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In this area of the website you will find short essays on a variety of topics related to mental health and well-being. These entries represent my personal views on various subjects and are meant to be informative and thought provoking. I hope you enjoy them.

Dr. Frank Salerno, Ph.D. / Clinical Psychology
Co-Director of the Montreal Psychology Center

MAKING COUPLE THERAPY MORE EFFECTIVE

Couple therapy can be very rewarding for all individuals involved. Personally, very little thrills me more than helping to prevent the break-up of a family with young children. Of course, such successes are only possible when the couple works in concert with the therapist towards common goals. Read full article

WHAT BRINGS COUPLES TO THERAPY?

In the past 20 years, much has been learned about what makes couples either happy and devoted to one another or miserable and headed for a break-up. Read full article

WITH SO MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE STRESS, WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE STILL STRESSED?

Go to any book store or surf the net for information on mental health and you’ll find a plethora of information on how to manage stress. Much of it is good information; however, most of it is a re-hashing of research which is two to three decades old. Read full article

WHAT'S STRESS GOT TO DO WITH IT? COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT DEPRESSION IS MORE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-GENERATED STRESS THAN WITH REAL STRESS

Talk about an epidemic! Depression has become so widespread in our society that it’s sometimes referred to as the ‘common cold’ of emotional disorders. Read full article