Elizabeth Nyland: Depression Is a Functional Signal, Not a Brain Malfunction For many years we have been told that depression is a brain disease caused by chemical imbalance — specifically,...
Malipeddi Saket: Meditation Starts Changing the Brain in Just Three Minutes "I simply don't have time for this" — arguably the most common excuse given by those who shy away...
Matthew Tucker: Tattoos Are No Longer a Career Barrier, but Corporate Fears Remain For many people, tattoos carry deeply personal stories — memorials to loved ones or symbols of overcoming...
In his Psychology Today article, psychologist and psychotherapist Sebastian Salicru explains why standard impostor-syndrome advice often fails to produce lasting change. Estimates suggest this pattern affects up to 80% of...
The drive for social success is often not a true goal but a compensatory response to an old fear of being “worse than others.” Psychologist-consultant and AKPP member Anastasia Tkacheva...
In a recent piece for Psychology Today, psychotherapist and PhD Michelle Maidenberg unpacks the hidden mechanics of relationships in which one partner struggles with anxiety. The core trap is that...
Clinical psychologist Alexandra Ushakova from Saint Petersburg explains the mechanics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and why frightening inner images can feel so vividly real. The central paradox of OCD is that...
In professional circles, therapy boundaries are usually discussed in formal terms: time, payment, and confidentiality. Psychologist Dmitry Goncharov, however, invites us to look at the part of clinical work that...
Psychologist Marina Balashova suggests looking at Stockholm syndrome through the metaphor of a submarine. Imagine a situation where there is literally nowhere to run: if you open the hatch, a...
