Lou Agosta is on the faculty of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. He practices psychotherapy in the Chicago. His area of concentration includes the dynamic containing and transforming of domestic violence and intimate partner abuse.&…

Social apathy may arise from deficient connections among emotional brain centers When most of us imagine someone in pain, we feel uncomfortable and want to help. Psychopaths do not: a callousness toward others’ suffering is the central featu…

Compassionate San Francisco is an incubator, accelerator and clearinghouse for compassion projects within the community. Compassion is the recognition that all beings are profoundly interconnected,… Compassion is the recognition that all beings…

It turns out psychologists may have gotten it wrong. Over the years, there has been a tremendous emphasis in our society on building kids’ self-esteem. Psychologists now think we should be teaching children how to develop self-compassion instead….