On a futon near the German ice cream punchbowl, I was dressed in a trench coat and low-brimmed hat, providing Tarot readings. I called myself Richard Psychic the Psychic Dick (that is, forensic psychic). I looked up from under my hat to see the Easter Bunny and Jesus Christ. This had a certain effect... Read more →

In part 1, I talked about subliminals. Now let’s connect some more dots. Here’s something weird. When people see the subliminal message, “Mommy and I are one” repeatedly over a period of time, they become better-adjusted people. When my boy was little, I heard a lot of Barney... Read more →

Let’s start with marketing and subliminals. Many years ago, I was chatting with a pal in the local Mexican restaurant, when I suddenly felt a pang of shame. My first reaction was to wonder what I had just said that was so embarrassing. It occurred to me, though, that if I had said something so... Read more →

Consider the spiritual elements that I pointed out from research on spirituality and health in the previous parts of this series. They were: meaning, gratitude, peace, confidence, sense of identity, and acceptance. The somatic (body mind) approaches to psychotherapy, including EMDR, tend to “unlock”... Read more →

Is there Energy in Psychology? I was conducting debriefing after a workplace suicide. The problems ran far deeper than a single suicide, because it turned out to be symptomatic of a drug culture that pervaded the workplace. A bald-headed man came in and said he was afraid because he had a heart condition.... Read more →

In this article, we’ll look at some active ingredients of spirituality that are supported by research. Since they turned out to be God-optional, I’ll call this SIN (spiritually integrative neurology). Active vs. Passive: Locus of Control in Spirituality To understand spirituality and health,... Read more →

These articles are going to cover a lot of ground very fast. Hold onto your hat. Shocking news from the research trenches: It is not enough to just assess patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQL). It is not enough to tell patients the results of the assessment. It is not even enough to discuss... Read more →

I have an announcement so earth-shaking that I will, just for today, suspend all scientific citations. I am here to liberate you from a great deal of suffering. I hereby give you permission to go to bed angry. Here are ten perfectly good reasons: Read more →  Read More →

I keep hearing that all our children are being diagnosed ADD. Perhaps this comes from our fear of being maligned, diagnosed, and forced to conform to some dystopian, fascist mind control future in the making. Or perhaps it’s fueled by our morbid fascination with subcultures of freaks. Hence, this... Read more →

In grammar school, they told us that thought was the sixth sense. But you hear all kinds of crazy things in grammar school. The picnic benches had bolts that, should their paint chip off, would release kooties, but I live to tell you about it. Thinking is largely about processing existing sensory data,... Read more →

Here’s an interesting Google statistic. I searched on “psychotherapy innovation” and “engineering innovation.” Here are the hits: 1,210,000 for psychotherapy innovation, which is under 1% of 136,000,000 for engineering innovation. But I estimate that there are 45% as many... Read more →