Psychology Update — How psychologists can help patients with injection fear

Posted by & filed under Learning, Psychological Disorders and Therapy, Psychology Update, Stress and Health Psychology.

TITLE How psychologists can help patients with injection fear   DESCRIPTION In this difficult time period of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people who would desire to be vaccinated find themselves being controlled by their phobias and injection fears.   Given the high stakes Psychologists need to step in and use empirically studied methods to help… Read more »

Psychology Update — Music Therapy: Why Doctors Use it to Help Patients Cope

Posted by & filed under Personality, Psychological Disorders and Therapy, Stress and Health Psychology.

TITLE Music Therapy: Why Doctors Use it to Help Patients Cope   DESCRIPTION Have you hear about Music Therapy as an adjunct to medical treatment?   Music Therapy has been validated in hospital settings as a very helpful adjunct in patient treatment.   “The healing power of music — lauded by philosophers from Aristotle and… Read more »

Psychology Update — What Can Therapy Help Us With?

Posted by & filed under Personality, Psychological Disorders and Therapy, Psychology Update, Stress and Health Psychology.

TITLE What Can Therapy Help Us With? We don’t need a psychiatric diagnosis to benefit from therapy.   DESCRIPTION Often the question arises:  “How do I know if I need psychotherapy?  I’m not (colloquial for psychiatric diagnosis).”   This excellent article describes different scenarios and situations that would help answer the questions regarding when therapy… Read more »

Psychology Podcast and Ted Talk of the Week — MAKING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WORK PODCAS

Posted by & filed under Psychology Podcast of the Week, Stress and Health Psychology.

PSYCHOLOGY PODCAST OF THE WEEK MAKING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WORK PODCAST       LINK: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/making-positive-psychology-work-podcast/id1124670073?mt=2 TinyURL:    https://tinyurl.com/myrs4ys Martin Seligman Interview   MPPW Episode 36  (February 23, 2017) (All of the interviews are interesting and focus on the topic.  If you are able to search the podcast on the computer, then do so for the Martin Seligman… Read more »