Therapy

Are you ‘triggered’ or just upset?

Experts say the overuse of the word "trigger" can undermine the experiences of people with a history of trauma or mental health disorders.

‘Filter of fantasy’: Japan trials anime therapy to treat depression

As at 2022, only 6 per cent of people in Japan had used psychological counselling for mental health problems.

Nobel laureate Mohammadi remains in critical condition in Iran, foundation says

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023. NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS

What to know about somatic shaking and its use in therapy

Somatic therapy, which has many different techniques, adds movements that help to reveal "unexpressed" feelings.

Your chatbot isn’t a therapist

AI can magnify the very thoughts we’re trying to outrun, says the reader.

Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged from ICU

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures accompanied by his son Jair Renan Bolsonaro after he arrived to his house from the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano/File Photo

What ‘trauma bonding’ really means

When it is used as a psychological term, trauma bonding refers to a victim’s strong emotional attachment toward their abuser.

Can hyperbaric oxygen therapy help you live longer?

Originally used to treat lung disease, as well as decompression sickness in scuba divers, hyperbaric oxygen therapy has recently emerged as an upscale wellness treatment.

When you start missing the good times before they actually end

Feeling prematurely wistful about an ending can bring melancholy, or allow one to savour a moment more deeply.

Some Westminster champion show dogs have a day job as ‘therapists’

Kitty Lewis, left, and her dog, Nick, visit the residents at a Brookdale Senior Living Center in in Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 14, 2026. NickÕs job there is essentially to be himself, a 14-pound bundle of furry empathy. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

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