding to It?, ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Flow, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Media

Four Resilience Skills To Counter Depression and Unhealthy Stress

Stress Is Good Stress can be bad but it can also be good. And even when it is bad, it can still be good. Let me explain. While we typically think of ...
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/ / Character Strengths, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, College, Depression, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Stress & Anxiety

Is Social Media Reflecting Our Pathology or Adding to It?

Social Media and Mental Health Social media has become an open forum for discussing and sharing stories about mental health. For many, this has been positive, perhaps even a lifesaving, as it ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Mental Health, Social Media, Social Psychology

Social Media Use is Related to Both Ill-Being and Well-Being

Social media use and mental health seems to have a love/hate relationship.  Brailovskaia and Margraf (2016) conducted a large study comparing users and non-users of Facebook on various mental health variables. While ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Media, Social Psychology

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD, involves excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events or activities that is out of proportion to the situation. The worry and worrisome thoughts are difficult ...
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/ / Anxiety, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, DSM-5-TR

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has changed over the years as we learn more about how individuals respond to traumatic events. Prior to our current diagnostic system, the disorder ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, DSM-5-TR, PTSD, Stress & Trauma

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissism gets its name from Greek Mythology and the story of Narcissus. According to the myth, Narcissus was a handsome and prideful young man. One day as he lay next to a ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, DSM-5-TR, Narcissism, Personality

Post-Traumatic Growth: An Introduction

We know that psychological trauma exists and that it can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities. Trauma has impacted us since humans existed, and according to the National Center for ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, COVID, Positive Psychology, Post-Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Stress & Trauma, Treatment

Being a Perfectionist Doesn’t Have to be a Negative

Being a perfectionist gets a bad rap. It is associated with negative outcomes, anxiety and stress. This isn't because perfectionism is bad, but rather the way we approach it is bad. Hurtful ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Growth Mindset, Imposter Syndrome, Perfectionism, Performance Psychology, Positive Psychology, Self-Care

Stoic Philosophers – The First Cognitive Behavioral Therapists

When we think of philosophers, names like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle often come to mind. For psychology, this makes a lot of sense since we use Socratic Questioning, documented by Plato, as ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Stoic Philosophy, well-being