July 2022

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Therapist Recommendations for How to Deal with Loneliness

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghJuly 20, 2022 cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive distortions, how to deal with loneliness, loneliness, reframing cognitive distortions0 comments
Loneliness, typically defined as the discrepancy between a person’s desired and actual social relationships, affects more than half of U.S. adults (58%). Additionally, Americans with mental health issues are more than twice as likely to be lonely than those with strong mental health. Lonely individuals approach social encounters with a hypervigilance for social threats; they...
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Is Social Media Bad for Mental Health? You Might Be Surprised

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghJuly 14, 2022 cell phone addiction, cell phone anxiety, mental health, social media, social media addiction, social media usage, social media use0 comments
With as much critical and cautionary information that says social media is bad for mental heath, social media and online content has become an integral part of many social, commercial and human interactions. In behavioral psychology, we know that the more we pathologize and make taboo any given behavior or construct by prohibiting it, the less we are able to provide harm reduction...
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