Listener, March 20-26: article “How positive thinking is fooling us” by Jane Clifton.
It can be imagined that Jane Clifton felt a great sense of achievement after publishing her article ‘Down with positivity!’. Journalists are supposed to create debate – and her opinion piece will undoubtedly achieve this goal. However, there is also the question of [...]

A recent article in ‘Your Weekend’ (March 13, 2010) explored the topic of ‘compassion fatigue’. Doctors, nurses, counselors, helpers and volunteers – everyone is at risk, if they don’t make the time for self-care. Anxiety, sleeplessness, irritability and physical aches and pains can be an alarm signal. “When you are constantly giving out to someone [...]

If you can’t watch horror films without ‘feeling the pain’ then you might have ‘extreme empathy’. The mirror neurons in the brain are responsible: they fire when we perform an action and when we see someone else perform the action. The brain can mirror the physical and the emotional aspects of other’s pain. As always, [...]

…Because Consistency is the Key to Success! (By Dean Anderson, Fitness & Behavior Expert, modified by cbtPsychology April 2010)
You don’t have to be an expert to figure out that consistency is pretty essential to successfully change your life, your health, your weight and unhelpful behaviours. But it’s also pretty clear that building a consistent routine [...]

Brief Cognitive Therapy After a Major Depressive Episode Can Have Enduring Benefits. For patients who have recovered from an episode of major depression but are at high risk for recurrence, attending a brief course of group cognitive therapy sessions soon after remission can prevent recurrence for 5 years or more, new research shows. The preventive [...]