9 April 2015
ACUPUNCTURE IN CONJUCTION WITH THERAPY
Today I thought of writing about the benefits of acupuncture in conjunction with therapy. as most of you know this is something i strongly recommend for my aptients...
26 March 2015
Benefits of Yoga for anxiety and depression
Many of my clients have wondered why sometimes I strongly recommend that they go to yoga as part of their therapy journey. There are some elements that yoga seems to help and target...
25 March 2015
Emotional Validation
Over the years that I work as a clinical psychologist the importance of emotional validation becomes more and more clear to me. Validation is an essential component of psychological...
16 March 2015
Too much praise helps create narcissistic children
I came across an article last week which i thought i would share as found it very interesting. It seems that parents turn their children into little narcissists by overvaluing them....
6 March 2015
“Sexting”
“Sexting” among minors and the potential for harm The internet has become our main form of communication and for the teens of today, it has always been a part of their lives....
25 February 2015
LOSING OUR JOB AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR SELF ESTEEM
In the last month I have come across a few of clients at Mindright who have been either made redundant or have lost their job. I have seen how this impacts severely one’s self...
23 February 2015
Emotion Coaching
So often we see families at Mindright where the parents have the best intentions of being supportive and loving towards their children but are feeling frustrated that they just don’t...
15 February 2015
The Neurobiology of Attachment
It becomes important, as clinicians, to understand what’s happening in our brains, ours and our clients, in the therapeutic relationship, to understand what attachment theory and...
3 February 2015
ADDICTION AND ATTACHMENT PART 2
As discussed in last week’s blog difficulty overcoming ineffective attachment styles (Ainsworth, 1989) can leave certain individuals vulnerable to addictive compulsions as...
20 January 2015
ADDICTION AND ATTACHMENT PART 1
Addiction, can be viewed as an attachment disorder. Since it is
biologically impossible to regulate our own affect for any extended length of time,
individuals who...