Advice From Love Experts: Agree or Disagree?


Updated 08/11/11 9:51 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Love Advice From Therapists

Being a self-proclaimed self-help junkie, I've read and listened to my fair share of advice on love and sex. With all of the experts out there that sometimes support, but more often than not contradict, each other, you need to find a way to sift through the rubble and find what works for you. Do you agree or disagree with the following specialists? Who's your favorite voice on love? Read more

Do Infants and Toddlers Need Psychotherapy?


Updated 04/19/12 6:52 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Psychotherapy For Infants

Social anxiety and major depression? They may sound like diagnoses for new moms and dads who are having a tough time adjusting to parenthood, but they're actually labels placed in tots as young as seven months old in the world of infant psychotherapy. An in-depth article in yesterday's The Daily delves into the "strange and controversial world of infant therapy," where the diagnoses may sound Read more

Sexy Librarians Are Out, the Naked Therapist Is In


Updated 03/05/11 10:29 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Naked Therapist Sarah White

Sarah White is not a licensed therapist — how can she be when the APA strictly forbids nudity? — but nonetheless her naked therapy sessions are in demand. Clothes, she says, are limiting, and she frees clients to open up by taking hers off. Whether stripping down is a metaphor of the therapeutic process or not, Sarah does not deny she's Read more

4 Tips For Happiness That Could Actually Work


Updated 01/18/11 12:33 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Psychologist's Tips For Happiness

The science of happiness can seem like a cruel joke. Most studies tell us who is happier — 54-year-olds, West Coasters, or people with sisters — rather than how to be happier. And tangible advice usually oversimplifies life and states the obvious. But psychotherapist Philippa Perry's advice in today's Guardian on how to rewire our brains sounds like it could actually work. It's not easy, or Read more

Group Therapy: I Can't Handle Being Alone


Updated 01/17/11 3:10 AM · Posted by · 16 comments

Panic Attacks When Alone

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! For the last year or two, I've been having major alone issues. My boyfriend lives with me, and every time he leaves for more than a couple hours to go to his mom's or something, I get deeply depressed. Like I get really upset and cry a lot and can't sleep or anything. Sometimes I'll pass out Read more

OnSugar Blog: Sometimes You Just Have to Laugh About It


Updated 01/12/11 12:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Handling a Child's Developmental Therapy

Lots of moms like to think out loud and Jo Aaron is one of them. In her latest post, she looks at the lighter side of sending a child through developmental therapy. Did you know that 1 in 3 kids are in some form of therapy. Well you shouldn't because I totally made that statistic up (anyone, anyone?), but if you spend as much time around kids and parents as I do, you will probably agree...these Read more

Shrink Parties Will Drink to Your Problems


Updated 11/04/10 6:09 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

Shrink Parties For Women

Your mother may have had Avon parties, and you may hope/fear that was a cuddle party at the park last Sunday, but now it's time for the shrink party. A group of women in Manchester, England, are asking local ladies to bring their problems, and they'll bring snacks, bottles of wine, and a psychologist. The party really starts when women begin airing life's latest grievance, which could be anywhere Read more

Do You Worry About the Stigma Attached to Seeing a Therapist?


Updated 10/12/10 9:02 AM · Posted by · 18 comments

Do You Worry About the Stigma of Seeing a Therapist?

Mad Men's Betty Draper Francis clearly needs someone to talk to. But on last night's episode, the 1960s housewife resisted going to a therapist. It's not that the mother of three on her second marriage doesn't value the help of a trained professional. Happy to have someone, anyone, to listen to her, she'll gladly share her problems with her daughter's therapist. But when that child psychologist Read more

Group Therapy: Husband Discovered My Past Infidelity


Updated 10/13/10 11:43 AM · Posted by · 37 comments

Husband Discovered My Past Cheating

This question comes from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My husband and I are going through a tough time. I was unfaithful to him years before we got married and I had a small indiscretion one month after our nuptials that he recently found out about all at once. And now our once happy, blissful relationship is torn apart. We're seeking therapy Read more

Mad Men: Betty Draper Avoids Touchy Subjects, Do You?


Updated 08/23/10 4:37 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Betty Draper Sends Sally to Therapist For Touching Herself

Betty Draper talks to everyone but her daughter about touchy issues. In last night's episode of Mad Men, the tight-lipped mom flipped (and consulted a psychiatrist) when she found out Sally had been exploring her body. Being a parent can put even the most open-minded person into embarrassing situations. When issues arise, do you chat them out with your child or avoid the awkwardness Read more