Centre County, Pennsylvania has developed a program that uses a highly trained dog to provide emotional support for children in the County’s criminal justice system. The program was developed by Judge Brad Lunsford and Faith Burger and is reported to b…

Germer’s got a new book out, Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy, which he co-edited with psychologist Ronald Siegel. This edited anthology was inspired by none other than the Dalai Lama and Harvard’s 2009 Meditation and Psychotherapy Conference, wh…

The difference between a good product and an amazing one boils down to one thing: Empathy. Developing an understanding of your users that is so deep that you can feel what they feel enables you to design products and experiences that will truly resonat…

A recent student project at the University of Southern California is using virtual war in an unfamiliar way.  Rather than glory in combat and explosions, like many blockbuster video games, this program aims to use an immersive recreation…