Scientists have found new evidence that mindfulness can help you ignore irrelevant negative thoughts, even when you're depressed. People who are depressed commonly find themselves more easily ...

Source: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is an evidence-supported psychosocial treatment for adult ADHD, having first come on the stage as a psychotherapy for depression. A ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a framework of psychotherapy used for a variety of mental health conditions, including personality disorders. It focuses on helping you identify and restructure ...

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its goal is to help people process traumatic events while challenging and changing ...

People often repeat unhelpful thinking patterns, or "loops." Use ChatGPT to identify invisible habits by analyzing emotional triggers, decision-making styles, and self-limiting beliefs. By making ...

The main avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) treatment is talk therapy. Due to a lack of research, though, there is no clear recommendation on what type of talk therapy works best. AvPD is a rare ...

Music and mental health are independent endeavors that bring people calm, focus and joy. They overlap a lot. (*Understand “mental health” as well-being in the overlapping life contexts of cognition, ...

You may use defense mechanisms to help protect you from stress, but they can be both helpful and harmful. Recognizing defense ...

Unhelpful thinking styles (also known as distorted thinking) can be toxic for our relationships. These thinking styles can lead to stress, frustration, irritability and conflict. Unhelpful thinking ...

We have thousands of spontaneous thoughts a day. Most of them are mundane, such as "Where did I leave my car keys?" But every ...

In my last couple of columns, I asked the question, “Are your thoughts helpful?” In this article, I’m going to talk about ...