Welcome to Liberated Mind!
Every month, around the first of the month, the team at Liberated Mind will post a short message. Monthly messages will comment on some topic related to psychotherapy and mental health / awareness.
So this is the new year + Podcasts
A quick note to start off 2025. Here are two episodes from a couple of my favorite podcasts that I enjoyed recently. I found them helpful and hope you will too! The first one is a discussion about the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy can …
More Limitations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) + Venting
I recently posted about some of the limitations found in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). More limitations were surfaced in a new study on the effects of venting as a strategy to reduce anger. What did the researchers find? “…the review also sheds important light on an alternate pathway for defusing fury. What’s more, standard cognitive …
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2024 Holiday Schedule
Hi all- As we approach the holiday season, the team here at Liberated Minded would like to give you a heads-up about our upcoming holiday schedule, during which time our team will be traveling and unavailable for therapy sessions and also away from email. This also includes most billing services, so if you have a …
6 Ways to Improve Your Mood, Fast
Six great suggestions from a recent episode of Life Kit on how to improve a mood quickly.
Brain scans find that mindfulness meditation really works!
…meditation is the ONLY tool I’ve ever come across that makes a real difference in how we related to our own thoughts.
Update: FDA Denies Approval of Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP)
On 9 August 2024, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA regarding their New Drug Application (NDA) for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. The verdict? The FDA did not approve the therapy, i.e., full rejection of the NDA. The FDA’s decision was based on several factors. Primarily, …
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Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP)
Over the past several years, I have been watching with great anticipation the trajectory of the clinical trials for Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP). PAP is a therapeutic approach combing the use of psychedelic substances like MDMA, LSD, or Psilocybin with traditional (talk) psychotherapy. This treatment gets administered in a professionally monitored environment and aims to …
Is Social Media Bad For You? And is FOMO a Real Thing?
You’ve likely asked yourself some version of this question: is social media bad for me? And is FOMO a real thing? The short answer: yes and yes. But there’s much more to it than that. This month we reflect on creating the relationship with social media that serves you rather than you serving it.
AD(H)D + Meditation, Possible?
If I was pushed into a corner and only able to hand you one tool to improve your life, it would be meditation. It doesn’t have to be the very popular mindfulness-based meditation we are all hearing so much about lately, but any meditation practice that you connect with.
Sex & Sexuality as a Part of Mental Well-being
The relationship between sex* and mental health is multifaceted and has been the subject of quite a bit of research.