Los Angeles Psychologist Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D. Quoted in LA Times’ “The Dark Side of ‘Brightsiding’: Why You Should Avoid Toxic Positivity in Times of Crisis” (1/15/2025)
“This is toxic positivity, and according to Yvonne Thomas, a Los Angeles-based psychologist specializing in grief and loss, it is an act that “interferes in an artificial way with a person being able to genuinely be in touch and feel their feelings, even if those feelings are not so pleasant but appropriate to the given […]



