Despite their differences, all good therapies share certain qualities Many approaches to therapy have been developed in the decades since Freud first began his experimentation with the ‘talking cure’. Psychotherapy today comes in many varieties: The psychoanalyst will probe your unconscious; the behaviourist will rearrange your reinforcement contingencies; the cognitive therapist will challenge your irrational…
Keeping your temper in check can be challenging. Use simple anger management tips – from taking timeout to using “I” statements – to stay in control. Do you fume when someone cuts you off in traffic? Does your blood pressure rocket when your child refuses to cooperate? Anger is a normal and even healthy emotion…
Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense rage, and like other emotions, it is accompanied by physiological changes; when you get angry, your heart rate and blood pressure go up, as do the levels of your energy hormones, adrenaline, and noradrenaline. Anger can be caused by both external…
Have you ever noticed that many prestigious hotels do not have a 13th floor: After the 12th comes the 14th floor! This is an example of a “superstition”; many healthy individuals have vague superstitions, which they know are “silly”, but nevertheless they still prefer not to transgress. Superstition and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are not related,…