According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), roughly 52.9 million adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness. Of those 52.9 million adults, only 24.3 million received mental health services in the past year. For those living with mental illness, the...
What are you doing for the holidays? You may have heard this question before from a colleague, a peer, or even in passing as the holidays are starting to come in full swing. As a society, we often associate this time of the year with gatherings and traditions with our...
The basis of athletic performance is often focused on the performance of the body. While it might be the main component to athletic success, the physical aspect of sports isn’t the only factor. When we talk about sports, we often neglect the psychology behind...
Thinking vs Feeling Throughout history, thinkers have always been celebrated more than feelers. This cultural idea that rational is better than emotional has led some of us down a path of emotional unawareness. For most days, this may not be an issue, but what happens...
In this digital age, at multiple times throughout the day we find ourselves looking at a screen. Whether it’s the social media apps on our smartphones or long hours of Zoom meetings working from home, our screen time as a society has increased over the past...
At the age of 100, we say goodbye to the father of cognitive psychology, Aaron Temkin Beck. An American psychiatrist and professor, Dr. Aaron Beck, MD dedicated his research to understanding the psychoanalytic concepts of depression. Through his studies and detailed...
