Dialogical Practice

New research on a brief self-compassion focused course aimed at the college students.

A new study finds that emotions may be represented by 27 categories, with each category relating to others in a more complex and continuous fashion than previously understood.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have gained popularity in U.S. schools in recent years. A new study examines the nature and longevity of their impact on students.

From Nautilus: The traditional notion of emotional intelligence is based on two assumptions: that it is possible to detect others' emotions accurately, and that emotions...

From The Conversation: Many researchers are beginning to acknowledge that the concept of "schizophrenia" as a discrete, hopeless, and deteriorating brain disease does not exist. In...

Cross-cultural data suggest that happiness involves feeling the emotions one deems as right, in accordance with personal and cultural values.

Recalling past exposure to violence worsens short-term memory and cognitive control.

Attempts to bridge the gap between research and practice result in a family therapy approach which employs clients as co-researchers.

Introductory arts courses at Open Arts Essex show improvements in mental well-being and social inclusion for individuals with mental health challenges.

From Science of Us: There seems to be a growing interest in the concept of healthy voice-hearing. The idea that hearing voices may not be...

From Sapiens: Researchers are increasingly recognizing the role that social and environmental factors, including childhood abuse, stressful events, and poverty, play in the development of...

Hearing Voices Network self-help groups are an important resource for coping with voice hearing, study finds.

In this piece for STAT, Shirley S. Wang discusses the Hearing Voices Network and its non-pathologizing, rights-affirming approach to hearing voices and alternative realities. "Many recovered...

In this piece for The Atlantic, Joseph Frankel compares and contrasts the voice-hearing experiences of self-described psychics and mediums with the experiences of people diagnosed with...

A new training program teaches medical residents how to provide appropriate care and services to transgender clients.

A new article examines the usefulness of the ADHD diagnosis and suggests alternatives

Researchers distinguish between two different forms of perspective taking and examine their impact on helpers’ wellbeing.

In this interview for The New Inquiry, two co-editors and three writers of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements discuss prison abolition and...

Study reports on the less-examined findings of difficult and painful meditation-related experiences.

In a new report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Dainius Pūras, calls for a move away from the biomedical model and “excessive use of psychotropic medicines.”

Pilot study finds school-based humanistic counseling reduces emotional symptoms in students.

Meta-analytic study finds that psychodynamic therapy outcomes are equivalent to those of CBT and other empirically supported treatments.

Researcher examines the impact of client feedback and progress assessment on improvement in outcomes.

Study finds frequency of social interactions predicts long-term remission in first-episode psychosis.

Men who report being self-reliant may be at greater risk of suicidal thinking.