Green exercise is physical activity done in, or in relation to, our natural environment. It includes activities such as walking or running in a natural setting but especially refers to interactiv...
Jun 4, 2013
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes acro...
May 14, 2013
Most people have an understanding of what OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) is but may not know the difference between an obsession and a compulsion. Sometimes in the media these terms are used...
Apr 30, 2013
The following quotes are taken from the works of Abraham Maslow.
“What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.”
“The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-este...
Apr 29, 2013
The ancient Greeks considered libraries to be a “healing place for the soul.” They believed that literature was of spiritual and psychological significance, having the power to open minds and soo...
Apr 2, 2013
Multimodal therapy (MMT) is the creation of Arnold Lazarus, clinical psychologist and college professor. It is based on his belief that people are more than their behaviors so therapy needs to ad...
Mar 30, 2013
Although any licensed therapist, social worker, or psychologist can provide sex therapy it is by many considered a treatment specialty.
Counselors who offer sex therapy are frequently credential...
Mar 22, 2013
1. You Do Not Have Close Relationships, or You Fear Relationships
For example, you:
Get brain-freeze in social situations.
Are frequently alone although you long to be with people.
Avoid meeting...
Mar 15, 2013
“I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.” ~ Richard Lewis
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” ~ Alfred Adler
"My therapist told me the...
Mar 3, 2013
Ophidiophobia is an over-the-top fear of snakes. The word for snake in Greek is ophis. While it is normal to be nervous around predatory or poisonous animals, research indicates that the dread of...
Mar 3, 2013
Diabetes and depression do not have a great deal in common. They are more like cousins instead of siblings. However, if you are diagnosed with either diabetes or depression it is a good idea to h...
Feb 26, 2013
Metrophobia, or Fear of Poetry
If you enjoy poetry it is hard to imagine anyone being afraid of it. Still, it is easy to understand why some people develop this fear since poetry is often a stres...
Feb 19, 2013
Personality is someone’s predominant patterns of feeling, thought, and behavior. Personalities are consistent. People generally act the same most of the time; it is one ways we recognize each oth...
Feb 5, 2013
Feelings and emotions are supposed to come and go. When unable to flow, they can cause humans unnecessary suffering. No one handles their emotions perfectly but if you find yourself stuck in an u...
Feb 2, 2013
"Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our living rooms and libraries?" ~ Wm. James
"Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as h...
Jan 23, 2013
It can be frightening or disturbing to find out an acquaintance or someone you care about is cutting themselves. Cutting, a self-harming behavior, is primarily a way of coping with uncomfortable...
Jan 17, 2013
The word psychopath is frequently misused to describe people without traits of psychopathy. For instance, some people believe all murderers or serial killers are psychopaths, but that is not the...
Dec 29, 2012
The psychologist Jean Piaget described moral development (how we determine what is right or wrong) as being a two-stage process. Later, Lawrence Kohlberg studied moral development and expanded th...
Dec 29, 2012
The walking meditation can be done whenever you have the time and inclination. It only requires 10 to 30 minutes out of your busy day. Some practitioners do this meditation for hours at a time bu...
Nov 30, 2012
One individual who changed the face of mental health treatment was the indomitable Dorothea Dix. Born in 1802, Dorothea lived an impoverished childhood with her itinerant Methodist preacher fathe...
Nov 30, 2012
