John Rapp, LCSW
 
Psychotherapist

What is the function of emotion?

Sleep Hygiene Suggestions

Worry is a repetitive self-talk activity about possible, future calamities. Worrying is an attempt at solving a problem via thinking.

The following is not independent thought and derives from chapter 7 of Christopher Fairburn's "Overcoming Binge Eating". This post is a...

The “restraint model of binge eating” suggests dieting is a major driver of binge eating. As evidence, binges tend to occur on or after day

The following information is a summary of Jonathan Shedler's "The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy": https://www.apa.org/pubs/jou...

Tips on finding the right therapist for you

The majority of self-injurers are females between the ages of 13 and 30. Self-injury usually begins around the age of 10-16. 4% of adults...

CBT therapies generally comprise four strategies for helping people change: Learning new coping skills and desired, healthy behaviors...

The following is adapted from Marsha Linehan's DBT Skills Training Manual: 1. All human beings are loveable. By virtue of inclusion...

Many mental health problems, like recurrent major depressive disorder, affect a specific domain (in this case, mood) and tend to be...

When a provider is in-network with your insurance company, you generally only pay a copay or co-insurance. The insurance company...

Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) represents a collection of therapies with a unifying philosophy, capable of treating problems ranging...

Adolescent-Focused Therapy: A Psychodynamic Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

Body image distress is typically a core feature of eating disorders. In my experience, body image problems often predate the onset of...

Three treatments currently exist for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which involve trauma reprocessing and which carry the...