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January 2017

January 23, 2017

New Study Shows Talk Therapy Can Change Brain Function of Schizophrenics

Talk therapy can be best understood as physical therapy for the brain. Many previous studies...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy as Effective as Meds for Longterm Relief from Depression, Says Lancet

Researchers in the U.K. have found that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) may offer just as...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Most Antidepressants Make it Harder To Get Better, Study Says.

A new study from Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review asserts that the science behind most anti-depressant medications...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

All Shook Up: “Therapy Better than Meds for Overcoming Anxiety.” Says Major Study

About a week-and-a-half ago, I taped a series on Women of Grace with Johnnette Benkovic...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Setting the Captive Free! New Research Illustrates our Power to Overcome Depression

In response to my post linking the new study questioning the serotonin-deprivation theory of depression,...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail Against You: Mental Health, Medication, Healing, and Holy Week

One of the most liberating teachings of our Catholic faith is the idea that suffering--though...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Double-Blind Study Shows Lavender Oil Capsules As Effective as Lorazepam (Ativan) for Treating Anxiety

This is fascinating. In doing some research for a client with generalized anxiety disorder, I...

February 06, 2014

A Screwtape Letter to An Unappreciated Mom

The original Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis reveals a series of fictitious letters between Screwtape,...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Overcoming Bitterness: 5 Steps for Healing the Hurt that Won’t Go Away

No one wants to be bitter. It sneaks up on us. Bitterness is unforgiveness fermented. ...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Research Validates Parent-Directed Treatments For Kids’ Anxiety

Parents often contact the Pastoral Solutions Institute's Tele-Counseling Practice for help in addressing their children's...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Husband Posts Wife’s AMAZING Tantrum on YouTube

Believe it or not, I encounter this kind of behavior in marriage therapy all the...

July 15, 2013

Emotional Security: Do You Know What YOUR Emotions Are Trying to Tell You?

Most Christians have a pretty ambivalent relationship with our emotions. We just don't know what...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

The Lies We Believe

We believe so many lies about ourselves. We believe we're hopeless, that we can never...

June 13, 2013

“Am I Crazy?” The 9 Components of Mental Health and How You Get Them.

Two decades of brain research show us that, in fact, it is our relationships that...

June 12, 2013

What Can the Theology of the Body Teach Us about Managing Stress?

"I'm so busy!" "There isn't enough time!" Seemingly universal laments. Life is filled with opportunities...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Shame on You

Shame, guilt, embarrasment. Emotions that are as universally experienced as they are universally unwelcome. Elizabeth...

April 16, 2013

Ignorance is…Just Plain Ignorance (Or, Why Catholics Need to Stop Promoting Scientology’s Stigmas About Mental Health)

Earlier today, I posted a video that offered a cautionary view of medication. The point...

April 16, 2013

What Dose of Antidepressant Do You Need to Tolerate a Miserable Marriage?

Antidepressants can be an important part of treatment, but people forget that there are many...

April 10, 2013

It is Not Good for Man to be Alone

Genisis 2:18 tells us, "It is not good for man to be alone." The theology...

April 09, 2013

Help for Those who are Seriously Depressed.

We all heard the sad news this past weekend that Pastor Rick Warren's (of...

April 02, 2013

Newsflash: Yelling isn’t Communicating.

I talk to a lot of people who have a hard time with their temper...

April 02, 2013

COMING TUES on MORE2LIFE RADIO: A Question of Mercy.

Coming Tues on More2Life Radio: A question of mercy. We'll look at mercy, what it...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Savior of the Week

Pope Francis offers a helpful reality check to the self-help culture. We need to “go out”,...

March 20, 2013

40 Days to a Better Marriage Tip of the Day, Wed 3/20: Love Lessons

Everyone comes to marriage with illusions about love and how things will be and we all...

March 20, 2013

Trust in the Lord and you Shall Renew Your Strength (Isaiah 40:31)–A quiz to test anxiety.

Trust. Mystical Theology tells us that that path to unioin with God evolves through three...

March 19, 2013

Pope Francis, “Keep watch over your emotions!”

In his homily for his installation, Pope Francis reflected on the "vocation of protector" so...

March 19, 2013

Post-Partum Depression: More Common than Previously Thought

A new study finds that 1 in 7 moms experience post-partum depression, many of whom...

March 18, 2013

40 Days to a Better Marriage Tip of the Day for Mon 3/18: Forgive Your Spouse

In Sunday's gospel, we're reminded that only "he without sin" may cast the first stone. ...

March 15, 2013

Sexual Abuse and the Church: Complicated Recovery

The last decade has uncovered the seriousness of abuse in the Church. The Church has...

March 14, 2013

Parenting Style at Adolescence Predicts Child’s Ability to Have a Happy Marriage at Adulthood

The Church teaches parents' are the child's primary educators. Moms and Dads, you can't overestimate...