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A woman did 'rejection therapy' for 30 days to help with her confidence. Therapists say it can really work.
"Rejection therapy" isn't an official term, but therapists say it can build your self-esteem and im…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Anna Kendrick says couples therapy didn't help her relationship. Here's how to know when to find a new therapist.
Anna Kendrick said that for a long time her couples therapist believed her ex's words "hook, line, …
Erin Liam
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My partner and I just started couples therapy, and it's nothing like I expected. There's a lot more joy and laughter.
When we started couples therapy, I thought the therapist would always take my side, and we'd cry no…
Edson Montenegro
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Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito suggested that laws banning conversion therapy may violate the First Amendment
"It is beyond dispute that these laws restrict speech, and all restrictions on speech merit careful…
Madison Hall
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If you're not making progress in therapy, you might be intellectualizing your emotions. Here are 3 signs, according to a therapist.
Intellectualizers often feel disconnected, appear calm but struggle internally, experts say.
Kim Schewitz
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An OpenAI staffer who had 'personal, emotional' conversations with ChatGPT has sparked a massive debate about using AI chatbots for therapy
OpenAI is rolling out voice control for ChatGPT, but critics have raised concerns that using it for…
Hasan Chowdhury
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It's time to retire therapy speak in 2024, from 'toxic' to 'boundaries'
Therapy speak has become popular. But psychologists say terms like "toxic" and "boundaries" are bei…
Julia Pugachevsky
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India's first openly gay prince says his parents tried to subject him to the 'torture' of conversion therapy to make him straight
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil told Sky News that the discredited practice was still a widespread iss…
Maria Noyen
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My best friend ended our friendship out of the blue and didn't tell me why. Therapy helped me learn how to make new friends.
Her best friend of over a decade broke up with her and wouldn't tell her why. Through therapy and f…
Jen Glantz
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An LGBTQ activist who helped plan the UK's first Pride march reflects 50 years on: 'We were out and proud and demanded our liberation'
Peter Tatchell helped to plan the first-ever UK Pride on July 1, 1972. He told Insider that those w…
Mikhaila Friel
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'Text bombs' are destroying friendships, and therapy speak is making it worse
Text bombing may help you express your dissatisfaction in a friendship. But sending a wall of text …
Julia Pugachevsky
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I was sent to conversion therapy as a teen. Now I'm an influencer who uses humor to work through my trauma.
Blake Lynch, known as "Nurse Blake" on TikTok, tells his nearly 900,000 followers about his experie…
Blake Lynch
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I did therapy in a different language. It allowed me to be real.
She grew up speaking English, but trying therapy in Dutch allowed her to move forward with her issu…
Fleurine Tideman
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How a Vietnam vet saved his second marriage and overcame years of PTSD with help from MDMA therapy
Post-traumatic stress disorder can be hard to treat, especially in veterans. Rachel Nuwer shows how…
Rachel Nuwer
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The daughter of multi-millionaire oil tycoon Charles Koch thought she had to be liked to deserve to exist, until MDMA therapy
Elizabeth Koch, who's tied to conservative causes through her fathers conglomerate, invests in MDMA…
Rachel Nuwer
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The creepy secret behind online therapy
Mental-health startups are filling in a critical need for online therapy — but the "move fast…
Tanmoy Goswami
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Following unanimous parliamentary approval in 2021, conversion therapy is now illegal in Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted on Friday that the "hateful and harmful practice" of…
Morgan Keith
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When I came out as gay, my dad thought I was possessed by a demon and forced me into conversion therapy. Years later, I'm now a happy gay man.
When Ty Autry's parents found him flirting with another boy, they considered doing an exorcism.
Gary Nunn
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The rise of 'over-therapized' people using therapy speak on their friends and causing new friction in their relationships
Nancy Wu went viral after she complained about her friends ghosting her and claiming her paying for…
Kieran Press-Reynolds,Julia P…
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A proposal in the UK would classify forced conversion therapy - which seeks to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity - as a criminal offense
Only five countries - Brazil, Ecuador, Germany, Taiwan, and Malta - have some form of ban on conver…