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A fascinating article by Dr Raj Persaud illustrating the difference between a lack of self-confidence and an abundance of self-doubt. “Andy Murray’s historic victory appears founded on a mental rather than a physical transformation. Commentators, plus the tennis star himself, have been discussing how his previously hindering self-doubt appears to have been finally conquered. . . . → Read More: What Andy Murray teaches us about self-doubt and its role in our success or failure  Comments are closed  Counselling, Life coaching, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), News, Psychotherapy Diet, exercise, and stress management counseling may be the key to managing diabetes and helping patients feel optimistic about their disease, confirms a new study at Bastyr Center for Natural Health in Kenmore, Wash. Researchers compared two groups: One group of 369 adults with type 2 diabetes received conventional treatment of stress management, dietary . . . → Read More: Complementary Medicine Improves Type 2 Diabetes Care Many people use medications to handle their symptoms. An increasing number of people are turning to complementary and alternative medicine in their search for relief. There are a number of CAM options for psoriasis. Among them are mind-body practices, dietary supplements and topical treatments (applied to the skin), according to About.com. Yoga, tai chi, . . . → Read More: Psoriasis: Complementary and Alternative Treatments May Be Beneficial Evidence is growing, based on carefully controlled studies, that certain non-pharmacological complementary interventions may be useful adjuncts to conventional care. For example, the pain of osteoarthritis can be lessened by acupuncture; tai chi may be helpful in reducing the pain of fibromyalgia; and massage and manipulative therapies may contribute to the relief of chronic . . . → Read More: Don’t Dismiss These Treatments as Placebos Comments are closed Active Release Techniques, Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chiropractic, Cranio-sacral therapy, Herbal medicine (Eastern & Western), Hypnotherapy, Meditation, Naturopathy, News, Osteopathy, Psychotherapy, Reflexology, Reiki, Rolfing/CORE Bodywork, Shiatsu, Sports & therapeutic massage Research shows that being grateful leads people into a higher state of happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky author of The How of Happiness, [The Penguin Press, 2007] suggests that making a list of things people are grateful for in life, practicing random acts of kindness, forgiving enemies and appreciating life’s small pleasures leads to happiness. Read . . . → Read More: Research Backs How People Can Make Happiness a Habit Comments are closed Counselling, Emotional Freedom Technique, Life coaching, Meditation, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), News, Psychotherapy Overlooked Psychotherapy Effective in Depression by Mark Moran “For years IPT was primarily a research treatment tested in randomized, controlled trials and hence has not gained widespread dissemination despite its inclusion as a recommended treatment in APA treatment guidelines for depression. Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is effective in the treatment of depression both as an . . . → Read More: Major review shows psychotherapy more effective than CBT in treatment and maintenance post-recovery for depression Research shows that being grateful leads people into a higher state of happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky author of The How of Happiness, [The Penguin Press, 2007] suggests that making a list of things people are grateful for in life, practicing random acts of kindness, forgiving enemies and appreciating life’s small pleasures leads to happiness. Read . . . → Read More: Research Backs How People Can Make Happiness a Habit A study this month in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that mindfulness-based therapy worked as well as antidepressants in preventing relapses of depression over an 18-month period. Read more here: http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/3071425-423/mindfulness-stress-health-based-reduction.html One comment - (Comments are closed) Brennan Healing Science, Emotional Freedom Technique, Meditation, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), News, Psychotherapy The Atlantic: Monday, December 20, 2010 Jonah Lehrer says that we live in it. And he’s worried about depression treatment trends: The percentage of depressed subjects seeking psychotherapy for treatment declined dramatically between 1998 and 2007, from 53.6 percent to 43.1 percent. (This drop has come despite the fact that a majority of subjects . . . → Read More: The Age of Depression – worrying trends in its treatment “The field of psychiatry is facing a paradigm shift with new research suggesting that medications and psychotherapy may be able to permanently erase the “trauma” from traumatic memories, according to several experts. The experimental treatment, known as reconsolidation blockade, has been shown to interrupt the neurobiologic process of memory formation. “We do not erase . . . → Read More: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) research targets memory reconsolidation “This smack of winter weather will be with us for the next several months and for some it may affect their mood and overall outlook. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that follows the seasons. The most common type of SAD is called winter depression. It usually begins in late fall . . . → Read More: Welcome to the winter ‘blues’ (SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder) “A study that appears in the current issue of ‘Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics’ addresses the association between the use of aspirin and statins and the risk of major depression. Chronic disease states characterised by inflammation are often accompanied by depression. Furthermore, depression is commonly reported among patients following exposure to cytokine-based immunotherapy, systemic inflammation has . . . → Read More: The use of aspirin and statins can reduce depression “When Debra Winger, the actor who is now as famous for walking away from her chosen profession as for excelling within it, first met with the producers of HBO’s psychotherapy drama “In Treatment,” it was because they were hoping to entice her to take on the role of Frances, a complicated, unhappy and sometimes . . . → Read More: Debra Winger drops back in John M Grohol PsyD writes: “I’ve shared more in my blog than I could ever tell my therapist.” “I wish my therapist could read this online support group. Then they might begin to understand what I’m really going through.” You’ve gathered up the energy and resources to start psychotherapy. It’s a big step . . . → Read More: Six ways to open up and talk in psychotherapy ALESSANDRA STANLEY writing in the New York Times says: Therapy is out of fashion and almost off the air. Tony isn’t discussing his dreams on “The Sopranos” anymore. “Huff,” a Showtime shrink played by Hank Azaria, is long gone, and “Head Case,” a send-up of psychiatry on Starz, was also canceled. HBO . . . → Read More: The Doctor Is Back in Session on HBO How a Vacation Taught me The Lost Art of Self-Care Monday October 18, 2010 by Sherry Gaba “Most of us believe, in theory, that we should make efforts to take better care of ourselves, through better eating, more exercise, or working our recovery programs. But we can fall into the trap of forgetting to . . . → Read More: How a Vacation Taught me The Lost Art of Self-Care The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) have published a warning that sleep disorders can not only be an indication of psychological illness but also of severe physical ones too. For example, chronic sleep deprivation can result in obesity and, in extreme cases, lead to the onset of diabetes. The first port of . . . → Read More: Sleep disorders, illness and lifestyle change Ryan Howes, writing in Psychology Today, says; “I think my office building consumes more liquid per square foot than any other building in Los Angeles. That’s because it’s saturated with therapists. If you sit in the lobby at 55 minutes past the hour you’ll see a platoon of clients loading into the elevators to . . . → Read More: The consumption of water in psychotherapy Following a pilot randomized controlled trial with the drug Sertraline, a larger scale research project has begun examining the combination of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment in helping patients who suffer from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). The drug therapy dramatically reduces the incidence of the seizures, but psychotherapy is anticipated as being essential in identifying . . . → Read More: Psychotherapy essential in treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures Writing in Psychology Today on the 1st October, Dr Molly Castelloe Fong explains the current understanding of the use of psychotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer: “”I am my own inflatable doll,” writes artist and breast cancer survivor Jo Beth Ravitz. Two weeks after her double mastectomy, “110 cc’s of saline went into . . . → Read More: Group psychotherapy and breast cancer |
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