Psychology Articles

Psychology | By Dr Mike Shery @ Wednesday, 12th July 2006 @ 10:12 AM

Finding a counselor can be confusing and frustrating...answering machines, insurance, credentials that look like alphabet soup etc.... Of course, quality is an over-used word but, how SHOULD people select and find a counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist? 1. My first suggestion: Find a counselor, psychiatrist or psychologist who demonstrates concern for your peace of mind...not only in therapy but also where fees are concerned. Some professionals will require you to pay... more...

Psychology | By Ann Estlund @ Wednesday, 12th July 2006 @ 2:46 AM

A friend asked me, "What is grief, exactly?" I gave him the simple answer: "Grief is the natural response of a body and mind to a traumatic loss." But, I realized that definition doesn't help anyone who has not grieved really understand grief, nor does it alleviate grief for anyone experiencing it. Whether we care about our own or someone else's grief, we must study the process and its symptoms to be helpful. Symptoms can include feelings of despair, dep... more...

Psychology | By Barbara Holstein @ Tuesday, 11th July 2006 @ 8:12 PM

Mentoring and learning from each other is much more that taking a course or explicitly giving someone advice or help. Almost every moment of every day when we are with people has the potential for becoming a mentoring or a learning situation. We talk, gesture, and involve ourselves in many ways with many people. The exchange can be uplifting, informative, reassuring, kind or it can be depressing, depleting, annoying, bothersome and more! I'm sure you can think of both some good and som... more...

Psychology | By Jeff Casmer @ Wednesday, 5th July 2006 @ 5:18 PM

Every since civilization started many people have been suffering from psychological disorders such as sadness and strange and awkward behavior. There have been many of scientists that have tried to figure out the cure for them and treat these disorders. Classifying psychological disorders have their roots back far in ancient times with the Romans and the Egyptians. Even today, classifying psychological disorders follow a medical type model. However, classifying psychological disorder... more...

Psychology | By Ann Estlund @ Wednesday, 5th July 2006 @ 1:54 AM

Most widows go through a crazy emotional rollercoaster as they move from one stage to another. One moment they are flying high and the next they are sinking morosely into a pit. They can be on level ground one minute, but the next may find them perching warily on a high wire or chugging up a hill and churning up a pot of steam, ready to blow at the first turn. Looking back on my own years of grief, and writing articles, a book* and two websites** about it, I believe that each stage of gr... more...

Psychology | By Kathryn Seifert @ Tuesday, 4th July 2006 @ 9:00 PM

In a time when resources are scarce and problems are many, professionals are choosing evidence-based practices to improve outcomes related to services. Evidence is emerging that school-based mental health services are an effective and cost efficient way to improve school performance and mental health and reduce behavioral problems. To assess the effectiveness of school based mental health (SBMH) services to provide these outcomes in students from Pre-K - 12th grades, Robert Schmidt, M.... more...

Psychology | By Simon Cruise @ Friday, 30th June 2006 @ 1:18 AM

You can tell a lot about how a person feels about you from the amount and kind of eye contact they give you during conversation. Noticing very little eye contact may suggest they’re feeling bored. While a heavy, unbroken gaze can bring about intense feelings of attraction, or even love. Numerous scientific studies have shown that the act of two strangers simply staring into each other’s eyes for 2 minutes was enough to create passionate feelings for each other (Kellerman, Lewis, Laird, 1989). So... more...

Psychology | By Dean Caporella @ Thursday, 29th June 2006 @ 2:51 AM

Ask anyone who lives with the fear of panic attack symptoms. It's certainly an uncomfortable thought not know when the next panic attack symptom will emerge. Panic attack is described as an intense and sudden feeling of fear and anxiety. In fact, people having a panic attack may very well think they are experiencing a heart attack. Panic attack symptom includes rapid heart beat, trembling, shallow breathing at a quickfire pace, light headedness and pins and needles. Living wi... more...

Psychology | By Simon Cruise @ Sunday, 25th June 2006 @ 3:42 AM

Most people lie every now and then, usually just to make day to day life easier to live. On the most part, and thankfully, the majority of people choose only to tell white lies – statements that avoid or twist the truth in a deliberate but always well-intentioned manner. White lies can be anything from a husband telling his wife that her new evening gown looks good on her when perhaps it doesn’t, to a girlfriend telling her boyfriend that he performed well in the basketball game when in reality ... more...

Psychology | By Barbara Holstein @ Saturday, 24th June 2006 @ 12:38 PM

As we pass through the Seven Gateways to Enchantment again and again and become a true Enchanted Self, we see that life is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from our stories. This often means taking pain and misfortune and turning it into meaning and even eventually a metamorphosis of pleasure. One example of designing a fulfilling life comes to mind. This is the story of a part of our French cousin's life. A reti... more...

Psychology | By Barbara Holstein @ Saturday, 24th June 2006 @ 12:18 PM

Life is the greatest roller coaster ride we will ever take. The ups and downs, the unexpected changes, the twists and turns, are all a part of living. The roller coaster ride of life can be miserable and uncomfortable or exciting and rewarding. Our states of mind and body are key factors in how we handle these changes. The problems of life do not go away magically. We have to consciously work on making our lives more positive and joyful. Once in an ENCHANTED SELF workshop, one woman... more...

Psychology | By Barbara Holstein @ Saturday, 24th June 2006 @ 11:18 AM

Recently, I attended a beautiful wedding. A young Jewish couple came together in joy and the room was filled with happiness. Outside of the banquet room I noticed a group of older women sitting near the door collecting charity. They all looked very pure and plain at the same time, young seniors and older seniors, nothing fancy about them. Their hips were full. They were wearing comfortable walking shoes and somewhat frumpy looking clothing. There wore either wigs or kerchiefs. They had a swe... more...

Psychology | By Stephen Turner @ Friday, 16th June 2006 @ 5:12 AM

Lucid dreaming is something everyone can do by employing certain key techniques. This article explains those techniques. Reality testing and dream signs The secret to lucid dreaming success is to get yourself into the habit of noticing when you are dreaming and when you are not. The way you do this is to train yourself to do reality checks during your waking hours. Reality checks are conscious, deliberate tests that will reveal whether you are awake or dreaming. If you consistentl... more...

Psychology | By Saleem Rana @ Thursday, 15th June 2006 @ 2:20 PM

I’m going to give you a trivial example to illustrate something huge. Apply this tip and you’ll step into a transformation. I’m promising you this because it happened to me. For years now, I’ve had, as my desktop, a picture of a white colonial mansion set in a verdant green garden. This symbolized prosperity for me. Tradition, security, and spacious and gracious living. One day, however, I got impatient with it, sifted through what other images I had on my... more...

Psychology | By Robert Elias Najemy @ Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 9:02 PM

This type of worker has an attachment to a perfect result. Before going on, let us make a clarification between three totally different things: First, there is the effort we make in a certain task we are doing. Next comes the result of that effort. Thirdly, there is the other’s opinions of that result. Most people in this category are attached to the third factor - - what other people think about them based on the results of their work. Being attached to the perfect result or to ... more...

Psychology | By Saleem Rana @ Sunday, 11th June 2006 @ 10:19 AM

How To Solve Persistent And Frustrating Problems "To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly,” said Henri Bergson. Life is a creative act. It is a series of events, one after another, and sometimes one over another. Through this procession of things happening to us, we experience change—and hopefully, growth. Maturity, however, is not assured. We may have to repeat the same thing over and over again. Ye... more...

Psychology | By Robert Elias Najemy @ Sunday, 11th June 2006 @ 12:59 AM

Bill feels rejected and demeaned by the fact that his wife Antonia is out of the house so much. He has expressed his displeasure in a number of ways, including reasoning with her, criticizing her, accusing her and even threatening her in various ways. She reacts aggressively and threatens him with divorce. He does not want her to leave, but he is extremely unhappy about her adamant refusal to comply with his wishes. Besides the fact that many of his needs are not being fulfilled, h... more...

Psychology | By Hugh Rosen @ Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 2:50 PM

The origins of professional psychotherapy are to be found in psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud. In earlier days it was frequently referred to as “the talking cure.” Although the key concept of the unconscious in Freud’s system did not originate with him, it was he who formalized it into a complex theory and basis for treatment. Psychoanalysis was known to be a lengthy process, conducted three to five days a week over a period of many years. Ironically, some of Freud’s best-known... more...

Psychology | By Saleem Rana @ Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 1:02 PM

As humans we have only a limited amount of mental, emotional and physical energy before we need to recharge. It seems logical, then, to conclude that energy is an essential element in both failure and success. They both use energy. And it takes as much energy to fail as to succeed. Many people don’t quite fathom this simple concept. After all, it seems that failing is like rolling down a hill while succeeding is like climbing up one. Failure appears easi... more...

Psychology | By Robert Elias Najemy @ Monday, 5th June 2006 @ 1:10 AM

A few years ago, Angela almost fainted in the center of town. She felt helpless. She was losing her senses among all those strangers. She feared being humiliated by fainting, and thus, showing weakness. She was also afraid these strangers might not help her and that she would be in danger. Since that day, Angela has not been able to travel outside the house without her husband. Until that moment, she had been a dynamic and even rebellious woman, but now she experiences humiliation, fear,... more...