There is a difference between a mental health crisis and a mental health emergency and both require different actions. It is vital you understand what to do for yourself or someone else facing these serious situations.

Much of what we read about Narcissism in the media and social channels is based on only one aspect or type of narcissism. This video, featuring leading psychoanalytic practitioner, writer, and academic Dr Nancy McWilliams, explains this personality structure in a deeper more complex (and empathic) way.

New York Relational Psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou explains the place of relational psychoanalysis in modern life, how people present for therapy, and how the profession is working hard to change its ways of thinking about ‘otherness’.

Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a faculty member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He talks about what sets psychodynamic therapy apart.

Our silence has often been necessary to protect ourselves as we face the difficulties and disappointments that life brings. However, this protection comes at a cost to our individuality and vitality.

Doubts are often cast on the effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy and for years there has been a prevailing view that CBT is the only evidence-based approach. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Infidelity is the ultimate betrayal. But does it have to be? Relationship therapist Esther Perel examines why people cheat, and unpacks why affairs are so traumatic: because they threaten our emotional security. In infidelity, she sees something unexpected — an expression of longing and loss. A must-watch for anyone who has ever cheated or been cheated on, or who simply wants a new framework for understanding relationships.

Why pay to see a therapist when my friends are more than willing to listen when I have a problem and I feel supported by them?

Despite talk of liberation, our sexual lives remain the focus of immense amounts of shame. One way to deal with this is to expand - with dignity - evidence of what people are truly like. Here, some brave individuals reveal what it is they deep down want and think about.