Thoughts on Separation and Divorce

A therapist’s reflections on separation and divorce, and what tends to help people through the middle of it.

Can Pets Affect Anxiety and Depression?

Whether pets genuinely help with anxiety and depression, and where the effect actually comes from.

A reader asks whether they are bipolar. What the question usually means, and why self-diagnosis is so hard here.

Why journaling works as a therapy tool, what to write when the page is blank, and how often is often enough.

What television does to your stress levels, including the shows you watch specifically to unwind.

Straight talk on depression and medication: what it does, what it does not, and the questions to bring to a prescriber.

What to do in the middle of a panic attack, step by step, written to be read when you are already in one.