6 June 2019
What is Developmental Trauma?
The brain is meant to develop like a ladder, from the bottom-up. When stress responses (typically due to consistent neglect or abuse) are repeatedly activated over an extended period in an infant or toddler, sequential development of the brain is disturbed. The ladder develops, but foundational steps are missing and many things that follow are out of kilter.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/expressive-trauma-integration/201808/what-is-developmental-trauma?platform=hootsuite
https://beaconhouse.org.uk/useful-resources/ (Image)
2 June 2019
Brexit and Mental Health
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/02/eu-citizens-seeking-help-stress-anxiety-brexit
30 May 2019
What does empathy have to do with our political decision making? (only in German)
Wir werden uns noch wundern, was alles geht.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/david-schalko-oesterreich-regierungskrise-strache-1.4467042
29 April 2019
Therapy saved a refugee child. Fifty years on, Peter Fonagy is leading a mental health revolution.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/27/peter-fonagy-refugee-child-psychologist-anna-freud-centre
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13 April 2019
The Need to Belong
People’s sense of social belonging, or their sense that they have good relationships with others, is a fundamental human need.
The Power of Social Belonging: https://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2015/09/24/the-power-of-social-belonging
Artwork: Man Ray, Silhouette
11 March 2019
"Some of the worst things in my life never even happened." Mark Twain
Watch the video by Tara Brach "How to halt anxiety before it becomes chronic"
2 March 2019
A new study finds, that the presence of humor during therapy sessions is associated with improved outcomes. Read more...
Humor Associated With Positive Outcomes in Individual Psychotherapy
9 February 2019
The True and The False Self - A Concept by Donald Winnicott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A02Ucd6monY
3 February 2019
"The Neuroscience of Attachment"
In the article, Linda Graham quotes from a SEPI conference on attachment and relationship:
“All this talk therapy is just an excuse to hang out long enough for the relationship to do the healing.”
Read more:
https://lindagraham-mft.net/the-neuroscience-of-attachment/
16 January 2019
How To Make Stress Your Friend?
Kelly McGonigal, an American health psychologist, gives an interesting speech about the positive aspects of stress.
How To Make Stress Your Friend?
8 January 2019
THE BRAIN - A Quick and Simple Way to Think about the Brain"
The brain is considered the most complex of organs. But how is it structured?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/nicabm-stealthseminar/Brain2017/NICABM-Brain-Infographic.pdf
NEUROPLASTICITY
The Ability of the Brain to Reorganize Itself
Look at this infographic to learn how the brain changes and when neuroplasticity occurs.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/nicabm-stealthseminar/Brain2016/Infographics/NICABM-Neuroplasticity-Infographic-PDF.pdf
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1 January 2019
Happy New Year!
The Psychology Of Dealing With Change
Practicing different ways of thinking and being in the world can boost your ability to deal with change and help you create a life that is adaptive to new places and unexpected events.
https://www.psycom.net/dealing-with-change
photo byRoss Findon
26 December 2018
Study of 3,176 UK families finds raised risk of 18-year-olds with depression if their fathers had similar feelings after their birth
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/26/depression-of-fathers-and-their-daughters-linked-survey-finds
24 December 2018
An keinem anderen Tag im Jahr wird mehr gestritten ...
https://derstandard.at/2000094490914/Psychoanalytiker-Mensch-will-zurueck-in-Zeit-in-der-Wuenschen-noch
15 December 2018
Gut Feeling as Sixth Sense? - The Communication between the Gut and the Brain
'Gut feeling' may be a hardwired 'sixth sense' (MedicalNewsToday)
2 December 2018
"The Science of How Fatherhood Transforms You"
www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/The science of how fatherhood transforms you/
2 December 2018
Negative Emotions are a Key to Well-being
www.scientificamerican.com/article/negative-emotions-key-to-well-being
24 November 2018
What is Love? The Science behind Lust, Attraction and Companionship
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/
