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A new paper appearing in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders argues that people who suffer from social anxiety actually derive a lot of pleasure from meeting new people and spending time with others—and ...

I asked Canadian psychologist and Queen’s University adjunct assistant professor, Dr. Irwin Altrows, to share the two most important ideas he learned from Albert Ellis, the famous founder of rational ...

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Hayley Atwell has found an ally in Hollywood through Tom Cruise. Atwell worked with Cruise on 2023’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning” and will appear alongside the actor in the upcoming movie ...