Emotional & Stress Management Articles

Did you just break up? Don't turn to destructive "coping mechanisms". Here's how to honor your emotional needs, the healthy way.

Physical exercise may be essential for keeping the brain young as we age, especially for mental tasks that require attention, problem-solving, and making decisions.

Think you're just being grammatically correct by ending your text messages with a period? Think again. Your message may be perceived as less sincere, a new study warns.

Is loneliness threatening to ruin your Christmas and New Year? You aren't alone. Here's what you can do.

Platitudes can hurt people in pain as much as their illness or loss.

Seasonal affective depression, triggered by the waning daylight of autumn, is a well-known phenomenon. It turns out that bright lights, however, help depression any time of year.

Deaths from terror attacks are on the rise, but you may be surprised to hear that you are much, much more likely to be killed by a lightening strike or to lose your life to other things you're not scared of at all.

We trust that therapists will know what they're talking about and be competent professionals. But does your therapist suck? Here we examine some warning signs you should never ignore.

A surprisingly large number of people, including 53 percent of the US population, believes that one must believe in God to be a moral person. New research among children in six different countries should put that idea to rest.

Group Therapy can work for many people. However, it might not work for you. Here's why.