Reasons & Psychology Behind Why People Lie

Insights into why people lie and how to spot a liar from a hundred paces.

Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Juvenile Fire Setters

There appear to be two types of juvenile fire setters: Aggressive and non-aggressive. Assessment is the key to designing interventions. Early interventions are essential. Interventions may involve the family and trauma issues.

Brain and Brawn: Let the Crazy Child Write

Great writing is deep thinking. The center of creative thinking is the non-verbal intuitive brain. I once ruled our lives as children when we did stuff beyond imagination. As adults, the school system and hypnosis of social condition emasculated and over-shadowed the genius within and creativity lay dormant. Now, the crazy child is awake again to begin the creative process of productive writing. But you must know how to prime the brain and stimulate the creative juice so that the crazy child can start writing effortlessly.

Forensic Psychology: Key Historical Figures

To fully appreciate a subject it's important to be aware of the key historical figures who helped shape its identity. This article identifies a number of individuals who did just that within the field of forensic psychology.

Adolescence: A Sine Quo'on Of One's Life

Adolescence is like a bridge between the stage of infancy and adulthood. It is during this stage of adolescence that varied changes takes place in one’s body both physical and psychological

Discover the Secrets of Personality Type

Discover your own personality type and learn how you're unique. With the secrets of Myers-Briggs Personality Type, you'll understand why other people think differently, and how you can use this to your advantage.

Lucid Dreaming - The Importance of Dream Recall

When learning to lucid dream, having good dream recall can be one of the best methods to get you lucid dreaming quickly. Learn how to improve your dream recall.

Burnout and Counsellor Self-Care Strategies

Self-care is an intrinsic, continuous and highly important activity performed by any professional, particularly those involved in health care. Also called the 'inner therapy', this practice aims to ensure that both mental and physical health of the professional is in good shape...

Trauma and Counselling

The word 'trauma' originates from the Greek 'wound', and it refers to both psychological and physiological aspects. Trauma occurs as a result of a serious event and it has deep roots in various levels of the human mind and behaviour...

Confidentiality and Professional Ethics in Counselling

Have you ever found yourself involved in an ethical dilemma? Even if you are not a counsellor or mental health professional, it is most likely that at some stage of your life...

Cocktails, Neurons and Nanos: Super-Cognition?

An interesting paradox has been the axis of much attention in the fields of pharmacy, brain research and ethics in the last few years. The advent of new technologies, particularly in the field of brain research, has induced scientists to improve the treatment of several conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders and dementia. However...

Creating the Counsellor Mindset: Part One

Counselling, Psychology and other professions which are involved with mental health-related therapies require a particular career blueprint which includes a variety of traits and skills. What is this blueprint? In a 4-article series, we depict the major areas which are responsible for building the effective counsellor's mindset. This is Part One.

Creating the Counsellor Mindset: Part Two

Counselling, Psychology and other professions which are involved with mental health-related therapies require a particular career blueprint which includes a variety of traits and skills. What is this blueprint? In a 4-article series, we depict the major areas which are responsible for building the effective counsellor's mindset. This is Part Two.

Psychology

Special psychological importance attaches to those patterns of observed quality that are referred to the organism of the reporter.