by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Jan 14, 2023 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
A gestalt therapy chair session changed my life. Are anxiety and depression the small tip of an iceberg? If so, what lies beneath the surface? Could that large bottom part be made of repressed feelings? When I was a child, I was never allowed to fully express...
by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Nov 18, 2022 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
How to use imagination to appreciate what we have. Why do we often only appreciate what we have after it’s gone? Why can’t we appreciate what we have while we still have it? Is there a recipe to do so? When I was married to my late husband, Steve, we had a very...
by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Nov 4, 2022 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
Physical ailments can arise when you don’t pursue cherished dreams and values. Are you sick all the time without your doctors finding why? Do you have low energy while all your blood tests, radiology, and physical exams are normal? There are numerous...
by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Sep 16, 2022 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
Intimacy can improve mental and physical health in middle age and beyond. As we move from middle age into old age, we tend to have sex less often, if at all. But that doesn’t have to be true for you. A study conducted by Stacey Lindau, M.D., and...
by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Aug 19, 2022 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
2. Be open to discovering who your partner really is. Research from Elizabeth Lawrence and colleagues published in the Journal of Happiness Studies (2018) shows that single people live less long and are less happy and healthy than people who are happily...
by Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD | Jun 29, 2022 | Featured, Homepage, Psychology Today
2. Listen to what people say about you. The percentage of adults with recent symptoms of anxiety or depression increased from 36.4 to 41.5 percent in the U.S. between August 2020 and February 2021, with the largest increases among adults 18 to 29, according to...
