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How Seasonal Time Changes Mess With Our Brains The clock change affects our brains and circadian rhythms, leading to sleep disturbances and mood shifts. Neuroscientists weigh in on what can be done.

We've Evolved to Survive, and to Feel Miserable What if depression, anxiety, and the mixture of mental health problems we face aren’t the actual problem? What if they are signals to help us see or solve the real problem?

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New on PEP-Web! Video Interview with André Green on "Clinical Thinking".

Recorded in November 2001 by Marianne Persine of the SPP. Now available for the first time in English, with fully text-searchable captions and transcripts. (Must be a subscriber to view full content)

PEP | Browse | Read - An Interview with André Green: On Clinical Thinking/La Pensée Clinique (November 2001) A Psychoanalytic Library at your fingertips

"...unlearning is not just about erasing; it’s about updating."

The Power of Unlearning In a world that’s constantly evolving, knowing how to unlearn outdated ideas is just as important as learning new ones.

Help! I Can't Make a Decision Chronic indecisiveness is caused by extremely high self-oriented expectations, self-doubt, and dysfunctional ways of thinking.

The Psychology Behind Sigmund Freud’s House What could the psychoanalyst's house-museum teach us about consciousness and collectibles?

Psychoanalysis & You: Episode 7 – American Psychoanalytic Association Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P., is a neuropsychoanalytic educator and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is the Executive Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation in New York, and former Managing Editor of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis. Maggie received her Ph.D. from the Gr...

Join us on November 9th for a unique perspective on climate change! Drs. Clarkson, Kress, Moss, and Zeavin will present psychoanalytic insights into our relationship with the natural world. Register: https://buff.ly/3ZXY6FK

Frontiers | Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial examining improvements in emotion regulation, defense mechanisms, quality of life, and IBS symptoms Studies have provided evidence for the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) in treating medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). ...

Psychoanalytic Therapy Beats CBT for Trauma-Linked Depression New research shows long-term psychoanalytic therapy outperforms CBT for depression in childhood trauma survivors.

"Recent research into exploratory behavior has uncovered interesting similarities between how we navigate physical spaces and how we search for information in our minds."

How Do We Explore Ourselves? Here's What Science Has to Say Self-exploration has always been key to psychological growth, but the talk about it remains on the folk level. Here's what modern neuroscience has to say.

The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Process: Nancy McWilliams Psychotherapist Nancy McWilliams teaches psychoanalytic psychodynamic diagnosis. Nancy McWilliams teaches at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied ...

Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health? Friends are increasingly going to therapy together.

Why Your 20-Something Child Doesn't Open Up to You Do you want to know why your 20-something kid doesn't reach out to you? It might have more to do with you than it does with them.

Technology and the Mind Listen to Dr. Nicolle Zapien's Technology and the Mind podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Episode 163: Secrets Kept and Secrets Told: the Analyst’s Responsibility with Barbara Stimmel, PhD (New York) “I don’t know what to do about this because we do have to use clinical material. It’s the best tried and true method in which to inculcate analytic thinking in our students and supervises. On the other hand, we are so indebted to our patients and their trust in us and our responsibilities as e...