Diane Forse, MSW, LCSW

08/21/2025

I love how Esther Perel gets people talking!

08/19/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYnHubM01-E

08/18/2025

08/15/2025

New book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0593582276/

04/28/2025

Great piece on the use of self and parallel processing in psychotherapy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/200901/the-me-in-you-parallel-process-in-psychotherapy?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ8x9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFZZm42ZTRkNmZHTm00SlhIAR6w8vkPCkzt5SEQ2pcEOCMMtJUIcS0IjfqiuXKV6vmvsFDg_WwWbe0noYdudQ_aem_d6m0eT6-WDA4PoMouAc9Hw

Some time ago, I lost one of the most significant relationships of my life. Synchronistically, I have had several clients walk into my consulting room with issues that reflect my own. Here's what I did.

04/08/2025

It's so worth it to have those conversations. Life is too short.

03/12/2025

https://fortune.com/2025/03/09/openai-chatgpt-anxiety-mindfulness-mental-health-intervention/

A study on how to “calm down” chatbots could advance how AI is applied in mental health interventions, according to the authors.

03/12/2025

03/07/2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/corneliawalther/2025/02/20/why-your-imperfect-human-therapist-outshines-a-perfect-bot/

A hybrid buddy system of human and AI-powered therapy is an asset for lifelong growth, in which technology and humans support the user in complementarity.

03/06/2025

01/22/2025

What do you think about this cultural assumption that hypomania is just feeling a lot of positive energy? Most commercials depict people in hypomanic states as if that level of "happiness" or excitement is something we should all aspire to. It's worth reconsidering our devaluation of other states of being.

We’ve heard stories of “riding the hypomania lightning,” but are they true? Learn more on this episode of the Inside Bipolar podcast. Listen Now!