Psychology and Psychologists

November 10, 2020

Go Ahead, Binge Old Movies and Jam Out to ’90s Hits

Dr. Libby Torchia’s pandemic breaking point came one morning in May, when she and her boss got into an argument over whether staff members should wear […]
October 16, 2020

Modern Love: He Married a Sociopath. Me.

My husband was trying to tell me I was “the only one” for him. “Don’t lie to a liar,” I said. It wasn’t a very romantic […]
September 27, 2020

How to Get Focused

The average person’s mind wanders 47 percent of the time, according to a 2010 Harvard study, so nearly half the time you’re doing one thing, you’re […]
June 21, 2020

Rest as Reparations: Using Self-Care to Heal Trauma

On Sunday, close to 1,000 people gathered in Brooklyn at Herbert Von King Park to collectively meditate. The last moments were dedicated to remembering the excruciating […]
November 11, 2019

Ultra-Black Is the New Black

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — On a laboratory bench at the National Institute of Standards and Technology was a square tray with two black disks inside, each about […]
December 29, 2017

9 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2018

Advertisement Damien Rosa, 14 (center), and his buddies at Sneaker Con.CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times Sneaker Con, a gathering of shoe fanatics founded in […]
October 28, 2017

Future Tense: Amazon Key Is a Lot Less Scary Than My Post-1-Click Remorse

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE I recently bought a pair of sneakers online after some browsing. I knew exactly what I was getting, having owned the […]
June 10, 2017

Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax

This past winter, Sarah Fader, a 37-year-old social media consultant in Brooklyn who has generalized anxiety disorder, texted a friend in Oregon about an impending visit, […]
July 13, 2016

The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy

CULVER CITY, Calif. — “Are we ready to expose ourselves?” J. D. Fuller asked, halfway through the graduate-level psychology class she teaches on Tuesday nights at […]
May 20, 2016

Circa Now: The Remarkable Shelf Life of the Offhand Comment

May 20, 2016 By HENRY ALFORD Sometimes a seemingly trivial comment will lodge in our brain and start to fester, ultimately exhibiting a shelf life equal […]