Therapy Without a Heart: Why Even Psychologists Fall for AI 🤖 Are machines becoming better listeners? A 2025 study investigated in a scientific blind test how well Artificial Intelligence can [...]
Yoga is not just about physical fitness—it’s a powerful tool for mental health. A 2024 study by Yadla et al. explored the effectiveness of yoga as an addition to traditional treatments [...]
Every good anxiety therapy is based on numerous important learning processes. In classic behavioral therapy in particular, new learning experiences are constantly being made, which help to build up neuronal "safety [...]
A thought experiment: Imagine you had to write down the following sentence: “My mother will win a million euros in the lottery tomorrow.” So far so simple. Now imagine you have [...]
The evidence is very clear: the more we embrace fear (exposure, confrontation), the more it will release us from its grip. But what can help us to successfully confront fears? And [...]
Is it possible to rewrite old traumatic fear memories and thus significantly reduce the suffering of many patients? The discovery of memory reconsolidation suggests that this could be much easier [...]
People with OCD tend to evaluate their thoughts as overly significant and influential. The belief that certain thoughts could have catastrophic consequences leads to compulsive behaviors. Metacognitive therapy starts here [...]
