In the last several years, psychologists have noted a specific decline in sexual activity among young adults and have termed this as the sex recession, observing data from the General Social Survey. The nation’s current climate of casual relationships [...]
At the turn of a new decade, many Americans continue to seek out innovative ways to enhance their lives and acquire a fresh reset into this next year. Our voices narrate stories about ourselves that are responsible for [...]
Please read Part I here. No longer neglected as part of the human condition and family of experiences, shame is now being termed as the Master Emotion. Truly a juggernaut of personal and interpersonal affects within culture, shame carries [...]
Please read Part 1 here. Overcoming negative thoughts and emotions of a trauma narrative are linked to deliberately, repeatedly, and gradually revisiting the painful, upsetting, and oftentimes distressing memories associated with the trauma. A new conceptual framework for [...]
Granville Stanley Hall, American psychologist and the founder of the child study movement in his era, wrote in 1904 about the exhilarating turbulence of adolescence: These years are the best decade of life. No age is so responsive [...]
Reference to the previous article on emotional regulation is here. Anxiety-related circumstances are some of the more common expressions of mental health needs within our societal landscape. The current statistical significance indicates that a multitude of Americans are [...]