She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

Actress Carey Mulligan has urged people to keep close ties with relatives with dementia.

Could this psychology teacher's tips be the secret to a life without stress?

After working so hard she collapsed, a Kiwi woman became a mental health advocate - she wants to share some tips to help you work life in 2017.

A Christchurch mother who shed 20kg in nine months simply by slashing sugar from her diet is today launching a recipe book to help others.

COMMENT: Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald identifies the most important thing you can do for some battling depression.

Prepare to get stumped all over again with a look back at the trickiest optical illusions from this year.

The most 'trendy' psychotherapy around, here are five tips to get you started.

I often get asked "How do I cope with Christmas", which is weird, because it's the most wonderful time of the year apparently. But

Photographer says people opposed to gender diversity need to 'get over it'.

Leading ED doctors are calling for New Zealand's drinking culture to change because they are sick of dealing with drunks.

What makes people feel that they're at risk of losing someone, even when another part of them knows it isn't real? Psychotherapist Kyle Macdonald explains.

A mother humiliated over her children's bad behaviour by a fellow supermarket shopper has posted a heartbreaking open letter on Facebook.

Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.

Many older people in leaky homes are still struggling financially and physically with the ongoing saga, a new study has found.

School aged children don't know Mike King as the funny man, he's instead the guy on stage telling them it's ok to talk about problems and to ask for help.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The teacher having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl was not fired from the school where he worked over his contact with the girl, an inquest heard.

Many people find themselves in relationships and friendships where they feel their well of compassion has run dry. Kyle MacDonald explains what happens when we care too much.

Reiha McLelland's mother broke down in tears as inquest hears 13-year-old may have wanted parents to know about her plans to harm herself.

Reiha McLelland would be alive today if it were not for her "inappropriate" relationship with her intermediate school teacher, the inquest into her death has been told.

School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.

Reiha McLelland, 13, was under great pressure to keep secret her relationship with her former teacher Sam Back, an inquest has heard.

Top sports stars Israel Folau and Manu Vatuvei are switching codes - and touring for God.

Happiness has become a modern obsession. Searching for it and holding on to it have become motivating forces for how we live our lives.

"I'm constantly giving myself a hard time, what can I do about it?" Self - Critical I can understand why people might get cynical

New research suggests confusion over what constitutes a unit of alcohol is driving women to drink too much.

Many Kiwis affected by the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake will need "significant ongoing psychological support", the PM's chief science adviser says.

Beth fell asleep on the couch one day and didn't wake up for six months. Here's why.

The family of the man arrested over the stabbing of French tourist in Australia's Northern Territory are distraught, as the victim's wife is released from hospital.