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Features, conversations and writing
Featured Coverage
Feature · Feb 2026
This Anti-Perfectionist Parenting Rule Is Good for Your Children to See
CNBC Make-It
Excerpt · 2026
Death Anniversaries Are a Heartache. This Ritual Gets Me Through
Oprah Daily
News · Dec 2025
Flashbacks and Triggers: Epstein Survivors Wait in the Dark for DOJ to Release the Files
CNN Politics
Interviews & Features
Article · Feb 2026
The Empathy Gap: Critics Say It's All Business Amid National Trauma
Forbes
Feature · Feb 2026
Could Toy Story 5 Help Parents Get Kids Off Screens?
CNBC Make-It
Article · 2026
Concerns Among Economy, Layoffs, Causing Incivility
SHRM
Broadcast · Jan 2021
Hitting the Pandemic Wall: What COVID-19 Continues to Mean for Our Mental Health
NPR - The Takeaway
Article · Sep 2020
Stress Over Pandemic Makes OCD Symptoms Worse in Some Children
Washington Post
Broadcast · Jul 2020
Digital Depression: How Are People Dealing in a Social Distanced Reality?
WUSA9
Selected Conversations
Podcast · Jan 2026
How to Lessen Suffering: A Powerful New Take
Good Life Project
Broadcast · Apr 2021
Talking to Children About Anti-Asian Violence
MSNBC Live
Broadcast · Aug 2020
Mental Health Crisis Looms Large
NPR - The Takeaway
Podcast
Heal and Thrive in Challenging Times
Edit Your Life
Broadcast · Mar 2010
Insecurity Puts Women and Girls at Risk in Haiti
NPR - Here and Now
Broadcast · 2008
Sierra Leone Mental Health
PRI - The World
Writing
Essay · Apr 2021
After Attacks on Asian American Elders, Here's How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism
NBC Think
Essay · Dec 2020
Demoralization Deflates Health Care Workers
STAT News
Essay · Aug 2020
COVID-19 Losses and Uncertainty Have Led to a Mental Health Crisis
NBC Think
Essay · Aug 2020
Students Heading Back to College Face a Return to COVID-19 Risk Factors
NBC Think
Opinion · May 2020
Stop Expelling and Separating Immigrant Children and Families During COVID
The Hill
Essay · Apr 2020
Coronavirus School Closures Mean Kids Are Missing More Than Class
NBC Think
Newsletter
Newsletter · Mar 2026
When Competence is Your Identity
The hidden risk of building your identity on what you can do
Newsletter · Feb 2026
The Magic of Rituals
In finding a sense of grounding and agency during instability
Newsletter · Feb 2026
Why High Performers Still Struggle
The cost of silent strain in high-functioning cultures
Newsletter · Feb 2026
Restraint: The Most Underrated Leadership Skill
And how it can help improve your judgment
Newsletter · Jan 2026
When Doing Everything Doesn't Work
Why competence can become a trap and how identity scripts get in the way
Newsletter · Jan 2026
Find Grounding in Uncertain Times
By embracing the instability inherent in our lives
Research
Global Mental Health · 2025
Specialized Mental Health Care for Children in Humanitarian Settings
Song SJ, Sevenants K, Palmer L, et al.
Former Child Soldiers · 2025
Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups: Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Needs
Awada S, Song SJ.
Child Trauma · 2024
Advancing Equity for Immigrant Children Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking
Bala A, Crisp J, Knighton T, Torres M, Song S.
Child Trauma · 2024
Advocacy and Policy: A Focus on Migrant Youth
Bala A, Pierce J, Pierce K, Song SJ.
Refugee Mental Health · 2021
Mental Health of Unaccompanied Children: Effects of U.S. Immigration Policies
Song SJ.
Refugee Mental Health · 2021
Protecting the Global Mental Health of Forcibly Displaced Children from COVID-19
Song SJ.