Stories of Seclusion: Embarassed into Isolation

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Wesley. He was a married minister in a small town and had an affair.

Is The World Getting Better?

UK-based Clive Smith, who conducts a series of interviews on The Big Issues, read my internal debate published on PsychologyToday.com "Is Our World Getting Better?"

He then invited me to be one of his interviewees. It ended up being very wide-reaching: violence, technology's effects, global warming, race, gender, regulation, political correctness, media bias, the debt crisis, capitalism, and redistribution. HERE is the link.

Stories of Seclusion: A Workplace Culture Drives Her Into Isolation

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Katarina, an immigrant who found working in a U.S. government agency less efficient than in her Russian one.

Stories of Seclusion: A Boy Who Couldn't Resist the Swamp

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of a boy, Isaac, who was not your classic runaway. He liked his parents, no, he loved his parents. He loved his sister. He even loved school.

Stories of Seclusion: A Rejected Man

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Jerry who has spent most of his life getting rejected.

Stories of Seclusion: Obsessed Over Margaret Sanger

My PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.

Today's installment tells of Julia, who soon after graduating college, unintentionally got pregnant.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Should No Longer Be THE Therapy

Fueled by patients and insurers wanting faster results, cognitive-behavioral therapy has become the therapy of the last few decades.

My PsychologyToday.com article today argues that it's time to move CBT from the therapy to its proper role as a tool in the toolkit. The article mentions alternatives.