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Category: Therapy and Rehabilitation
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Help! I’m Insecure and Don’t Trust My Partner
His interactions with other women make me spiral.
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Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders
Chatbots posing as therapists may encourage users to commit harmful acts, the nation’s largest psychological organization warned federal regulators.
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Three Poets: The Tale of Gerd, Carl & Allen
Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about how they had met in a psychiatric hospital.
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Bad Therapists Are Out There. Here’s How to Handle Them.
Declarations of love, snoring, exercising and other boundary violations can really derail a therapeutic relationship.
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What Is Your Outfit Telling Your Therapist?
Whether we want them to or not, our clothes may be giving our therapists more psychoanalytic material.
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I Regret How I Treated My Kids
Obsessing over the past is taking over my life.
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How an Activist Group Helped Torpedo MDMA Therapy
The fallout from the F.D.A.’s rejection of a new treatment for PTSD worries researchers and experts who fear other psychedelic drugs in the pipeline could be jeopardized.
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5 Intimacy Retreats to Improve Your Sex Life
At these retreats in places like Costa Rica, California and the Berkshires, you’ll learn how to express your desires, enhance intimacy and build self-confidence.
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Mom’s Gripes About Sister-in-Law Put Daughter in a Bind
Well’s new Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, helps a reader who is sick of being her mother’s dumping ground.
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Online Therapy Boom Has Mainly Benefited Privileged Groups, Studies Find
Digital mental health platforms were supposed to expand access for the neediest patients. Researchers say that hasn’t happened.
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How to Keep ‘People Pleasing” From Ruining Your Finances
Spending money to avoid conflict or gain social acceptance can ruin your finances. Some self-reflection and support from professionals can help turn things around.