The GoodTherapy Blog

Over 17 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2017 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2019). Globally, more than 264 million people of all ... Read More

Emotional incest, also known as covert incest, has nothing to do with incestuous sexual abuse. Rather, it is an unhealthy emotional relationship between a parent and a child that blurs ... Read More

Many might assume that the intergenerational transmission of trauma from parent to child occurs through abuse or neglect, but this is not always the case. Trauma can also be passed on through ... Read More

Very few people are one hundred percent happy with their physical appearance. Most of us have something about ourselves that we would like to change in some small way. But for most of us, ... Read More

Posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and complex posttraumatic stress (C-PTSD) are related but distinct from each other. C-PTSD is thought to be an enhanced version of PTSD. C-PTSD is, in turn, ... Read More

This topic likely comes as a surprise to many. Just the idea of abuse of this nature, between a mother and her son, is shocking to most. The idea of mother-son incest is so far out of the ... Read More

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”  Haruki Murakami We all know from popular drama (TV shows, movies, etc.) that traumatic events are often forgotten ... Read More

Attachment may be understood as the relationship between child and caregiver (often a parent). This relationship is the most important in the child’s life, as the caregiver is the provider ... Read More

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or body dysmorphia, is a condition in which a person thinks their body is severely flawed. The flaw is either imagined or real but minor. For example, a ... Read More

Migraine headaches are one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Depending on the study, chronic migraines affect around 1 in 10 people, with twice as many sufferers being female. Migraine ... Read More

Traumatic stress involves a threat to a person’s life or physical integrity. It can have a profound impact on the brain, nervous system, and peripheral bodily systems. The impact ... Read More

Many of us develop emotion regulation skills naturally during childhood and as we mature into our adult years. We learn to down-regulate negative emotions such as anxiety or anger through ... Read More