What is transdiagnostic therapy anyway?
Recently I have been familiarizing myself with various psychotherapy treatment protocols and manuals. Manualized psychotherapy is great! A treatment manual tells practitioners what to do, when to do...
View ArticleWhat does time mean to you?
I am very fortunate. I have been blessed with many opportunities in life. Opportunities that my former self would not even have dared to dream of. I have been fortunate enough to embark on many passion...
View ArticlePsychedelic-assisted therapy: Are we ignoring potential pitfalls?
There’s a growing interest in psychedelics’ potential to address psychological problems. Specifically, psilocybin (found in psychedelic mushrooms), when used alongside therapy (commonly referred to as...
View ArticleCan empathy be instrumental?
That is, would instrumental empathy run counter to the definition of empathy or would instrumentally driven empathy be something else entirely? Empathy is defined as experiencing the same emotion as...
View ArticleWhat is Critical Thinking?
As a graduate student, one of the key skills I am to develop is critical thinking. This includes forming informed opinions on research studies, current events, and other daily activities. The goal is...
View ArticleHow to take criticism… and learn from it
Recently, I made an effort to disentangle my thoughts on critical thinking. One of the key components of critical thinking revolves around the idea of embracing failure and reframing it in a positive...
View ArticleThe Case for Single-Disorder Protocols: Social Anxiety Disorder
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View ArticlePsychedelic Therapy: A Discussion with Yvonne Höller
Yesterday, I was pleased to be a guest on Yvonne Höller’s podcast, Cognitive Neuroscience @UNAK. She invited me to discuss a study my co-authors and I recently published on the potential negative...
View ArticleWhat are Safety Behaviors?
I was recently asked to explain avoidant behavior (which can also be thought of as safety-seeking behavior) and want to share this with all of you! Essentially, you can think of avoidant/safety...
View ArticleResults From a New Study on the PHQ-2 and GAD-2
Can Short-Form Questionnaires Substitute Full-Scale Questionnaires to Evaluate Psychopathology? We all know the importance of measurement. It is important to get the measurement right! However, all too...
View ArticleSocial Regulation of Emotions
Is Social Regulation of Emotions a Critical Component of Everyday Functioning? A successful positive developmental trajectory is characterized by acquiring numerous social and emotional competencies. A...
View ArticleSweSRII: The 13th Swedish Congress on Internet Interventions
Earlier this week, I attended the conference SweSRII: The 13th Swedish Congress on Internet Interventions. The SweSRII conference gathers researchers from all over the world to share their knowledge...
View ArticleDon’t Forget the Fundamentals: How I Leveraged Subgoal Analysis to Overcome...
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View ArticleAimlessness and Anxiety: The Impact of Defined Goals on Psychological Entropy
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View ArticleWhen Simplicity Wins: Effective Use of Inferential Statistics
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View ArticleThe Efficacy of SSRIs: Are We Truly Treating Depression?
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View ArticleMaximizing Team Performance by Understanding Extraversion
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View ArticleNow It’s Official: My PhD Application Was Successful!
I’ve got spectacular news! For the last few months, I have been working tirelessly on an application. Perhaps the most important application of my life. At least so far. Specifically, I...
View ArticleWillpower Sucks: How I Leverage Habits to Actually Achieve My Goals
Many people have this idea that others work out more than themselves, eat healthier than them, and do more work than them. Frequent social media use is undoubtedly responsible for perpetuating this...
View Article3 Principles I Live By To Make Sure I Get Things Done!
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