Key points Complex childhood trauma with severe personality disorders require many years of treatment, often utilizing various approaches. A re-enactment of the …

Key points Sadistic impulses present in all human beings are held in check by most people. Complex trauma affects and often damages …

Key points Anxiety is more than an evolutionary response to uncertainty and a call to action. Eating disorders and anxiety are adaptations, …

Key points “Sex sells” can apply to politics as well as politicians seeking to secure votes. Topics about sex and sexual behavior …

Key points Social politics and current norms maintain an overarching reach into the public voices of people. The issue over what constitutes …

Key points Do gender identities such as “They/Them” improve general understanding of gender? The continuum between heterosexuality and homosexuality no longer suffices. …

Key points Covid-19 has been a catalyst to relational awakening and change. Couples are deciding what matters to them in their relationship …

I recently received this comment on my Psychology Today blog. I decided to write a reply to the writer of the comment, …