Psychology Today

A widely unacknowledged truth about people with substance use disorders is that most are taking more than one substance. Here's what needs to be understood in order to help them.

Living alone is often thought about in terms of its risks, including social isolation, loneliness, and depression. But many people who live alone thrive. Here's what sets them apart.

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"Gentle parenting" has taken off—and it's not hard to understand why. "Warmth, kindness, and emotional connection are essential for raising compassionate and emotionally secure human beings," explains family psychologist Paul Sunseri, Psy.D. "But if you want to help your child stop throwing tantrums, it’s time to lean out—despite what you might hear on TikTok,” he says. Instead, strategically disengage and give your child the opportunity to practice self-soothing and develop emotional regulation skills without relying on you to “co-regulate” with them.

Feeling unworthy, often due to issues from childhood, can leave someone depressed, lonely, and afraid to be themselves. This is how they can start to recognize their true value.

People who struggle with panic attacks can inadvertently engage in behaviors that make future attacks more likely to occur. Dr. Bonnie Zucker explains how they can break the cycle.

Time passes at a constant rate, of course, but how we experience it can change dramatically, typically seeming to get faster and faster as we get older. What's really going on?

The vast majority of therapists are competent professionals who care deeply for their patients, but a small group of clinicians behave in unethical or ineffective ways. Here's what to look for.

Medications like Wegovy and Zepbound may do much more than help people lose weight and treat diabetes; new evidence suggests they could treat mood disorders, too. Here's how.

Research suggests that our beliefs about ourselves are often misguided, not only failing to reflect reality, but actually limiting our potential. Here's how to break free.