Mar 5, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Positive Psychology, Trauma
Catholic Psychology recognizes the Resurrection of Christ as a reason to hope while we suffer our own traumas. The Resurrection of Christ is our source of hope Integrating the field of psychology into a Catholic framework is not an easy task when you consider that...
Feb 27, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Healing, Prayer
Shawn van der Linden, IDDM Master Mentor & CatholicPsych International Programs Consultant, shares how your “inner spiritualizer” can have more of an impact on your psychological life in this article! Unearthing the “inner...
Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Healthy Living
When we view failure through the lens of our faith, it becomes possible to see how failure can actually be a doorway to growth, development, and conversion. Failure The word itself is enough to give some of us a mild panic attack. Generally seen as something to avoid...
Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Trust
Living a faithful life comes down to one thing: trust. It all comes down to trust. I suppose I shouldn’t start with that if it all comes down to it so I will back up. So many things stem from distrust Anxiety, Neuroticism, Eating Disorders, Phobias, Depression,...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
Catholic Psychology is built on the premise that we are on a journey for purpose, and we can find happiness if we look in the right place. In the image and likeness of God Catholic Anthropology (the study of human beings) is built on the principle that human...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
You can now find CatholicPsych in Manhattan! A new collaboration: CatholicPsych and the Gianna Center We are excited to announce a new collaboration between the CatholicPsych Institute and the Gianna Center in NY. As we are a union of body and spirit, treatment for...
Feb 18, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Faith
I have been thinking and praying about how God is calling me to be a witness, and as a result, have decided it’s time to do something new. A broken culture Most people don’t believe me when I say this, but it’s true: I don’t watch the news. So...
Feb 14, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Online Therapy
It’s really interesting how many people are curious about online therapy over Skype and how many questions I get about it. Admittedly, it was tough at first to decide whether or not to offer video-based counseling. I had many of the same questions myself. After 8...
Feb 13, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Healing
How can we better come to understand the ways we hide ourselves to protect against the pain we’ve experienced – but which end up causing other problems? Where do we find emotional healing? Strength in relationship God designed our humanity in such a way...
Feb 12, 2024 | Anxiety, Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Popular, Trust
We aren’t just spiritual beings. Rather, we’re human beings, which means we have both a spirit and a body. And that is why body spirit integration is so important for our growth. Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are passing...
Feb 6, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Parenting
Let’s get to know Teresa Violette, mentor at CatholicPsych Institute and co-creator of Catholic Mindfulness for students! On Monday, my team and I re-launched our unique program Catholic Mindfulness for Students, so I thought it would be a good time to introduce...
Feb 6, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Femininity
Healthy vs excessive worry You might be surprised to learn that the final post in the series about feminine brain strengths is actually about worry! As a psychologist, I rarely talk about worry as a strength. I should qualify here that I am talking about a little...
Feb 6, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Femininity
What exactly does stayin’ alive mean when it comes to our next superpower of the female brain? Female strength statistics Before diving in to the next “superpower” of the female brain, let’s go through a few statistical facts about women: A...
Feb 6, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Femininity
Female collaboration as a superpower One day while riding on the train on the way to my office, there was a female conductor. I’ve travelled with a female conductor once before, and both times ended the same way. On the intercom as we reached our...
Feb 4, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Healing
What is Catholic Psychology? People often ask me, “What do you mean by Catholic Psychology?” There are lots of questions people have regarding my work because it is a field that is relatively new. The Catholic part has been around for millennia and the...
Feb 3, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Femininity
We’ve talked about intuition, now let’s talk about empathy in women. Females Exhibit Stronger Empathic Abilities In the first article in this series on differences in the female brain that give it an edge over the male brain in certain functions, I talked...
Feb 3, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Healthy Living, Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental health and mental illness – The following is an excerpt edited from a live presentation and Q&A with Dr. Greg Bottaro. Q. We hear about mental illness all the time. But how do we arrive at mental health? Can you give a working concept of what...
Feb 3, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology
I want to offer my perspective on Catholic mindfulness, given there is a lot of misinformation surrounding this topic. Misconception of Coffee and Mindfulness Coffee aficionados often claim that the spread of its popularity among Catholics is due to Pope Clement...
