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Psychotherapy Controversy - Articles
ADHD & Sleep Apnea: The Controversial Connection
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Dr. Steven P.
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 9:05am
As the new school year begins, it’s only natural that there’s more awareness about learning and behavior issues. One of the most controversial topics that came up frequently is ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It’s thought that 2-4% of children have this condition, and a shocking 50% of children with this condition are on ...
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Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
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Methods of Healing
Posted
Tue 27 Apr 2010 1:14am
Bipolar disorder, which is a disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain has no cure, but it can be treated. In most cases, when a person is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, they will be treated with a combination of psychotherapy and medications. Other forms of treatment are used when these two forms of treatment fail.
Medi ...
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The role of science
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Carrie A.
Posted
Fri 18 Jun 2010 1:38pm
This third post in my 2010 ICED Conference series also has to do with Dr. Kelly Vitousek's keynote address (which is also the source for my AN and Competitive Scrabble post). The title of her talk was "Coming Together Without Losing Our Way," and the best succinct summary I can give of her talk was: controversial. Although I don't personally like ...
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Imagery and visualisation in hypnotherapy
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Sophie N.
Posted
Tue 28 Sep 2010 7:00am
This is one in a series of brief articles aimed at students of hypnotherapy and professional hypnotherapists.
The use of imagery in psychotherapy has a long tradition. Freud placed great emphasis on the ‘dream content’ and mental imagery of his analysands. For Freud, what seemed most important was to bring ‘a state of evenly suspended a ...
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PsychoTherapy Networker & IITAP: From Isolation to Connections
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Chuck
Posted
Tue 16 Sep 2008 4:56am
Two Meetings, both with similar themes and with many innovative new directions:
International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionalsin Scottsdale - hosted by recovery luminary and international addiction expert Pat Carnes PhD, and his remarkable team, and -
Psychotherapy Networker >3000 attendees at the Shoreham in DC - host ...
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Sick Doris
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Dr. Romeo V.
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Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:16pm
Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic (although little-known these days). It was in 1910 when she first came to the attention of Walter Franklin Prince, then-rector at an Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prince, who was born in 1863, received degrees in theo ...
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Monday Hypnotherapy Myth-busting
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Sophie N.
Posted
Mon 17 May 2010 8:28am
Goodness me. It seems like a long time since I did one of these ‘myth-busting’ posts.
I have been so busy planning various new projects including new work with the University of York in Writing for Personal and Professional Development, my new Hypnotherapy Training Diploma in York in 2011 with Adam Eason and a new peer support group for a ...
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The Case Against Wilhelm Reich, Part 2
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Dr. Romeo V.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:16pm
It was on May 26, 1947 when an article by freelance writer Mildred Brady was published in The New Republic. Titled "The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich", Brady's somewhat shrill article was subtitled "The man who blames both neuroses and cancer on unsatisfactory sexual activities has been repudiated by only one scientific journal." The article wa ...
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