Psychiatrist Sally Satel: ‘Very Concerned’ About Critical Race Theory Infiltrating Mental Health Care
Sally Satel, a prominent psychiatrist, said “anti-racism” training has become “impossible to ignore” in the counseling field.
How To Help Someone Experiencing A Miscarriage
Miscarriages are very common, but the frequency of the tragedy does not reduce the weight of death. Here is how you can be a support through your friends’ grief.
NYC Bans People From Talking To A Therapist About Discomfort With Sex
In New York City, a therapist can tell a man with gender dysphoria that he is a reincarnation of Napoleon, but not that he is a man.
If We Don’t Ban Fortune Tellers, We Shouldn’t Ban ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’
If the anti-conversion therapy argument relies on paid therapy as consumer fraud, the full spectrum of New Age services should be equally at issue.
Why Psychologists’ Selective Opposition To Gay Therapy Undercuts Their Field
Psychologists oppose reparative therapy with religious fervor while using just as ineffective and possibly dangerous methods to treat a host of other more common issues.
Here’s The Biggest Legal Flaw In California’s Sexual Orientation Therapy Ban
The problem is this: academics and lawyers don’t agree on what ‘sexual orientation’ actually is. The term is infamously ambiguous.
How California’s LGBT Therapy Ban Could Ban Christianity Itself
It is ostensibly a ban on gay and transgender ‘conversion therapy,’ but the bill’s vague and sweeping text could affect essentially every institution of every religion that affirms sexual complementarity.
If California’s LGBT Therapy Ban Had Been Law 30 Years Ago, I Might Have Killed Myself
If I had been prevented from having access to helpful people and materials, as Assembly Bill 2943 proposes, the bill would have been a ‘stay trans and die’ bill for me.
My Experience With Postpartum Depression Will Help You Understand America’s Mental Health Crisis
While mental health care has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, it isn’t cut and dry with set timelines or a slew of established best practices.
Therapists Who Reinforce Clients’ Trump Fears Are Hurting Them
The election of President Trump is not an excuse for mental health therapists to throw out their professional training and evidence-based research to collude with their patients.
Take These 5 Steps To Better Relationships In The New Year
I have learned a particularly effective strategy that many therapists also use to help clients work through their emotional and relationship struggles.
Just Because Your Transgender Parent Isn’t Messing With You Doesn’t Mean It Doesn’t Happen
Perhaps Elle’s transgender father never fondled her because he desired to have a body like hers. I pray she had—and always will have—a loving and respectful home life. I didn’t.
If You Regret Having A Child, Don’t Blame The Child — Get Help
The ladies’ mag Marie Claire has published an article about a ‘growing movement’ of mothers who wish their babies had never been born. These women need help, not child erasers.
What Happens When People Share Their Abortion Stories
The ability to tell one’s story is an indispensable part of emotional health. That includes men and women who have suffered from abortion, who shouldn’t be silenced.
Counselors Like Me Need Conscience Protections Like Tennessee’s
Signed by Gov. Bill Haslam this past Wednesday, a new law protects counselors who want to practice without violating their consciences.
More Sex Makes Married People Happy, So Get On That
If we spend more time on social media or watching the game than pursuing a happy, healthy sexual relationship, it’s no wonder it only lasts five minutes once a week.
Outlawing Psychotherapy For Trans-Kids Will Not Prevent Suicides
The White House is backing a move to end some psychotherapies for transgender children. This is risky and could lead to more suicides.
Here’s What Parents Of Transgender Kids Need To Know
Immediately treating a transgender child as his opposite sex without addressing his underlying psychological needs will hurt him—probably forever.
Leelah’s Law Is Bad Law And Bad Medicine
A law named after a transgender teen who committed suicide would censor people and hurt children. Here’s why Leelah’s Law is a terrible idea.
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