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by thelettere 11y ago
In the US the regulations differ, and depend on the discipline (i.e. it is not unusual for a therapist to meet qualifications for one state, but move to another and no longer be able to practice without further education or testing). There
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by thelettere 11y ago
CBT has succeeded in its public relations battle at being labeled the "scientific" treatment - but as the parent article notes, there is no actual scientific basis for that contention. Governments and industry certainly prefer the
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by thelettere 11y ago
True a million times over. In most contexts, trying to repress your emotions (emotion or expressive suppression) is the most damaging response you can have. It destroys executive performance and cognitive function and chronic suppression is
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by thelettere 11y ago
Right now that's just empty speculation - presently we have little idea how the brain works so all we can do is try to reduce damage. Not a sexy message, but one you can hang your hat on.
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by thelettere 11y ago
I'm not familiar with any body of research backing up video games - I've found some actually that indicated the opposite. But I'd love if you shared!
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by thelettere 11y ago
I don't know anyone who gets their erotic jollies from looking at statues - but maybe I'm weird. It's the shot that frames the opening scene of Tony's first and last meeting with Melfi, which seemed fitting. If someone i
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by thelettere 11y ago
A picture of an artistic nude statue is NSFW?
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by thelettere 11y ago
Technically there are clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, counseling psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists - all of whom typically perform some form of psychotherapy, at least here in the US. Whom will be more expensive
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by thelettere 11y ago
The real way to change your brain for the better (or at least slow its decline) is to sleep (5) and eat right (3) at regular intervals (7), avoid inactivity (1) (6), get regular sunlight (2) and exercise (4), be moderately (eu)stressed (cha
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by thelettere 11y ago
I'm curious what others thoughts are on the choices one is confronted with when mental illness or significant distress surfaces. Psychotherapy, medication or informal help? If psychotherapy, which therapist? What algorithm for making t
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The Science of How to Evaluate Therapists(thomastberry.com)
14 points by thelettere 11y ago|17 comments
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Why We Do What We Do(thomastberry.com)
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by thelettere 12y ago
I'm active for the same reason as lux, but I've found that the most interesting people are the least active.
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by thelettere 12y ago
Much of what we do every day is motivated by a fear of death. This is a well established psychological fact (supported by over 500 studies), yet ironically few are aware of it. It goes by the name of "Terror Management Theory"
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by thelettere 12y ago
This is quite late, but I just want to clarify: I am not "against" diversity. I am merely contesting the idea that the answer to all issues around having employees feeling uncomfortable or discriminated against at work is not as
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by thelettere 12y ago
Apples and oranges. The issue Erica is concerned about is her social discomfort at work, not her team's performance. Also, the study you cite was measuring gender and length of group membership diversity, not racial/ethnic diversi
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by thelettere 12y ago
Increasing racial diversity as a solution is a recommendation without empirical grounding. I am a white male and I work part time in ed tech. Our department is quite mixed - both my supervisor and the head of our department are black woman
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by thelettere 12y ago
Although basic and lacking a bit in depth, the book I found most helpful when transitioning from confrontation to questioning was "Demystifying Counseling" by Arlene King. It's short, clearly written and jargon-free. Most the
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by thelettere 12y ago
I think in this case we are dealing with a discrepancy between what people think they want, and what they actually want. I wouldn't be surprised if a fair number of people try this once, but he might have trouble getting repeat client
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by thelettere 12y ago
Amen. Most of Amazon's nearly 100k large workforce are warehouse workers, running around all day like rats in a maze with no real break, no opportunity to connect to other humans, no autonomy and no final product to be proud of. If th
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by thelettere 12y ago
Rise of more sophisticated, engaging and cheap entertainment - especially movies, video games, and the internet. Can't believe no one mentioned this - and on a tech site no less. Why commit a murder and go to jail when you can get jus
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by thelettere 12y ago
Just because he espoused capitalism does not mean he was not aware of its weaknesses or did not wish for ways to moderate its excesses. He spoke about it quite often in Wealth of Nations, and took his concerns much farther in "Moral Se
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by thelettere 12y ago
Researchers. There have been innumerable studies on the subject - but really it's common sense. If you're a criminal you're unlikely to be particularly adept at the art of deliberation - otherwise you would choose a differe
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by thelettere 12y ago
They've done studies on the effect of increasing penalties on crime, and it's virtually nil.
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by thelettere 12y ago
Agreed - doing a quick video showing what it does would be helpful.
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by thelettere 12y ago
1) Questions that introduce bias are known as leading questions, and researchers have devised multiple methods of avoiding that - including, as Dan noted, asking the same question more than once with different wording, and using only neutra
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by thelettere 12y ago
There are whole field of scientific study based almost entirely on self-reports. As such, there has been much research done on its veracity, which has shown that it is largely valid and reliable when reporting on simple things (like friend
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by thelettere 13y ago
Corporations wield far more power today than they ever had in history. Where you spend your money likely influences the world (for better or worse) far more than who you vote for. Some corporations care only for profit, others are concerne
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by thelettere 13y ago
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
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by thelettere 13y ago
Yes, it was the West who paid that guy in Egypt to burn himself alive.

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