by Emily Becker | Aug 6, 2018 | Family Matters, Life Matters, Positive Psych
The most popular course in the history of Yale University is Professor Laurie Santos’ Psychology and the Good Life. Santos’ course has received coverage in the New York Times as enrollment swelled, and made the cover of New York by the semester’s end. It’s even...
by Emily Becker | Jul 26, 2018 | Weight & Shape
All of us have eaten too much at one point or another. Super Bowl Sunday or Thanksgiving Dinner comes to mind. However, Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) is different from periodic binging or overeating. Binge-Eating Disorder is a serious, but treatable mental health...
by Dr Aletta | Dec 14, 2013 | Depression, Holidays
The holidays can be particularly hard when we are in the midst of grief and loss. We feel like a part of our holiday, as well as our soul is missing. Whether we’re going through the holiday season without a loved one for the first time, or this is the second or...
by Dr Aletta | Mar 15, 2010 | Anxiety
When I was eight or so I was watching that old Frankenstein movie, the black and white one with the great Boris Karloff. I was all alone on a dark and stormy night, or maybe my brothers and sisters were watching with me and it was a sunny afternoon. Whatever…...
by Dr Aletta | Oct 12, 2009 | Anxiety, Self-Esteem
Skimming through Real Simple magazine at the checkout line of the supermarket, I came across Dr. Robert Leahy’s “10 Ways to Cope with Anxiety.” Dr. Leahy is the director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy and the author of many books on the subject....