Hara Estroff Marano

4 days ago | psychologytoday.com | Robert Weiss Ph.D |Hara Estroff Marano

For generations, therapy with adolescent boys and young adult men focused on helping them navigate dating, rejection, and early intimacy. Vulnerability was central—uncertainty, fear of rejection, and awkward first relationships were treated as natural parts of growing up. But today, many young men arrive in therapy with a very different mindset. Instead of seeking guidance, they often present with rigid, angry narratives about women.

6 days ago | psychologytoday.com | Hara Estroff Marano

According to recent survey data pending review and publication (Rousmaniere et al. 2025) yet widely circulated, 48.7 percent of 499 U.S. respondents reported using LLMs (large language models) for psychological support in the preceding year. The majority did this for anxiety, personal advice, and depression. Notably, they reported primarily either neutral or positive responses, and 37.8 percent said it was better than "traditional therapy". Only 9 percent reported it was harmful.

6 days ago | psychologytoday.com | David Evans |Hara Estroff Marano

Source: Pexels salesnation2977Does humor have any importance in our lives, beyond just giving us a fun laugh once in a while? One possible benefit of humor might be increased longevity. Comedians George Burns and Bob Hope both lived to be 100. Comedy double-talk specialist Professor Irwin Corey also reached 100. And funnymen Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke are still alive (at this writing) at age 98. So humor might turn out to be a secret longevity elixir.

1 week ago | psychologytoday.com | Hara Estroff Marano

When my daughter was a young girl, she once asked me why I studied such terrible things: Nazi doctors, the ideological totalism of Communist China, bearing witness to the testimonies of Hiroshima survivors. People often ask me how I can be “courageous” or “strong” enough to take in the collective horrors I describe. Over the years I have answered this question of what allowed me to take in and explain collective horrors.

1 week ago | psychologytoday.com | Hara Estroff Marano

Source: Used with Permission from iClipartThe witness known only as "Jane" shifted uncomfortably on the stand in Manhattan's federal courthouse. Through tears, she described purchasing "Rhino pills" from gas stations for Sean "Diddy" Combs's alleged "freak offs," drug-fueled sex parties that prosecutors say were part of a criminal enterprise. "It was not so fun having to wind up these guys," she testified, explaining why she bought the pills to speed things along.