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Ways to get Kids to Listen….
Children who have been diagnosed with ADHD and other types of mental health issues cause parents to really turn on their patience button. These kids need special attention time and care. Some of the ways parents can help listen to their children and help children listen to you are listed below. 1. Listen to your…
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Create Your Own Happiness
How can we create our own happiness? People sometimes walk around so unhappy with themselves and what they do with their lives. I have been doing some reading and research and came up with five little ways to start finding happiness in your life. 1. Find meaning in your work. We spend several hours working…
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Meditation: How to start?
One of my dear friends quizzed me the other day about mediating. He was interested in starting meditating so that he could keep focus on positivity and be focussed throughout his day. Some insight I gave was that meditation really does not require one to make big life changes. All that is really needed is…
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Sadness and Depression
Over the course of the last few months I have found that there are a number of people and specifically young people who have been displaying signs and symptoms of depression and sadness. Here are 10 questions to ask yourself to help determine if your sadness could be depression. If you have any concern about…
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Spotting Sexual Abuse
Last week I had the pleasure of doing a workshop designed at spotting sexual abuse and abusers. This workshop was entitled Protecting God’s Children and was put on by the Archdiocesan Family Life Commission. Facts About Sexual Abuse Most abuse takes place by people the child knows and trusts and is seldom done by strangers.…
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Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things
I saw this article and I really liked it so I thought I would share it on my blog. The actual article can be found on http://www.npr.org/2012/05/01/151764534/psychology-of-fraud-why-good-people-do-bad-things Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things CHANA JOFFE-WALT and ALIX SPIEGEL Listen to the Story All Things Considered [18 min 34 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript …
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Caribbean Psychology Association
I had the pleasure of attending the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologist retreat this weekend. Many points stood out to me and started my own thought process as to the future and development of psychology in the Caribbean. The perennial problem continues to be that we as a Caribbean people cannot unite. We fail to see that…
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The Chair
As a psychologist many times we forget what sitting in that “dreaded” chair feels like. There are some of us who never sat in the chair at all!! In my case, I had to experience this when I was studying for my masters. Though therapy was mandatory, I used the opportunity for my self development…
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2012 Here it is…
I have spent some time reflecting on the last year of my professional life and I really marvel at how much it has changed. Professionally I am in the process of building my name, my practice, my profession. One of the greatest things I have learnt in the last year though is patience. Being a…