This post is in response to The Benefits of Humor in Therapy By Samuel L. Pauker, M.D., and Miriam Arond Humor is part of the universal human experience and can be a key resource in psychotherapy. A ...

Duluth Therapist Glenn Maloney recently penned a book that explores the clinical impact of humor in therapy. It’s aptly called, “Finding the Humor in Psychotherapy.” “As therapists, we get a lot of ...

DULUTH — Therapist Glenn Maloney recently published a book that explores using humor as an intervention in a clinical setting — an otherwise taboo concept in the mental health field. As a licensed ...

In art and literature, irony and humor serve to exemplify, instruct, charm, provoke, enrage, and otherwise move both readers and viewers. More important for the therapeutic use, however, humor serves ...

An analysis of published studies suggests that humor therapy may lessen symptoms of depression and anxiety. For the analysis, which is published in Brain and Behavior, investigators identified 29 ...

A new review demonstrates the overall positive impact of humor therapy on depression and anxiety, which may help inform future research, policy, and practice. Humor, a nonpharmacologic intervention ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Man Therapy is a Colorado-based campaign for ...

Therapies of all kinds have emerged in the past decade seeking to improve human health and well-being. Laughter therapy, like art therapy, pet therapy, meme therapy and music therapy have captured the ...

There’s a good bit of humor to be found in “Web Therapy,” which stars Lisa Kudrow (“Friends,” “The Comeback”) as Dr. Fiona Wallice, a brittle, impatient therapist who’s found “a new modality” for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences explains how ...