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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

If Trying to Change Yourself Isn't Working, Here's Why

When I was training as a therapist, I learned the theories of healing that I was expected to know. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) both appealed to me and rubbed me the wrong way. (CBT is a therapy that focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into more adaptive, helpful ones.) On one hand, it offered structure and practical tools. On the other hand, language like core schemas made people sound like science projects, and cognitive distortions often felt shaming to me.
Mental health
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

What Dogs Teach Us About Emotional Entanglements

Cultivating indifference reduces emotional reactivity, lowers conflict and risk, and allows empathy and calmer relationships, modeled by calm dogs versus reactive dogs.
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Borderline Instincts: The Roots of Emotional Extremes

BPD traits may have evolved to provide advantages in unstable environments.
Emotional responses found in BPD could have historically contributed to survival.
Support for those with BPD requires compassion, education, and therapeutic approaches.
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