Wild Ideas for Treatment of Mental Health Problems
Nowadays there are many useful types of treatment for mental health problems. Forward thinkers occasionally develop new treatment methods. In the past, some innovative treatment methods went awry. Take trephining, for instance, which was used hundreds of...
Perfectionism Can Be Good or Bad
Do you think of yourself as a perfectionist? If your perfectionism mostly helps you in life, keep going down that path. I call people in this category not perfectionists but hard workers with high goals. When they fail at something, they feel bad for a short...
The Unconscious
When I started my training as a psychologist, I moved in with two students I did not know. One of them told me about an incident the prior year with the other one, “Doug.” Doug went far from home to attend university. Doug, feeling the freedom of being away from...
When to See a Psychologist
I sometimes answer psychological questions on Quora, an online platform for asking and answering questions. Recently, I answered this question: “How do you know if you need psychological therapy?” I responded that it is time to seek psychological help if...
Some Individuals Have Unusual Phobias
There seems to be no limit to the objects that can be the subjects of phobias. Phobias exist when individuals feel great fear or disgust when exposed to some particular type of object. They avoid the object at all costs. I have treated clients for phobias involving...
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