A young man who was raised evangelical Christian checks himself into an inpatient rehab center where he encounters the most kind, loving, insightful people he has met; some of whom happen to be gay. This experience forces him to question everything about the way he was raised and eventually leave…

Anxiety, at its core, is about the future. We can’t worry about the past — it has already happened. We also can’t worry about the present moment — if we are oriented to the present, we are aware that we are here, alive, and the future hasn’t happened yet. …

There are obvious times when making the right choice involves loss. …

There are many relationships that we think about, work on, have feelings about, and try to change. Our relationship with our friends, family, partner, kids, parents, boss, coworkers, and even ourselves are often relationships that we think about, agonize over, and work to improve. However, it is often our relationships…

So much of what I read about, hear, and see in the United States today — from the streets to the government — sounds almost exactly like what I’ve been hearing in my office for years. As a psychologist, I have multiple areas of expertise and one of my favorites…

When couples come to see me for help, there are most often a myriad of issues at hand, some major, such as infidelity or addiction, some more run-of-the-mill, such as constant conflict. …

The statistics are clear: LGBTQ+ people and autistic individuals are both at higher risk for contemplating, attempting, and committing suicide. LGB youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. In a national study, 40% of transgender adults reported having made a suicide attempt…

From all points on the political spectrum and all parts of the US there are people who are angry. We are angry about a great many things, and we have a right to be angry about many, if not most, of those things. Furthermore, anger can be very healthy —…

Unless we intentionally go “off the grid” for a bit, most of us have no idea how constantly inundated with stimulus we are. Our cell phones are with most of us in every room of the house in addition to everywhere we go, and are constantly pinging us with messages…