I force my art therapy and counseling graduate students to watch funny cat videos at the beginning of class. Humor therapy [or laughter therapy] is officially both complementary and mainstream ...

It may seem odd then when I suggest that humor can play an important role in therapy. Yet even Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, recognized that humor can serve a purpose in exploring ...

You’ve just had a cathartic epiphany in therapy—discovering how a single childhood event has been the common theme running through every one of your adult issues. After a powerful cry ...