Here’s a selection of my work for PsychCentral.com, where I write about a wide variety of psychology and mental health topics.

Articles 

Anxiety & Stress

• 5 Strategies to Soothe Stress
• How to Train Your Brain to Alleviate Anxiety
• How to Halt and Minimize Panic Attacks
• Top 10 Lesser-Known Self-Help Strategies for Anxiety
• Living with an Anxiety Disorder
• Depression and Anxiety Among College Students
• 10 Practical Ways to Handle Stress
• Panicked Over Public Speaking? A Holistic Approach That Helps

Depression

• 5 Damaging Myths About Postpartum Depression
• 9 Ways to Take Care of Yourself When You Have Depression
• Is Your Child S.A.D. This Season? 
• 5 Ideas for Boosting Your Energy When Depression Strikes
• 4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
• Living with Depression

Bipolar Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder: Helping Your Loved One Manage a Manic Episode
• Living with Bipolar Disorder

ADHD

• 21 Tips for Raising Kids with ADHD When You Have ADHD, Too
• Solutions for Common ADHD Symptoms
• A Toolkit for School Success: 15 Study Tips for Students with ADHD
•  ADHD & Productivity: 12 Strategies for Getting Things Done
• Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADHD in the Workplace: Solutions and Success
• ADHD’s Impact on Relationships: 10 Tips to Help

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder: When the Reflection is Revolting
• Demystifying Treatment for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

• Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
• The Emotional Vulnerability of Borderline Personality Disorder
• How to Help a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder, Part 1 & Part 2

Schizophrenia

• Living with Schizophrenia
• Illuminating 13 Myths of Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia and Genetics: Research Update
• A Look Inside the Mind of Schizophrenia

Suicide

• What to Do When You Think Someone is Suicidal 

Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Dispelling Myths about Dissociative Identity Disorder

Family & Relationships

• 15 Ways to Support a Loved One with Serious Mental Illness
• 5 Steps to a Successful Marriage
• 8 Myths of Fostering a Healthy Stepfamily
• Surprising Findings on What Makes a Happy, Stable Marriage
• Emotionally Focused Therapy: Bolstering Couples’ Emotional Bonds
•  When Mental Illness Strikes: Tips for Couples
• Should You Tell Your Kids about Your Mental Illness?
• The Myth of ‘The One’ and Other Relationship Fantasies

Mental Health

• Meditation for Beginners
• Five Pathways to Happiness
• Cultivating Self-Compassion
• 10 Ways to Build and Preserve Better Boundaries

Creativity

• How to Conquer 4 Creativity Crushers
• The Best Books to Spark Your Creativity
• 8 Ways to Ignite Creativity You Might Not Consider
• How I Create: Q&A with Photographer & Writer Susannah Conway
• How to Inspire Your Kids to Write & Why It’s So Important 
• One of the Barriers to Creativity and How to Overcome It
• Creativity Crushers and 8 Creativity-Harnessing Activities That Work
• 20 Ideas from Creativity Connoisseurs To Inspire Your Imagination

Passion, Productivity & Focus

• 12 Ways Successful Bloggers, Entrepreneurs Stay Productive
• 10 Traits of Highly Productive People
• 6 Clues for Finding Your Passion and Purpose
• 12 Foolproof Tips for Finding Focus
• 10 Ways to Find New Motivation and Rise Above Roadblocks
• 5 Effective Ways to Curb Clutter
• 12 Ideas for Overcoming the Pressure to be Super Productive

Medication

• Taking Medication: 16 Ways to Become a Smart Self-Advocate

Therapy

• 9 Ways to Make the Most Out of Therapy
• 9 Myths and Facts About Therapy
• Feedback-Informed Treatment: Empowering Clients to Use Their Voices

Grief & Loss

• Thoughts on Memories, Grief & Loss
• Fatherless on Father’s Day
• On Grief, Loss and Coping

Mindfulness

• 4 Tips on Cultivating Mindfulness When You Live in a Busy, Bustling City
• 3 Mindful Ways to Gain Perspective
• Practicing Mindfulness for Busy People

History of Psychology

• A Forgotten Pioneer in Cognitive Psychology: Otto Selz
• The History of Nude Psychotherapy
• The Psychology of Advertising
• The Surprising History of the Lobotomy
• How the DSM Developed
• Stanley Milgram & The Shock Heard Around the World
• Zimbardo’s Infamous Prison Experiment: Where the Key Players Are Now
• 3 Facts You Might Not Know about Freud and His Biggest Addiction

Body Image/Eating Issues

• What is Normal Eating? (linked to by The New York Times blog Well!)
• Minding the Media: Examining an Editor’s Letter
• 9 Eating Lessons from Magazines
• Eating Disorders Awareness Week: How Parents Can Help

Education in Psychology

• 6 Unusual Psychology Jobs
• What I Wish I Knew in Grad School: Current and Former Students Share 16 Tips
• 12 Tips for Surviving and Thriving in Grad School
• Choosing Between the PsyD and PhD Psychology Graduate Degrees
• 9 Ideas for Increasing Your Chances of Matching
• 8 Hints for Selecting an Internship Site
• 8 Tips for a Successful Internship

 

Book Reviews 

• Seeing Ezra: A Mother’s Story of Autism, Unconditional Love and the Meaning of Normal
• The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
• 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
• Myths About Suicide
• Food: The Good Girl’s Drug: How to Stop Using Food to Control Your Feelings
• Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food and Healing in Italy
• The Gifts of Imperfection
• Taking Antidepressants: Your Comprehensive Guide to Starting, Staying On and Safely Quitting
• The Buddha & The Borderline
• Approaching Neverland: A Memoir of Epic Tragedy & Happily Ever After
• The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder 
• Purge: Rehab Diaries