WORD with Dr. Michael David Clay

By Dr. Michael David Clay

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The definitive clinical WORD in personal growth and development. CONTACT: Michael David Clay, D. Min, MA, thewordhouse@frontier.com

Episode Date
Social Psychology 101: The Bane of AI and Social Media.
Jun 07, 2026
The PSYCHOLOGICAL Power of Intellectual Partnerships.
May 31, 2026
The Psychological Advantages of being Friendly.
May 24, 2026
The Psychological Power of SLANG.
May 17, 2026
Therapists are NOT your Friend, but WE are Friendly.
May 10, 2026
The ART of Psychological Flexibility and Adaptive Change.
May 03, 2026
Friends, Lovers, and Both: The Social Psychology of Triangulation!
Apr 26, 2026
Psychological Paranoia or Hypervigilance: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us!
Apr 19, 2026
Primary Care and ADHD: More than MEDICATION!
Apr 12, 2026
The Psychology of EMPOWERMENT!
Apr 05, 2026
Psychological Retreats and Clinical Escapes!
Mar 29, 2026
Psychological Boomerasking: Getting Back What You Put Out There!
Mar 22, 2026
HUGS: The Psychology of Personal Contact!
Mar 14, 2026
Psychological Body-Doubling and Other Ways to get Things Done.
Mar 08, 2026
Psychological LIGHTBULB: Who REALLY Wants to CHANGE?
Mar 01, 2026
The Psychology behind What YOU Don't Know About Sex, but I Do . . . !
Feb 22, 2026
The Karma of Psychological Reciprocity: GETTING just what one GIVES.
Feb 15, 2026
Learned HELPLESSNESS and Purpose-Seeking: Why it seems EVERYONE has GIVEN-UP Trying!
Feb 08, 2026
Discovering True Purpose in Life: Just be YOU!
Feb 01, 2026
Adaptive Change: Parapsychology and the Paranormal of Earworms!
Jan 25, 2026
Bio-Baiting: Dating APPS and Psychology Today.
Jan 18, 2026
Psychological Synchrony and the Crafting of Committed SITUATIONSHIPS!
Jan 11, 2026
Embrace the SUCK: the Adaptive Psychology of Doing HARD Things!
Jan 04, 2026
The NARCISSISTIC Revolt: Envy and Murder Culturalized.
Dec 28, 2025
Envy Vibes and Failure Identity.
Dec 21, 2025
Schadenfreude: God Bless You!
Dec 14, 2025
Psychological Reconciliation and Repair: Family Estrangement.
Dec 07, 2025
All Estrangement is Loss: Psychological Grief Work.
Nov 30, 2025
The PERFECT Family: A Lesson in COMPLETION.
Nov 23, 2025
The NEW Thing: AI PSYCHOSIS!
Nov 16, 2025
The APPENDIX: Psychological Champion of the GUT BIOME!
Nov 09, 2025
Relationship Psychology: Situationship, the New Norm?
Nov 02, 2025
Dating and the Psychology of DISCOVERY!
Oct 26, 2025
Self-Affirmation: Accepting Compliments with Grace!
Oct 19, 2025
PORN: Some Things Better Left Unsaid? Psychologically, NEVER!
Oct 12, 2025
Gender Bias in Vegetarianism and Homicide!
Oct 05, 2025
Overcoming Gender Profiling and Stereotypy.
Sep 28, 2025
Psychology of Relationships: Attraction is not necessarily Affinity.
Sep 21, 2025
"Little Treat Culture" and the Premack Principle.
Sep 14, 2025
Who are YOU?
Sep 07, 2025
Grieving and the Consolation of Caring!
Aug 31, 2025
Terminal Lucidity and the Case for Life After Death.
Aug 24, 2025
Psychologically Speaking: Contentment is BETTER than Simply Happy!
Aug 17, 2025
Bossy Therapist.
Aug 10, 2025
Sugarcoating is only Good for Cookies.
Aug 03, 2025
The Psychology of Being Nice.
Jul 27, 2025
Second Chances: Divorce Recovery.
Jul 20, 2025
Emulsify Me! Food additives and Behavioral Health.
Jul 13, 2025
Sugar Highs and Sweet Dispositions.
Jul 06, 2025
Winging It: Psychological Adaptability at its BEST.
Jun 29, 2025
Adulthood: Getting There Requires First Knowing Where One is Going!
Jun 22, 2025
Arrested Development: The NEW Grown Up!
Jun 15, 2025
Struggling with Postpartum Depression.
Jun 08, 2025
WEIGHT Loss and Depression, too!
Jun 01, 2025
The Magic of Dopamine: Better Mental Health through DRUGS.
May 25, 2025
Imposter Syndrome and Peter Pan!
May 18, 2025
Cringe Attack.
May 11, 2025
The Adaptive Psychological Edge of Sentimentality.
May 04, 2025
The Psychology of Social Conscience and Justice Sensitivity.
Apr 27, 2025
Psychological Healing is a Matter of Perspective
Apr 20, 2025
Working Memory, Artificial Intelligence, and Day Planners.
Apr 13, 2025
The Best Answer to Divorce.
Apr 06, 2025
Familiarity is ADAPTIVE, until it becomes YOUR CURSE.
Mar 30, 2025
Ghosts and Ghosting.
Mar 23, 2025
The Trouble with Family Secrets.
Mar 16, 2025
Redemption Myths and Narcissism
Mar 09, 2025
Failing to Learn.
Mar 02, 2025
Perfectionists, GOATS, and EGO Death.
Feb 23, 2025
Perfectionism and Body Dysmorphia.
Feb 16, 2025
Motivational Interviewing: Psychological Approach to Changing Lightbulbs!
Feb 09, 2025
TATOOS and Narrative Therapy
Feb 02, 2025
Self-Care to the Psychological Rescue
Jan 26, 2025
Gender Pronouns and Icebergs!
Jan 19, 2025
Mixed Signals of Romance Deciphered.
Jan 12, 2025
The Trust Milestone and Infidelity!
Jan 05, 2025
Wise and Humble Counsel: No One Likes a KNOW it ALL!
Dec 29, 2024
Acceptance or Concession: ALL a Matter of Investment!
Dec 22, 2024
Unflappable and the Stress Response.
Dec 15, 2024
Rudeness and Micro-aggression.
Dec 08, 2024
Relationship FAIL: It's NOT About the MONEY!
Dec 01, 2024
The INFIDELITY PARADOX.
Nov 24, 2024
The HARD Science of Psychology.
Nov 17, 2024
Beyond Psychological Reciprocity!
Nov 10, 2024
Women's Tears and Softies; The Psychological Power of Compassion!
Nov 03, 2024
A Bit of Narcissism never Hurt Anyone!
Oct 27, 2024
Psychological Fences and Good Neighbors!
Oct 20, 2024
The Magic Land of ASSERTIVENESS!
Oct 13, 2024
The Power of YOU in Psychological Counseling!
Oct 06, 2024
Positive Attitudes and Positive Attributions in Psychological Care
Sep 29, 2024
Baboons and Boundaries: The BEST of Comparative Animal Psychology
Sep 22, 2024
The PSYCHOLOGY of Deep Sleep.
Sep 15, 2024
Family ESTRANGEMENT: Good News is Most Reconcile!
Sep 08, 2024
TRAUMA Bond: Bleeding Hearts and Bleeding Minds.
Sep 01, 2024
Kindred Spirits.
Aug 25, 2024
Pink is the NEW Magenta!
Aug 18, 2024
The SKILL of Emotional Intelligence
Aug 11, 2024
FEELINGS: Now That You Got the Language Down, What's NEXT!
Aug 04, 2024
The Language of FEELINGS.
Jul 28, 2024
Emotional Intelligence in Application
Jul 21, 2024
Brain FOG and Long COVID.
Jul 14, 2024
Forget what is TRUTH! If REALITY is a construct, then what is REAL is REALLY up to YOU.
Jul 07, 2024
Where All the Magic Happens!
Jun 30, 2024
The Blue Lens of Depression!
Jun 23, 2024
More than Skin Deep!
Jun 16, 2024
Don't RAIN on My Parade!
Jun 09, 2024
Life is FULL of Goodbyes!
Jun 02, 2024
Thinking FLEXIBLY: The BEST Way to Changing Your MInd!
May 26, 2024
BACKWARD THINKING is not always a Liability, particularly when it's also INDUCTIVE THINKING. See the END from the BEGINNING!
May 19, 2024
The Psychology of Decision-making: Consider the MENU!
May 12, 2024
The MORALITY of Victim-Blaming from a Psychological Perspective!
May 05, 2024
Model for Adaptive Relations.
Apr 28, 2024
Stupid is as Stupid Does: The Psychology of Critical Ignorance!
Apr 21, 2024
Want that Creative Boost? Don't be AFRAID of Something NEW!
Apr 14, 2024
Defining the WIN!
Apr 07, 2024
Contagion Stress: My NEUROTIC Friend!
Mar 31, 2024
When PARENTING Becomes TOO Much!
Mar 24, 2024
Burn Out or . . . ?
Mar 17, 2024
What to Say When You FINALLY Get to THERAPY!
Mar 10, 2024
Communication and Adaptive Living!
Mar 03, 2024
All DISEASE Begins in the Gut!
Feb 24, 2024
Managing HYPERSENSITIVITY: CAUTION - Handle with Kid Gloves!
Feb 17, 2024
GRAPHIC Appeal: GREATER the SATISFACTION, but only as JUSTICE is SERVED.
Feb 10, 2024
Empowerment to Care: Troubled Teens, Addiction, and Childhood Trauma
Feb 03, 2024
The Barista Effect: Social Ties and Relationships.
Jan 28, 2024
Sibling Rivalry and Significant Others!
Jan 23, 2024
Para-social Dynamic and the Power of Influencers
Jan 14, 2024
Invisible Support and the Psychology of TRUE CARE!
Jan 07, 2024
Do You Feel NUMB and EMPTY?
Dec 23, 2023
What Friends have to Say about your MARRIAGE?
Dec 16, 2023
"The WELL."
Dec 09, 2023
Re-energizing the Therapeutic Endeavor!
Dec 02, 2023
SLEEP and Primary Psychological Self-Care.
Nov 23, 2023
Memories Made: The Golden Years.
Nov 18, 2023
Better Forgotten!
Nov 11, 2023
Romantic Nostalgia and Relationship Counseling.
Nov 04, 2023
Heroes and Extreme ALTRUISM: The deep-seated LOVE of others more than SELF!
Oct 28, 2023
They're OUT THERE; Just Say HI!
Oct 22, 2023
You are What You Eat: The Connections between Diet and Anxiety!
Oct 15, 2023
Guided Imagery and Aphantasia.
Oct 08, 2023
Owning YOU in a Socially Mediated Age!
Sep 24, 2023
The Intimate Connection of Psychotherapy.
Sep 17, 2023
Paranoia and Hypervigilance.
Sep 10, 2023
The Psychology of Preference!
Sep 03, 2023
Alcohol does not make One an Alcoholic, and other Social Media Truths!
Aug 27, 2023
The NEW Dysmorphia: Glamour Filtering!
Aug 20, 2023
TIC TOK and Psychological Counseling.
Aug 13, 2023
The PSYCHOLOGY of Auras and Premonitions: COMMON Sense can GO a Long WAY to good MINDHEALTH!!
Aug 06, 2023
Cybertracking, CreepIng, Stalking, Oh MY!
Jul 30, 2023
Waggle Dancing Bees and Socialization!
Jul 23, 2023
Bad Dogs and Other Parenting Considerations.
Jul 16, 2023
FREE Advice AIN'T FREE!
Jul 09, 2023
Validation: The Search for Significance!
Jun 25, 2023
No HOPE is FALSE!
Jun 18, 2023
Anticipatory Joy!
Jun 11, 2023
The Developmental Milestone of WISDOM!
Jun 04, 2023
To BOLDLY Go where no Man has gone BEFORE: The PSYCHOLOGICAL Frontier of the MIND!
May 28, 2023
Postpartum Depression and the Rhythm of Life!
May 21, 2023
HEARTBREAK; The Shame of it ALL!
May 14, 2023
When it Comes to Psychological Counseling, WARM and FRIENDLY is BEST!
May 07, 2023
OBJECTIVITY: The Often ELUSIVE Psychological NEED for the UNFAMILIAR.
Apr 30, 2023
The HEARTBEAT of PSYCHOLOGICAL Security!
Apr 23, 2023
Vive la (un)Resistance; LESS is MORE when Applied to Psychological Counseling!
Apr 16, 2023
Quelling the Psychological Storm.
Apr 09, 2023
WORDLE Cheats and TRUE Religion!
Apr 02, 2023
The INFIDELITY Contagion!
Mar 26, 2023
FINE-TUNING your Marriage!
Mar 19, 2023
The UN-Meaning!
Mar 12, 2023
Hunger Pains!
Mar 05, 2023
JUST a Little RELIEF!
Feb 26, 2023
Motivation in ACTION: Changing the "HAVE TO" into "WANT TO!"
Feb 19, 2023
The PERILS of Neutrality.
Feb 12, 2023
Return to the EGG: Psychoanalysis and Psychedelics!
Feb 05, 2023
Psychological Flexibility
Jan 29, 2023
Psychological Counseling and Driver Assist!
Jan 22, 2023
Psychedelics and The IRON GWAZI.
Jan 15, 2023
POWER of a PARTNER: I'm Here to HELP!
Jan 08, 2023
Psychology of Aging: More than Simply a Number!
Jan 02, 2023
Under PSYCHOLOGICAL Review: CHALLENGE on the FIELD!
Dec 25, 2022
DISFLUENCY is not necessarily BAD!
Dec 18, 2022
Microbial Psychology
Dec 11, 2022
The HUMAN Archetype.
Dec 04, 2022
Epiphany: Complementary Cognition!
Nov 27, 2022
Will the REAL Narcissist Please Stand Up!
Nov 20, 2022
It's you that you really want to KILL!
Nov 13, 2022
Big "I" and the Big "EYE!"
Nov 06, 2022
What Parents of Transkids Want to Know: Questions #5 to 10.
Oct 30, 2022
What Parents of Transkids Want to Know: Questions #2 to 4.
Oct 23, 2022
What Parents of Transkids Want to Know: Question #1.
Oct 16, 2022
Being "TRANS" (How to Rightly Participate)!
Oct 09, 2022
The IMPOSTER Syndrome EXPOSED!
Oct 02, 2022
Dog's Life.
Sep 25, 2022
Get OUT your Head; or NOT!
Sep 18, 2022
PHUBBING: Put Down that Phone!
Sep 12, 2022
The MACH Attack: Niccolo Machiavelli, Machiavellianism, and the Dark Triad.
Sep 04, 2022
PESSIMIST in Disguise!
Aug 28, 2022
Just BREATHE!
Aug 21, 2022
The Power of Social Modelling.
Aug 14, 2022
Secret to SECRETS: Confidentiality and Confidants!
Aug 07, 2022
Worse to risk being RELATABLE and WRONG, than simply DISCONNECTED.
Jul 31, 2022
First Loves and Affairs.
Jul 24, 2022
A New YOU!
Jul 17, 2022
OK to be YOU!
Jul 10, 2022
Coupling: Why So Many Couples Look Alike.
Jul 03, 2022
Psychological Relativity
Jun 26, 2022
Psychological Ecology and Self-Care.
Jun 19, 2022
It's, REALLY, Not ALL Bad!
Jun 12, 2022
Turning "I" Into "We!"
Jun 05, 2022
Don't MISS the POINT!
May 29, 2022
Don't Do NOTHING!
May 22, 2022
Powering Through!
May 15, 2022
The Dark Genome, Schizophrenia, and Bipolar Disorder; identifying the UNKNOWN!
May 08, 2022
Depression and Insomnia.
May 01, 2022
Matter of Presumption.
Apr 24, 2022
Growing Pains and Couples Counseling.
Apr 19, 2022
AI: Can't Get Too Much RAM!
Apr 15, 2022
Adulting.
Apr 10, 2022
The BEST You Can Be!
Apr 03, 2022
There is No HOPE without YOU!
Apr 02, 2022
California Dreaming.
Mar 20, 2022
Power of Persuasion.
Mar 13, 2022
Can't Get No Satisfaction.
Mar 06, 2022
Just Being Honest.
Feb 27, 2022
Exposure Therapy, EXPOSED!
Feb 19, 2022
PAIN and PTSD.
Feb 13, 2022
The PERSON You CANNOT Part With.
Feb 12, 2022
No APOLOGY Necessary!
Jan 30, 2022
Nerves BECOME You!
Jan 23, 2022
Flying Solo.
Jan 18, 2022
Online Dating
Jan 09, 2022
"Doppelganger" Bias.
Jan 02, 2022
Listen Up.
Dec 26, 2021
Perfectionism.
Dec 18, 2021
Lifetime of Anxiety.
Dec 11, 2021
Staying Up Late Got You Down!
Dec 04, 2021
And In Closing - CBD.
Jan 28, 2021
Treatment of Cannabis Use Disorder.
Dec 22, 2020
Cannabis Intoxication and Withdrawal.
Nov 09, 2020
Cannabis Use Disorder.
Sep 28, 2020
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and NICOTINE Replacement in Treating Nicotine Use Disorder
Sep 20, 2020
Tobacco Related Use Disorder.
Aug 18, 2020
Stimulant Use Disorder, Continued.
Jul 29, 2020
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Diagnostic and Statistical (DSM) Manual - Stimulant Use Disorder
Jul 14, 2020
Opioid Use Disorder and Beyond.
Jul 03, 2020
Residential Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, Level 3.5, 3.7, and 4.0 Care.
Jun 30, 2020
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Level 2.5 and 3.1: Partial Hospitalization and Halfway House for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder.
Jun 28, 2020
ASAM Level 2.1 - Intensive Outpatient Services for Opioid Use Disorder.
Jun 14, 2020
Physiological and Psychological Implications of ASAM Dimensions.
May 31, 2020
American Society of Addiction Medicine Level 1 - Opioid and Medication Assist Treatment
May 10, 2020
American Society of Addiction Medicine Level 1.0 - Outpatient Care
Apr 26, 2020
American Society of Addiction Medicine Criterion of Care - Part 2.
Apr 11, 2020
American Society of Addiction Medicine Criterion of Care
Mar 26, 2020
After the Diagnosis of Opioid Use.
Mar 15, 2020
American Psychiatric Association, DSM, Criterion of Opioid MISUSE
Mar 01, 2020
Start with the FACTS.
Feb 16, 2020
So You Think You May be a Drug Addict?
Feb 09, 2020