What Is Behavioral Activation
Behavioral activation treats depression by reversing the withdrawal cycle through structured activity. Learn Lewinsohn's model, Jacobson's findings, and the evidence base.
January 2025
July 2024
What Are Psychedelic Therapies?
A science-based guide to psychedelic-assisted therapy: how psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine are being used clinically, what the research shows, and...
February 2024
What Is Trauma?
Trauma is a psychological response to overwhelming events. Explore PTSD's diagnostic history, the neurobiology of traumatic stress, ACE research,...
What Is Psychoanalysis?
A comprehensive look at psychoanalysis: Freud's methods and theories, the unconscious, dream interpretation, neo-Freudian revisions, Lacan,...
January 2024
How to Manage Anxiety: What the Research Actually Recommends
Anxiety affects 264 million people worldwide. What does the evidence actually say about CBT, exposure therapy, breathing techniques, exercise,...
August 2023
Therapy vs Self-Help vs Medication for Mental Health: What Works
A clear-eyed look at the evidence for therapy, self-help, and medication for mental health — when each works, when to combine them, and how to...
January 2023
What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and How Does It Work
CBT explained: Beck's cognitive triad, thought records, behavioral experiments, meta-analytic evidence, and how it compares to DBT, ACT, and other...
July 2022
What Is Cognitive Reappraisal: The Most Powerful Emotion Regulation Strategy
Cognitive reappraisal is the most effective evidence-based emotion regulation strategy. Learn how it works, how it compares to suppression, and...
February 2022
What Is Behavioral Activation: The Simplest Depression Treatment That Works
Behavioral activation treats depression by reversing the withdrawal cycle through structured activity.