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Can People With Borderline Personalities Succeed In Life?

What happens in the lives of women and men who have a borderline personality disorder?

Couples Therapy: What 5 Ingredients Create a Great Outcome?

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

Can Psychology Cure Chronic Pain?

New psychological tools are offering relief from long-term suffering from chronic pain.

Can Relationships Improve When Just One Partner Gets Help?

Marriage is a high-skills activity. Without the skills, people get hurt. But what if only one partner is willing to seek help?

Can Therapy Help Reduce Back Pain?

Suffering from back pain? New research comparing a problem-specific version of CBT talk therapy with conventional back pain treatment yielded dramatic outcomes.

Can You Say No To Requests?

People-pleasing has its up-sides. Generosity tends to uplift the giver as well as the receiver. Yet for the times when you really do not want to do something that someone has requested of you, here's a gracious way to say a clear no.

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?

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.

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 a 4-Step Self-Help Therapy Technique End Upset Feelings?

Therapists use this technique to help their clients gain insight and feel better. Can it also relieve upset feelings if you use it as a self-help technique?