In previous posts, I’ve written about the cognitive side of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main technique involves identifying negative automatic thoughts and reframing those thoughts into ...

Cognitive therapy typically views disorders such as anxiety and depression as arising from clients’ cognitive distortions or biases. A main goal of cognitive therapy is to help clients replace those ...

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 ...

Indie game developer and publisher Little Bat Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming horror therapy title, Vampire Therapist. This latest "Distortions" trailer goes a little deeper into ...

How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

During cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for alcohol use disorder (AUD), a person may discuss factors that contribute to their condition and learn alternative coping mechanisms. AUD is a form of ...

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, ...

Cognitive impairment is a common but often overlooked symptom of schizophrenia. From difficulties in social settings to remembering how to take the bus to work, decreased cognitive function can ...

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a type of psychotherapy for children who have experienced a traumatic event or series of traumatic events. TF-CBT involves safe participation ...

Conversations around mental health have finally entered the Indian mainstream. Among the many approaches available today, ...