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The Office’ Joke Attacked by Suicide Prevention Groups
Michael Scott is an offensive, naive, over-the-line type of person and boss. He is prone to crude sexual jokes, homosexual harassment, and racial slurs — all said out of ignorance. But Scott, the boss in the popular comedy ‘The Office’, went too far for some suicide prevention groups in the recent Halloween episode of The … Continue reading
Army Offers Counseling for Grief from Ft. Hood
Counselors are being sent to Ft. Hood to offer counseling for hundreds of individuals affected by last Thursday’s violent shooting. Among these individuals are soldiers, hospital workers, civilians, and family members, all who are struggling to overcome the grief of loss. Last week, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist in the Army Medical Corps, opened … Continue reading
Best therapy sites
There is an abundance of websites found on the Internet these days that proclaim to be the “be-all and end-all” of mental health resources. The problem is, not many of them can live up to the reputations that they attempt to build for themselves. Find-a-Therapist.com on the other hand, has been designed by actual psychotherapists … Continue reading
Addiction Therapists Try To Help Addicted Gamers
Therapists have said that some massive multiplayer online games, in which millions of people co-exist in video-game worlds, are as addictive as crack cocaine. Some youngsters, and adults, are spending so much time playing these games that they have lost touch with the real world. A recent report by Sweden’s Youth Care Foundation described World … Continue reading
Group Therapy for Grief
Group therapy is often used for grief because peer counseling and relationships with others who can empathize with one’s loss reduces the feeling of isolation that can result from grief. Group therapy is often moderated by a health professional or counselor. Group therapy for grief is different from many other forms of group therapy. This … Continue reading
An Overview on Alcohol Addiction and Substance Abuse
What is alcohol addiction? Alcohol addiction is the compulsive need for an intoxicating liquid. Some think that it is just a matter of will to stop drinking, but an alcoholic’s craving for alcohol is so great that it suppresses their ability to stop drinking. Take for example, an alcoholic arrives in the ER suffering from … Continue reading
Is Couples Counseling or Premarital Counseling right for you?
Premarital counseling, like any couples counseling, is usually performed by a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, or clinical social worker. Consider this when wondering whether or not couples counseling or premarital counseling is right for you: Nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. Supplementing couples counseling with premarital counseling will build upon the groundwork laid by … Continue reading
Dissociative Disorders: what are they?
To the vast majority of the world, reality is just that — reality. We understand and comprehend the most of everything in the world as it actually is. Understanding reality is something we take for granted, as there are a number of people in the world unable to grasp reality. In fact, they often involuntarily … Continue reading
Holistic health and types of holistic therapy
Our bodies are a complicated system of physical, mental, and spiritual aspects. When something goes wrong with our body, most people will likely turn to the help of traditional medicine. However, traditional medicine focuses on the study of physical aspects of health. Holistic health, on the other hand, studies the physical, mental and spiritual aspects … Continue reading
The 3 types of personality disorders
A human being’s ability to behave in a manner fitting to the norms of society is usually expected. Unfortunately, for people personality disorders, fitting into society is a substantial challenge. A personality disorder is defined as severe disturbance in the typical behavioral tendencies in an individual, and usually involves more than one area of the … Continue reading