Author Archives: jordanp

Depressed and Don’t Know Why? Or What You Can Do About It?

If you or someone you know has been feeling uncharacteristically irritable, discouraged, self-critical, or down, help is available.

Changing Habits Beats Reliance on Willpower

Whether it's sports, anger, or eating that you want to manage well, knowing how to re-program your habits sets you up for success when you need it.

Can You Spot 10 Signs of a Childish Adult?

Do you have the emotional maturity of a young child—or spend time with a particularly childlike adult?

Couples Therapy: What 5 Ingredients Create a Great Outcome?

Does your couples therapist provide these essentials? If not, what can you do about it?

Caveman Responses: Are You Too Quick to Get Mad?

Did anyone ever tell you to think before you act? If your amygdala is hyperactive, you're at risk for "going back brain" and acting out anger before you think.

Counseling: Who Gets It? For What? Who Doesn’t? Why Not?

Why, even more than physical health care, does mental health care go to so few of the folks who need it? Of those who do get help, what do they want the help for?

Could Your Son, or a Boy Next Door, Become a Mass Murderer?

6 Signs that indicate that a young person could be heading down a dangerous pathway. Helping that child, teen or young man to find a therapist to talk with could make all the difference between tragedy and a kid who turns out fine.

Couples Therapy: The Four Questions

Leonardo Niño Rodríguez, a journalist in Colombia South America, recently asked me for a state-of-the-art assessment of couples therapy.

Collateral Damage

How does a sudden outbreak of war amongst civilized people in a sophisticated world-class city impact the life of a child? A psychologytoday.com reader shares her experiences.

Clearing the Fog: Craniosacral Therapy Aims to Ease Dementia

Applications of a surprising technique may offer relief from the memory and thinking losses that we call dementia.