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Teaching Mindfulness to Children
Mindfulness, which features focused awareness training, is increasing in popularity among mental health professionals. Mindfulness training emphasizes focused attention to internal and external experiences in the present moment of time, without judgment. While mindfulness interventions have been used in treatments for stress, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, and addiction, researchers suggest that this type of training also can be beneficial in everyday life. Most research and writing on mindfulness training has been about adults. In this paper, the authors argue for adapting mindfulness techniques for work with children. The authors propose that training in mindfulness has the potential to enhance children’s attention and focus, and improve memory,…
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A broken therapist’s guide to happiness
Get used to failure – that’s one of the main themes coming out of Mark Vegh’s self-published memoir: A Broken Therapist’s Guide to Completeness. A broken therapist’s guide to happiness (link) By Katie Bartel – Chilliwack Progress Published: March 28, 2012 9:00 AM Updated: March 28, 2012 9:53 AM Get used to failure – that’s one of the main themes coming out of Mark Vegh’s self-published memoir: A Broken Therapist’s Guide to Completeness. While Vegh is a registered clinical counsellor, working as a child and youth mental health therapist, he doesn’t profess to be perfect, or lecture his readers on what they’re doing wrong. But he does describe his own…
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A new book: The power of validation
I read the Kindle version of the Power of Validation. It was very good. It is focused on parenting emotionally sensitive children. I recommend it to parents of emotionally sensitive children. No related posts.
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Brief reactive psychosis: What is it?
Reactive psychosis is “very uncommon,” usually striking people in their late 20s or early 30s, but it can happen to anyone at any age. Some research suggests people with certain personality disorders, such as paranoid personality disorder or borderline personality disorder are more vulnerable, he said. Brief reactive psychosis blamed for Kony 2012 director’s outburst: What is it? (link) By Ryan Jaslow (CBS/AP) The family of Kony 2012 director Jason Russell says “brief reactive psychosis” caused the 33-year-old’s bizarre naked outburst that led to his arrest in San Diego last week. Russell’s wife says the director of the viral documentary on Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony got the condition as a…
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Did Mary Todd Lincoln have BPD or bipolar disorder?
Some historians believe Mary Lincoln had tabes dorsalis (syphilitic myelopathy) in her later years. Others say she suffered from a bad case of narcissism. Today, she might qualify for a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. If she was living with bipolar disorder, considering the chaos those symptoms can cause, she did very well for herself. – Excerpt from Washington Times article. Read the entire article. No related posts.
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Anxiety sensitivity and borderline personality disorder
Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of becoming anxious, has been indicated as a factor in the occurrence of panic attacks for a long time. It is believed that many panic attacks are caused or intensified by the fear of anxiety, a self-perpetuating cycle that can eventually leave the sufferer house-bound in an effort to control their environment. New research indicates that anxiety sensitivity may also be indicated as a factor in the development of borderline personality disorder, or BPD. If this is the case, there may be new hope for treating this severe and destructive personality disorder. Anxiety sensitivity and borderline personality disorder: a newfound sympathy? (link) Anxiety sensitivity, or…