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Autism - An Enigmatic Event Revisited: From the Refrigerator Mother to The Parent Trap
Autism is defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder that reveals itself in a pronounced abnormal social interaction, patterns of interests, patterns of behavior, and communication ability. The specific cause of autism is unknown, some researchers suggest that autism results from genetically-influenced vulnerabilities to environmental triggers. It is estimated that autism occurs in as many as one child in 166 in the United States.Read more…Our Four Temperaments, Aussie Style
Many of us are familiar with the work of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961). He noticed that much of our seemingly random behaviour is actually very predictable and follows certain patterns, based upon some basic differences in our personality. These differences have major influence on the way we behave in private and in groups, on the way we talk with ourselves and others and on our ways of looking at the world.Read more…The United State of Confusion
We live in a world of confusion that has its origin in the state of confusion existing within the minds of the vast majority of human beings on Earth. Animals do not have the complicating factor of a sophisticated brain so they react instinctively in accordance with their nature and their actions have immediate consequences. But because most people do not understand the power of the human mind and its capability to affect their lives by projecting unconscious confusion, they are not able to comprehend why things appear to be going wrong in their lives.Read more…Do You Wish You Could Forget?
Have you ever had a tragic event in your life that you wish you could forget, literally erase that memory? Was it a former romance gone bad or a death of a friend? Perhaps battle scars on your memory from wars gone by?Read more…Fact - Hypnosis Has Serious Therapeutic Uses
Hypnosis is a topic that is so interesting to so many people, but did you know that it has serious therapeutic uses? You can use Hypnotherapy with loads of issues and it can help with tons of different psychological disorders. Mainly people come to see me in my clinic for giving up smoking, dealing with anger and with jealousy.Read more…Stage Hypnosis -- Friend Or Foe?
As a Hypnotherapist people ask me time and time again about my views on Stage Hypnosis. Not so long ago I actually received a letter which was regarding my support for Stage Hypnosis. The letter expressed the great disappointment of its author that I supported Stage Hypnosis.Read more…Is Perception Reality?
A phrase that comes up a lot nowadays is "Perception is Reality." Although this concept is wrong on a factual basis, it is reality in terms of living in today's society in which interacting and relating to others is a necessity for survival and success in today's world.When it comes to the field of communications, which is basically the most important field in terms of work and life, other people's perceptions can dramatically shape our self concept and self esteem.Read more…Hypnosis - Your Questions Answered
Can anyone use Hypnosis?The short answer to this question is yes of course; anyone can use Hypnosis. However some people find it easier than others to achieve a deep level of hypnosis.Read more…Hypnosis -- Do You Dare To Be Put In A Trance?
Hypnosis comes from the Greek word ‘hypnos’ meaning sleep. It is often confused and has been given bad publicity by science fiction and other media that depict it as a way of getting a person to do anything you want without their permission.In reality hypnosis is placing a person into a kind of trance like state, simply a psychological condition where they are more open to suggestion and supposedly their subconscious comes to the fore.Read more…White Noise - Behavior Modification Tool
White Noise is not actually “noise” it is a random signal with a flat power spectral. It is a sound frequency or a signal that one hears as a gentle hiss, similar to the sound of wind rustling through trees, a waterfall, radio static or the ocean turf. It is purely a theoretical construct.Read more…Going Beyond The Mo: Criminal Profiling, Jack The Ripper And Signature Behavior
Modus OperandiI’m sure you’ve all watched a film or TV series where a detective at a crime scene asks ‘what’s the MO?’. MO stands for Modus Operandi and it literally means way of working, and it’s what an offender does in order to carry out a crime.Read more…Forensic Psychology: Key Historical Figures
To fully appreciate a subject it's important to be aware of the key historical figures who helped shape its identity. This article identifies a number of individuals who did just that within the field of forensic psychology.Wilhelm WundtIn terms of a tangible landmark in the history of forensic psychology the most significant development was the founding of the first psychological laboratory in 1873 by Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig Germany.Read more…The Emerging Science of Positive Psychology
Traditional PsychologySince WWII, human sciences such, and particularly psychology, have been concerned mostly with fixing psychological disorders. Let's call it the abnormal. Because psychology reckoned the greatest contribution it could make was in the field of disorders, it followed the medical model.Read more…Children, War, and Terrorism
As we all watch the horrific devastation in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon on the news day after day, glued to the “tube,” we have to be thinking, “Where does it end? When does it end? Will it ever end?Read more…Discover the Secrets of Personality Type
Have you ever wondered why your spouse, coworkers, or children seem to think so differently from you? You may not understand why they make the decisions they do, or why they place such importance on things that seem inconsequential to you. It is possible to understand the answers to all these questions.Read more…Lucky Lance Lives Life
Have you ever noticed that certain people with certain names have similar personalities? Perhaps you have and perhaps you've read articles or research on this. I have noticed that people with the name Lance seem to live their life with excitement, challenge and often competition.Read more…Is Hypnosis a Science or an Art? – It's All in the Mind
The debate is an ongoing one, and no one seems to know the definite answer. So is Hypnosis actually an art or is it a science. Loyalists from both the camps will fervently argue about their case being stronger; however, I maintain that hypnosis is a combination of both these streams.Read more…Adolescence: A Sine Quo'on Of One's Life
Adolescence is an important period of one’s life. Adolescence is in fact the sine quo’on of life. Adolescence is like a bridge between the stage of infancy and adulthood.Read more…Humans are Predictable
Many people say that humans are not predictable and I would tend to disagree with that statement. As a matter of fact I think human behavior is very predictable and I think that the people who say that humans are not predictable are caught in political correctness and refuse to look at stereotypes, patterns and the commonalities between humans and other animals in the animal kingdom.Humans are predictable in most of their human behavior.Read more…People and Pets: a Good Chemistry
Have you ever had a pet in your life? You may be part of a minority group who answered NO, but there is still a good chance you have been involved with pets: your neighbour’s cat, your best friend’s dog, your cousin’s fish. Pets are everywhere: it is estimated that 65% of Australian households have a pet and a similar estimate applies in the United States.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Psychology category
- Serious Problems in Psychotherapy Require Serious Medicine - By: Steven A. Frankel
As a psychotherapy patient, do you wonder whether the work you and your therapist are doing will succeed and produce lasting results? Patients frequently remain in the dark about whether treatment is actually succeeding. The solution to this dilemma is a treatment considerably broader in scope than conventional psychological and psychiatric therapy. In conducting this innovative method of treatment, the therapist assumes the kind of clinical responsibility that is typical of a physician. He or she takes responsibility for addressing the full range of the patient's presenting and underlying problems, and coordinating all aspects of the patient's treatment. - Help With Psychology Dissertation Available Here! - By: Maki Kopper
When thinking how to write a psychology dissertation, you to analyze, to understand, to evaluate and contrast, to reveal cause and effect... - Getting the Most Out of Therapy: How to Collaborate With Your Therapist - By: Steven Frankel, M.D.
If you are in therapy, you and your therapist have already invested a significant amount of time and energy into your work, and you both have the same goal in mind: helping you achieve your own objectives for emotional growth and healing. If and when a difference of opinion over the treatment does occur, rather than walking away from your therapist, it is usually well worth the effort try to find a collaborative way to again go forward. - Colors in Dreams and Their Meaning - By: Daniel Zoleta
Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams. In many of the ancient societies, including Egypt and Greece, dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention, whose message could be unravelled by those with certain powers. In modern times, various schools of psychology have offered theories about the meaning of dreams. - Boost Your IQ: Techniques to Increase Your Intelligence Quotient Today - By: Evgheny Stivenson
It is possible to enhance your intelligence quotient in a matter of 10 minutes. Some techniques to do so are discussed below. Don't you want to enhance your IQ? Of course, you can use the brain power exercises and techniques. But these are long term and you would need to regularly practice them. What if you want to boost your IQ now, when you don't have more than 10 minutes. - Online Psychology Programs - By: Mary Jackson
Students pursuing psychology online degrees learn about the human mind and behavior and its biological, social and cognitive bases, as well how to apply this knowledge to practical problems. Student enrolled in online psychology programs can choose to specialize in areas of psychology such as educational, child, clinical, sport, forensic, industrial, organizational, social and marriage and family therapy. - Toronto Psychologist and Psychoanalyst - By: Sandra Palef
If you want to get an idea of what psychotherapy is all about, watch an episode of the television series The Sopranos. Tony Soprano is a mafia don in New Jersey who is in talk therapy with Dr. Jennifer Melfi. He has panic attacks, loses consciousness, and has slipped into a depression. All of this seems irrational to him, but he can’t help it. He has some hidden agenda lying just outside his awareness that is controlling his feelings and behavior. He doesn’t believe in therapy at the start, convinced he cannot talk about himself and that it won’t help anyway. He resists, evading Dr. Melfi’s questions, withdrawing, and even walking out. But eventually he is intrigued. - Magic Happens When Eternity Meets Linear Time in Dream Work - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
Even if you're speeding around town, frantically running late, your dog in the back seat is perfectly on time; centered in the Now.I once thought "eternity" meant: Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. forever. - One Dream Interprets Another to Predict the U.S. Mid-Term Election Results - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
Dreams come from wherever we do. They regularly predict the future and they link people together in the world of dreams. In the following case one dream even arrived to interpret another dream! - Dream Telepathy: Some Dream Workers Make Late Night House Calls - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
"Not until a person dissolves, can he or she know what union is." -RumiNothing seems more obvious than that every human being is a distinct and separate entity. America champions the rights of the individual and self-determination.