Posts Tagged ‘applying psychology’

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Provocative Therapy: Kill or Cure!

Last updated 7th April 2008

Provocative Therapy turns all accepted wisdom about therapy on its head. Here is a therapy in which the therapist makes fun of the client’s problems, blows them up out of all proportion and suggests crazy and surreal solutions seemingly off the top of their heads. So why does it seem to be effective?

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Does Road Rage Make Physical Wounds Heal More Slowly?

Last updated 28th February 2008

Research on the effects of anger expression on speed of wound healing shows that bottling it up and expressing anger in a controlled way do not affect the healing process adversely, but losing your temper sure does.

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Can Happiness be Taught?

Last updated 26th February 2008

Should happiness and fulfillment be subjects on the school curriculum? Is this a holistic way forward, or a case of “experts colonising our internal life”?

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Midlife Crisis — Just an Excuse?

Last updated 29th January 2008

Facing your mortality can indeed be a shock, and one which might provoke deeper reflection than “better go out clubbing while I still can”.

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Negative Thoughts: Is Life a Battle?

Last updated 25th January 2008

I’m quite a sucker for “how to” posts about positive thinking. But sometimes the underlying tone seems more aggressive than positive. I don’t have a problem with being a winner in a genuinely competitive situation, but I don’t see my life as a war, either with myself or with the rest of the world!

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