One of the most frequent questions to arise in couples counselling is: can my relationship surive an affair? If you've just found out your partner has had an affair, you're probably devastated. Infidelity can have a major impact on the survival of your ...
Date Posted: March 8, 2013
Categories: Ending a relationship issues, Infidelity, Marital Counseling, ...
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Depression is a common illness, affecting people with very different lifestyles and backgrounds. Yet there are varying degrees of depression. Some kinds are much more incapacitating than others. Some people experience mild depression, ...
Mar 8
Categories: Depression, Emptiness, Women's Issues
Written By:
Joanna Fishman
With clients who are dissatisfied with their lives and feel it is “all meaningless”, I have found it useful to ask “Are you doing what you really, really, want to do?” Initially many clients are a bit stunned by this question but then after a moment of reflection many reply ...
Feb 25
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Career Development and ...
Written By:
Brian Scott
If you are interested in relationships, you will be interested in learning about attachment theory. This theory highlights the importance of the relationship between infants and their caregivers. Our relationships in adult life are affected by the quality of this first emotional bond. Indeed, much of what couple counselling ...
Feb 15
Categories: Adult psychological development, Attachment Issues, Child ...
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Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to appreciate one’s own emotions while maintaining awareness of others’. There are different components of the EI process to consider. First, the emotional intelligence of perception concerns the ability to recognize emotion cues in their ...
Feb 13
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Emotional Intelligence
Written By:
Tony Brown
As mindfulness and CBT make their way into mainstream medicine, there are many hurdles to clear. We need to accomplish more research on the anatomical correlates, neural substrates and cognitive descriptions. We will also need to educate more healthcare practitioners who, until now consider ...
Jan 28
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Written By:
Tony Brown
Imagine the following scenario. One member of a committed couple arrives home 45 min late. The other member of the couple who spent hours preparing a nice meal feels unappreciated and angrily snaps “Why are you so late?” This seems like an attack to the other mate who was laid off that ...
Jan 18
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
Written By:
Brian Scott
I would like to offer my observations and recommendations based on my work in Singapore between 2005 and 2011 in the field of addictions. To summarize:
I just finished reading a superb article by Timothy Sim on family therapy in Singapore1.
He captures it all. It brought me back to many ...
Jan 10
Categories: Addictions, Compulsive Spending / Shopping, Drug Addiction, Eating ...
Written By:
Marjorie Nixon LCSW
The year has gone by in the blink of an eye and 2012 is coming to an end. Since we are all still here despite the predicted end of the world, let's take some time to look back at some of the articles that you enjoyed the most in the past year. We will continue working hard to give you more ...
Dec 28
Categories: Other
Written By:
Psych Mat Asia Editor
Several years ago after having served in the U.S. Army as a flight medic, I decided to take advantage of some veteran-friendly prices and obtain a private pilot’s license. The $5,000 US price tag, however, was a bit too much for my. Imagine my surprise when an army pilot told me that 10 of ...
Dec 18
Categories: Adult psychological development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
Written By:
Tony Brown
Your two eyes together process about two megabytes of information per second. They accomplish this by transmitting along the approximately one million nerve fibers exiting each eye to the brain. We efficiently process this enormous amount of information by prioritizing certain information for ...
Dec 10
Categories: Anxiety, Self-Confidence
Written By:
Tony Brown
Codependency and adult attention deficit hyperactivity are special areas of clinical interest for me. Over the past couple of years, I had begun to notice that clients who initially had come for codependency treatment, frequently exhibited symptoms of ADHD. It also seemed that clients in ...
Nov 29
Categories: Adult ADHD, Adult psychological development, Codependency / Dependency
Written By:
Brian Scott
The role of hardship in the association between socio-economic position and depression
The World Health Organization reports “Depression is the leading cause of disability as measured by YLD (Years Lost to Disability)”1 Depression could be described as a general feeling of sadness or ...
Nov 16
Categories: Depression
Written By:
Tony Brown
" I've been I practicing mind-fullness all my life...I can multi-task, multi-think, and multi-stress with the best of them. What I'm not good at is mindfulness."
A few years ago, while studying some brain anatomy material for an upcoming exam, I had an epiphany. It occurred to me ...
Nov 5
Categories: Mindfulness Meditation
Written By:
Tony Brown
“Hate is as injurious to the subject of hate as it is to the object of hate.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This statement made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been one of my lifelong favorites. It goes past the typical non-violence quote by concentrating on how violent thoughts ...
Oct 25
Categories: Adult psychological development, Antisocial personality, Child and/or ...
Written By:
Tony Brown
Want a sharper memory and a more agile mind? The solution might be just one click away. In late adulthood, cognitive functioning gradually declines with age- a process most people want to prevent. Emilio Muhd, a senior therapist at The Brain Foundation Singapore, has various solutions to tackle Attention Issues, Mild Memory Loss or ...
Oct 11
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, ...
Written By:
Emilio Muhd
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Impact of Terrorism on psychological well begin and Mental Health in South ...
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6 Regular People Share Why You Should Reclaim Your Sexual Relationship with ...
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How does one cope with ambiguous loss? The case of the disappeared Malaysian ...
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The Benefits of Online Counseling: Easy and Accessible Help for Everyone
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Strengthening Relationships: The Importance of Couples Counseling
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