Creating Common Ground Magazine

Consequences of Fundamentalism: Lessons from the Attack on Salmon Rushdie

Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times before he was scheduled to speak at a literary event in Chautaugua New York…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Aug 13
When Our Insecurities Create Conflict – And What To Do About It

Jonathan Reams, Ph.D. We all face a puzzle in life, the puzzle of identity. We experience ourselves as unique, that…Read More

Jonathan Reams

Aug 12
Can We Create Common Ground on the Issue of Transgenderism?

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. Sex doesn’t trump gender; but gender doesn’t trump sex either. Traditionally, the contrast between “male” and…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Aug 11
The Transformative Power of Circles

Melody Lee We live in a polarized society. As citizens of a nation, we are as distant from each other…Read More

Melody Lee

Aug 9
We Need to Move Beyond the “Morality of Me”

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. In a previous article, I argued that contemporary morality in the United States is organized primarily…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo

Jan 8
Is Radical Individualism Destroying Our Moral Compass?

“Liberty cannot be established without morality” — Alexis de Tocqueville Over the past half century or more, modern individualism has…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo

Dec 28
Our Divided America

I am a therapist and I am here to tell you that America needs therapy. Therapy is what folks need…Read More

Gregg Henriques

Dec 22
Power Words

Over the past half century or more, modern individualism has run up against a. The United States was founded Over…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo

Dec 16

Latest Editorials

Against Toxic Positivity: We Must Face Challenge with Courage and Compassion

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jan 26
Systemic Racism? We’re Talking Past Each Other

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jan 23

Latest Articles

Can Democracy Evolve? From Adversarial to Collaborative Democracy

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jan 3
How to Engage the Ideological Other: The Case of Abortion (III)

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jan 2

Latest Research

The Transformation of a White Supremacist

Mascolo, M. F. (2016). The transformation of an ex-white supremacist: A dialecticaldevelopmental analysis. Qualitative Psychology, 1-20.

Dec 19
The Relational Origins of Morality.

Mascolo, M. F., & DiBianca Fasoli (2020). The relational origins of morality and its development. In M. F. Mascolo & T. Bidell (Eds.) Handbook of Integrative Psychological Development (pp. 392-421). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Bridging Partisan Divides

Mascolo, M. F. (2020). Bridging Political Diversity through Dialectical Engagement and Radical Sociality. Journal of Constructivist Psychology.

Dec 19
Bridging Cultural Conflict through Dialectical Engagement

Marginean, D., Lambert, S., La Torre, J., & Mascolo, M. F. (2019). Transcending Cultural Divides: Dialectical Engagement in the Cultural Construction of Self. Psychological Studies, 64, 365–375.

Dec 19