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Acquired Situational Narcissism - by Stephen Sherrill
We all know that movie stars, professional athletes, rich people and politicians often act like complete jackasses, but Robert B. Millman, professor of psychiatry at Cornell Medical School thinks the cause is acquired situational narcissism, a psychological dysfunction...

A Couch for Authors in Need of One - by Phoebe Hoban
Writers who suffer in solitude also have a well-known antidote: the artists' colony. ... But for those tortured souls whose highest-priority creative opus is not so much their writing as themselves, the Lucy Daniels Foundation has created a different kind of refuge.

Addiction to Fame and Celebrity by Sam Vaknin, PhD 

Are Creativity and Mental Illness Linked?   [Today's Science On File]

Bad Mood Busters - by Mary Ann Troiani, Psy.D.

Being oneself and the psychological dance between identity and medication - by Donna Williams

Brain Awareness - by Native Remedies staff

Breaking the Trance of Fear - by Judith Orloff, MD

Cancel Self Wrecking Resentments - by Guy Finley

Cognitive Accommodations to Childhood Sexual Abuse by Douglas Eby

Counseling Issues with Recognized and Unrecognized Gifted Adults by Mary Rocamora 

Courage and creativity by Douglas Eby

Creativity and Depression  by Douglas Eby

Creativity, the Arts, and Madness - By Maureen Neihart, Psy.D.
The notion that  inspiration requires  regression and dipping into irrationality in order to access unconscious symbols and thought has been popular across disciplines for hundreds of years. ... A long-held view in psychiatry is that artistic endeavors heal the artist, whose work is then healing to others.

The Dark Side of Fame - by Douglas Eby

Depression and Creativity - by Douglas Eby

Ego and Creativity - by Douglas Eby 

Fear and Creativity  by Douglas Eby

Feeling like an impostor   by Douglas Eby

Feel Those Feelings and Develop Emotional Intelligence - by Adam Eason

Gifted and Stressed by Douglas Eby

Giving Life to Carl Rogers Theory of Creativity - by Natalie Rogers, Ph.D.

“If You're So Smart, Why Do You Need Counseling?” - by Deborah L. Ruf, PhD

The Inner Critic  - an issue of Living The Creative Life newsletter - includes book references on dealing with destructive self-talk.

Instant Expert: Mental Health - by Philip Cohen
Many famous artists, writers and scientists have suffered from mental disorders, leading some to wonder if there is a link between these illnesses and creativity.

Internal barriers, personal issues, and decisions faced by gifted and talented females
  - by Sally M. Reis, PhD -- "Research with talented females has revealed a number of internal barriers, personal priorities, and decisions that have consistently emerged as the reasons that many either cannot or do not realize their potential..."

Methods for Changing Emotions - by Clay Tucker-Ladd, PhD

Metaphor and Image in Counseling the Talented   by Jane Piirto, Ph.D. 

Misdiagnosis of the Gifted by Lynne Azpeitia, M.A. and Mary Rocamora, M.A.
"Gifted individuals face many challenges. One of them may be in getting correctly identified by psychotherapists and others as gifted."

Moods and the muse by Bruce Bower [Science News]

Negative self-talk by Douglas Eby

The Neurobiology of Dread - by National Institute on Drug Abuse
In what is the first brain imaging study of dread, new research has shown that people who experience substantial dread about an adverse experience can be biologically distinguished from those who can better tolerate the experience.

Paula Caplan interview by Douglas Eby 
A clinical and research psychologist, she was formerly a consultant to those who construct the DSM - the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Person-centered Expressive Arts Therapy - by Natalie Rogers, Ph.D., REAT

The Prodigy as Narcissistic Injury - by Sam Vaknin
The prodigy - the precocious "genius" - feels entitled to special treatment. Yet, he rarely gets it.

Protect Yourself from Energy Vampires  - by Judith Orloff, MD
Energy vampires are people who suck our energy dry. Everyone can benefit from skills on how to cope with them. ... Our relationships are governed by a give and take of energy.

The Psychology of Creativity - an interview with Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.

Self-Help: Shattering the Myths  By Annie Murphy Paul 

Self-Knowledge, Self-Esteem and the Gifted Adult by Stephanie S. Tolan

Shame by Douglas Eby

Stanford Researchers Establish Link Between Creative Genius and Mental Illness
"For decades, scientists have known that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of manic depression, or bipolar disorder, than does the general population. But few controlled studies have been done to build the link between mental illness and creativity. Now, Stanford researchers Connie Strong and Terence Ketter, MD, have taken the first steps toward exploring the relationship."

Supporting creative achievement - an interview with therapist Lynne Azpeitia

Treating Depression and Anxiety the Natural Way - by Native Remedies

Why Does Cognitive Therapy Work? - by James Krehbiel
Cognitive distortions are the lenses out of which many people view the world.  Distorted thinking leads to misperceptions about feelings, thoughts and events... Underlying assumptions are the maladaptive beliefs that we carry into the present from the past.

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