Charlottesville Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Simone Biles and the Limits of ‘Work Ethic’ A new documentary examines the gymnast’s difficult decision to exit the 2021 Olympics, and the lessons she’s taking to the upcoming Summer Games.

This is not a psychology article. But if you have a serious allergy, you’ll want to see this. 

Drug limits dangerous reactions to allergy-triggering foods, Stanford Medicine-led study of kids finds A drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally eating allergy-triggering foods, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

We’re hiring in Virginia! You must be able to see clients in the Richmond or the Charlottesville office. You cannot be fully web-based.

The Charlottesville Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Richmond Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are both looking for one LCSW or LPC who have an interest in providing CBT to adults, teens, or children. 

We will pay you more than any other practice, including paid time off, health insurance, and free CEs. We provide training and weekly group supervision. It’s a really great practice. You will be treated with respect, you won’t not forced to see more people than you want to see, and you set your own hours. 

We have a very low no-show rate, we don’t deal with Medicaid, and you can pick your specialty.

Send your résumé and a cover letter to [email protected], even if you’re applying to the Charlottesville practice. 

CvilleCBT.com
RichmondCBT.com. 

Therapy and Counseling for Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, and more. The most proven treatments for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD / trauma, OCD, panic, stress, grief, and more.

This article might be in Teen Vogue, but it is for grown-ups, too. It is honestly the best article about the topic on the internet. Dr. Young works with this topic all the time, as it is a major factor in marital problems, s*x drive mis-matches, depression, anxiety, and trauma. And the person who is not giving consent is not always female.

Everything You Need to Know About Consent That You Never Learned in S*x Ed What it looks like, what it sounds like, how to give it, and how to get it.

Alcohol is much more harmful than most people think. Check out this Medscape article. 

Trending Clinical Topic: Alcohol Studies on the negative health effects of alcohol consumption once more became the top clinical story, with findings involving cancer, brain changes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Depression is not caused by Serotonin imbalance. Read the definitive review below.

The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence - Molecular Psychiatry The serotonin hypothesis of depression is still influential. We aimed to synthesise and evaluate evidence on whether depression is associated with lowered serotonin concentration or activity in a systematic umbrella review of the principal relevant areas of research. PubMed, EMBASE and PsycINFO were...

Health advisory on social media use in adolescence This health advisory provides 10 recommendations to ensure that teens develop healthy social media practices.

FDA approves drug to treat hot flashes and night sweats — NBC News The new drug, fezolinetant, could be a “game-changer” for women who don’t want to take hormone replacement therapy or who have been treated for hormone-sensitive cancers.

If you want to go to sleep, and you just can't, we have an idea. Find you lease or mortgage and read it very, very carefully. All the way through. Make sure you understand every single sentence. Pay very careful attention to what you are reading to make sure that there is not some catch you didn't realize was there. Make sure you are in a comfortable position. Do not fall asleep, because you might miss something important.

Here are some study tips from a UVA professor, for those who have problems with procrastination, organization, and anxiety.

UVa professor goes viral on TikTok Willingham just welcomed students back into his classroom, so he said he does not think they’ve noticed his sudden social media presence.

Four Ways to Cool Down Your Defensiveness Our brains make us naturally defensive, but there are steps we can take to cultivate more humility.

New Under the Cortex! Recent research suggests that women’s judgments about other women’s bodies can be biased by an overrepresentation of thinness. Sean Devine explains these findings and elaborates on their implications for policy.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/how-womens-perceptions-of-thinness-are-distorted.html

Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study A new shows there’s no clear evidence that depression is caused by abnormally low levels of serotonin in the brain.

Seeking licensed therapists to work with teens and adults. MUST have at least a Masters Degree.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2022-utc-fake-news-i-believe-it.html

I Don’t Care If It’s Fake News, I Believe It "Max” Bai talks about the research on misinformation he presented at the 2022 APS Annual Convention earlier this year.

23 Things People Don't Realize You're Doing Because of Your OCD "When I have to say the same thing over and over, people think I'm hard of hearing..."

Debunking Four Common Myths of Psychological Science You hear them so often they must be true! Or are they? Popular myths about the human brain include old chestnuts like people only use 10% of their brains, too much sugar sends kids into hyperdrive, and there are left-brain and right-brain personalities.  H...

The Emerging Self: Social Anxiety Disorder and Emotional Maltreatment in Childhood New research associates early life adversity with the presentation of social anxiety disorder later in life.

‘Self-Care’ Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise What we need is to take care of others.

Under the Cortex: The Ghastly Impact of Being Ghosted While the fanciful frights of a Halloween ghost quickly fade, the impact of online ghosting may last much longer and have some genuinely frightening impacts later in life.

Stressed Teens Benefit from Coping Online, but a Little Goes a Long Way Cell phones and social media can help teens cope with stressful events—as long as they strike the right balance between spending time online and pursuing other coping activities.

Little to No Link Between Adolescents’ Mental Health Problems and Digital Technology Use There has been little to no increase in the association between adolescents’ technology engagement and mental health problems.

Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say The pre-print paper, which tracked more than 340,000 adults across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh, is by far the largest randomized study on the effectiveness of masks at limiting the spread of the illness caused by the coronavirus.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/topics/eating

Eating Read what psychological researchers have discovered about the effects of eating on mood, behavior, and cognition.

Alcohol Use Linked To Over 740,000 Cancer Cases Last Year, New Study Says Most people don't realize alcohol consumption can cause cancer. A report in Lancet Oncology shows how big a risk factor it is for esophageal, mouth, larynx, colon, re**um, liver and breast cancers.

This is also very relevant when speaking with a therapist about which approach will most likely help you with anxiety or depression. There are a couple of fad therapies out there that do not have adequate evidence for their effectiveness. Some of them (specifically the most popular one) were developed on a false narrative of how trauma effects the brain. But every therapist thinks that they have "seen it work."

What to Look for in a Physical Therapist Not all P.T.s are created equal. Find a professional who values evidence over anecdote.

The Uplift of Strangers: More Reasons to Dose Up on “Vitamin S” Research points to three broad reasons why people need social contact with strangers, or“Vitamin S.”

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/uva-to-hold-pop-up-vaccine-clinic-on-fridays-on-downtown-mall/article_4f08473c-aeb1-11eb-a109-3f9757641bcd.html

UVa to hold pop-up vaccine clinic on Fridays on Downtown Mall “Vaccine supplies are increasing, everyone 16 and older is eligible and we want to make it easy and convenient for everyone in the community to get vaccinated as quickly as

This is coming from the single most credible source for psychological science.

Little to No Increase in Association Between Adolescents’ Mental Health Problems and Digital Technology Engagement, Study Says A new study in Clinical Psychological Science suggests that there has been little to no increase in the association between adolescents’ technology engagement and mental health problems.