Psychotherapy from A to Z
‘That is Just the Way I Am’: Why an Entire Culture Loves the MBTI, Even Though Science Rejects It
‘That is Just the Way I Am’
7/15/26
‘That is Just the Way I Am’: Why an Entire Culture Loves the MBTI, Even Though Science Rejects It
‘That is Just the Way I Am’
7/15/26
What is Hedonism? Definition, Consumption and the Neoliberal Obligation to Enjoyment
What is Hedonism
7/14/26
What is Hedonism? Definition, Consumption and the Neoliberal Obligation to Enjoyment
What is Hedonism
7/14/26
Why We Love Dr House: Narcissism and Cynicism
Why We Love Dr House
7/13/26
Why We Love Dr House: Narcissism and Cynicism
Why We Love Dr House
7/13/26
Open-label placebos and the power of expectation: Why the honest sugar pill works
Open-label placebos and the power of expectation
7/6/26
Open-label placebos and the power of expectation: Why the honest sugar pill works
Open-label placebos and the power of expectation
7/6/26
Heat and mental health: why heat puts a strain on the mind
Heat and mental health
7/6/26
Heat and mental health: why heat puts a strain on the mind
Heat and mental health
7/6/26
Desire Discrepancy: the most common relationship problem for which there is hardly any therapy available
Desire Discrepancy
7/6/26
Desire Discrepancy: the most common relationship problem for which there is hardly any therapy available
Desire Discrepancy
7/6/26
Interrupted Enjoyment: Why adverts in paid streaming services appeal to us so much
Interrupted Enjoyment
7/3/26
Interrupted Enjoyment: Why adverts in paid streaming services appeal to us so much
Interrupted Enjoyment
7/3/26
Mosting: Love Bombing, Mosting, Ghosting: What’s Behind It
Mosting
7/2/26
Mosting: Love Bombing, Mosting, Ghosting: What’s Behind It
Mosting
7/2/26
Bed Rotting: Self-care or depression in disguise?
Bed Rotting
7/1/26
Bed Rotting: Self-care or depression in disguise?
Bed Rotting
7/1/26
Birds and the Mind: How birdsong boosts well-being
Birds and the Mind
6/30/26
Birds and the Mind: How birdsong boosts well-being
Birds and the Mind
6/30/26
Stopping antidepressants: What the data really says about withdrawal symptoms
Stopping antidepressants
6/29/26
Stopping antidepressants: What the data really says about withdrawal symptoms
Stopping antidepressants
6/29/26
Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations: A Comparison of Rosin’s Restaurants, Farmer Wants a Wife, GNTM and Gordon Ramsay
Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations
6/26/26
Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations: A Comparison of Rosin’s Restaurants, Farmer Wants a Wife, GNTM and Gordon Ramsay
Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations
6/26/26
Neurodiversity Lite: How Neurodiversity Became the Dominant Discourse
Neurodiversity Lite
6/25/26
Neurodiversity Lite: How Neurodiversity Became the Dominant Discourse
Neurodiversity Lite
6/25/26
Mankeeping: When your partner becomes your only confidante
Mankeeping
6/24/26
Mankeeping: When your partner becomes your only confidante
Mankeeping
6/24/26
An emotionally absent father? Attachment, relationship patterns and the danger of oversimplifications in popular psychology
An emotionally absent father
6/23/26
An emotionally absent father? Attachment, relationship patterns and the danger of oversimplifications in popular psychology
An emotionally absent father
6/23/26
‘Crashing out’: What the viral term reveals about emotional regulation
‘Crashing out’
6/23/26
‘Crashing out’: What the viral term reveals about emotional regulation
‘Crashing out’
6/23/26
Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination
Rousseau’s Émile
6/20/26
Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination
Rousseau’s Émile
6/20/26
Maxxing fatigue: Maxxing with no end in sight, or the end of self-optimisation?
Maxxing fatigue
6/19/26
Maxxing fatigue: Maxxing with no end in sight, or the end of self-optimisation?
Maxxing fatigue
6/19/26
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Fußball-WM 2026
Fußball
6/15/26
Fußball-WM 2026
Fußball
6/15/26
Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval
Psychedelics by decree
6/12/26
Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval
Psychedelics by decree
6/12/26
Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy
Nonnamaxxing
6/11/26
Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy
Nonnamaxxing
6/11/26
AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes
AI deskilling and cognitive debt
6/10/26
AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes
AI deskilling and cognitive debt
6/10/26
Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates
Gen Z and dating apps
6/9/26
Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates
Gen Z and dating apps
6/9/26
ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types
ADHD
6/8/26
ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types
ADHD
6/8/26
Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing: discourse creates the trend
Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing
6/6/26
Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing: discourse creates the trend
Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing
6/6/26
Toxic terms in everyday life: therapy-speak & pop psychology relationships
Toxic terms in everyday life
6/6/26
Toxic terms in everyday life: therapy-speak & pop psychology relationships
Toxic terms in everyday life
6/6/26
Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide
Suicide by Proxy
6/5/26
Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide
Suicide by Proxy
6/5/26
Body Capitalism: How Body Positivity Became a Needle
Body Capitalism
6/4/26
Body Capitalism: How Body Positivity Became a Needle
Body Capitalism
6/4/26
Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund
Spiegelgrund
6/3/26
Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund
Spiegelgrund
6/3/26
Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics
Enhanced Games
6/3/26
Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics
Enhanced Games
6/3/26
The Polyvagal Theory under fire: According to Paul Grossman, it is, on the whole, probably incorrect and has been disproved
The Polyvagal Theory under fire
5/30/26
The Polyvagal Theory under fire: According to Paul Grossman, it is, on the whole, probably incorrect and has been disproved
The Polyvagal Theory under fire
5/30/26
Ozempic and Personality: Weight-loss injections and the mind
Ozempic and Personality
5/30/26
Ozempic and Personality: Weight-loss injections and the mind
Ozempic and Personality
5/30/26
Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners
Emotional incest and enmeshment
5/29/26
Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners
Emotional incest and enmeshment
5/29/26
Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation
Hikikomori in Germany too
5/28/26
Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation
Hikikomori in Germany too
5/28/26
Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram
Bone Smashing
5/27/26
Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram
Bone Smashing
5/27/26
AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users
AI Sycophancy
5/22/26
AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users
AI Sycophancy
5/22/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD
5/20/26
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD
5/20/26
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex
5/19/26
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex
5/19/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)
5/14/26
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)
5/14/26
ADHD and autism: recognising ADHD-related burnout
ADHD and autism
5/13/26
ADHD and autism: recognising ADHD-related burnout
ADHD and autism
5/13/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
Manifestation and Vision Boards: Dreams and Goals or a Trap Set by the Spiritual Wellness Industry?
Manifestation and Vision Boards
5/12/26
Manifestation and Vision Boards: Dreams and Goals or a Trap Set by the Spiritual Wellness Industry?
Manifestation and Vision Boards
5/12/26
No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents
No Contact
5/8/26
No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents
No Contact
5/8/26
The ideal ego, the ego-ideal, and the self
The ideal ego
5/7/26
The ideal ego, the ego-ideal, and the self
The ideal ego
5/7/26
Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective
Babies
5/6/26
Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective
Babies
5/6/26
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