FREUD’S LAST SESSION will feature a post-show talkback discussion with Dr. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Associate Professor of Theology in the Graduate School of Wheaton College; Dr. Tracy L. Caldwell, Associate Professor of Psychology at Dominican University; and Dr. Larry Arnhart, … Continue reading →

aking the time to clear your head of thoughts leads to relaxation and can be beneficial to your mind, body and spirit By Gwen Randall-Young Psychology for Living Posted 50 minutes ago I sometimes write about meditation, and find there … Continue reading →

Columbia University has become the first Ivy League school in this modern era to venture into psychology and spirituality. It’s clinical psychology program is experimenting with integrating psychotherapy and spirituality in ways seldom seen at a major research university. It … Continue reading →

This is the wrong time of year to have a crisis, what with all the psychiatrists on vacation. Instead of curling up in a ball, curl up with these magazines. The latest issue of Psychology Today tweaks conventional wisdom with … Continue reading →

Then the student asked the men to take long breaths and to visualize themselves not in their current circumstances — living in transitional housing near the Lincoln Tunnel — but as their “best selves.” With eyes closed, the young men … Continue reading →

When someone commits a horrific, inexplicable crime, we naturally wonder whether he’s mentally ill: Who but a crazy person could do such a thing? But when a killer acts crazy after his arrest, we also might wonder whether he’s preparing … Continue reading →

The cultural upheavals of the 1960s saw the rise of a so-called Third Force in American education. The leading figures of the Third Force were humanist psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. Maslow had worked on sexological research under the … Continue reading →