Steven’s Blog on Psychology Today

Therapists who do not understand the harm of abuse are woefully lacking in the training, skills, and courage necessary to help you.

Psychologist Albert Bandura believed that people learn to behave in new ways not by listening to and reasoning with their role models, but by observing the behavior of others.

Goblintimacy, a mash-up of the words goblin and intimacy, is a dating trend where instead of leading with your best presentation of self, you take a deep gulp and do the opposite.

Mothers who actively engage with their sons can help them break free from the manosphere and build better, happier lives.

All young men, at one time, were beautiful baby boys and then their development simply went off the rails.

Breaking free from shame is about relaxing our ego to the point where the ego is no longer that stony traffic cop with no sense of humor or humanity.

Having conversations with your children about human sexuality will create a different 18-year-old than the 18-year-old who doesn't ever discuss sexuality.

Building a successful, long-term committed relationship is not about finding a boyfriend or girlfriend, it’s about finding the right boyfriend or girlfriend.

If we want to understand and prevent incel culture, we must teach our boys how to make real friends and how to be a friend.

What all spiritual abuse has in common is a profound belief in—and a defense of—the notion that the institution is more important than the people the institution is meant to serve.