In this video, therapist, author and YourTango Expert Dr. Jack Singer explains how to cope when others criticize you. “One thing you need to do,” says Dr. Singer, “is raise your self-esteem … one way to do that is to validate yourself on a constant basis.”

In an act of obvious desperation, it looks like Jerry Sandusky’s attorney’s are trying to use “Histrionic Personality Disorder” as a defense for alleged multiple child molestation. Seriously? Do they even know what this disorder is?

by Dr. Jack Singer The American Psychological Association (APA) conducts a Stress in America Survey each year.  Results show that in 2011, the percentage of Americans feeling extreme stress dropped 10 percent. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that a significant number of respondents reporting severe stress had no idea that it.