PsychAlive is a nonprofit multimedia website offering psychological information to the general public through articles, blogs, video and workshops . Founded in 2004, PsychAlive focuses on issues of self, intimacy and parenting, drawing on the contributions, research and theory of contemporary psychology experts.

PsychAlive was created with the goal of providing an online avenue for people to take an active, introspective approach to their psychological well-being, learning about topics such as depression

Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...

, anger

Anger

Anger is an automatic response to ill treatment. It is the way a person indicates he or she will not tolerate certain types of behaviour. It is a feedback mechanism in which an unpleasant stimulus is met with an unpleasant response....

, stress

Stress (biology)

Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in the biological context in the 1930s, which has in more recent decades become commonly used in popular parlance...

, addiction

Substance dependence

The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all. It explains:...

, self-destructive thoughts and behaviors, parenting

Parenting

Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...

, intimacy and general self-help

Self-help

Self-help, or self-improvement, is a self-guided improvement—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis. There are many different self-help movements and each has its own focus, techniques, associated beliefs, proponents and in some cases, leaders...

. Psychologists and authors Dr. Lisa Firestone

Lisa Firestone

Lisa Firestone is a clinical psychologist and author of a number of books about psychological defenses.-Education:...

 and Dr. Robert Firestone

Robert W. Firestone

Robert W. Firestone is a clinical psychologist, author of a number of books about psychological defenses, and a visual artist.-Education:Firestone received his Ph.D...

are regular contributors to the site.

The site is divided into three sections: Alive to Self, Alive to Intimacy and Alive to Parenting. Each of these sections focuses on the emotional issues that can arise as people strive to lead their lives as successful individuals, partners and parents. The tools available on PsychAlive are intended to help people understand the emotional dynamics that operate within them and the limitations that restrict them in their daily lives.

PsychAlive additionally provides a free workshop, a multimedia experience involving a step-by-step process that helps people to learn and assimilate the psychological information offered on the site. The workshop engages visitors in progressive reading and writing exercises that are modeled after the process a person goes through in psychotherapy. The sections of the PsychAlive Workshop address the significant areas of life in which people suffer emotionally: within themselves, in their intimate relationships and with their children. PsychAlive offers additional support by providing a secure, private online journal and supplementary information: text, guidance from experts, personal examples, video, podcasts, recommendations of books, movies and music that relate to one’s specific stage in the workshop process as well as a media library of video, audio, books and reference materials.