A 2025 Pew survey found 57% of U.S. adults use AI tools weekly, as psychologists flag rare but serious harms from heavy chatbot use.
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Sebastian Salicru's Psychology Today column has shifted from pandemic coping to psychedelic-assisted therapy and schema-based change, treating each as clinical process.
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Sebastian Salicru is a Canberra-based psychologist, author, and executive coach whose Psychology Today writing spans schema therapy, leadership, and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
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Therapy is talk-based treatment delivered by trained professionals. Here is what it involves, who benefits, and the practical questions that shape starting.
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Sports psychology has shifted from a problem-response fix to routine training, changing how athletes handle pressure, identity, and injury risk.
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Exercise addiction is a compulsion built on an activity society rewards, which makes it uniquely hard to recognize and treat. Here is what clinicians know.
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Katherine Cullen, MFA, LCSW, is a Knoxville psychotherapist and former Psychology Today editor who writes on exercise addiction, perfectionism, and relationships.
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Research suggests the ability to sustain a loving relationship is learned, not innate. Here is what the data says about what makes partnerships last, and what…
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University of Memphis psychologist Roger Kreuz places AI text generators in a centuries-long history of copying in his book Strikingly Similar.
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Media has expanded from newspapers and TV into social platforms and streaming, but research on its mental health effects stays inconclusive.
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