Children, War, and Terrorism

“You better run for cover when the pup grows up.” ~ Les Miserable, Andrew Lloyd Weber Terrorism has its beginning in the abuse, neglect, loss of parents, and exposure to violence in early childhood resulting in disruptions in attachments. Those with disrupted attachments fail to reach pro-social maturity interpersonally, in affect regulation and self control, and in moral development. Generations of war and violence in the Middle East continues to produce more terrorists. The world must make a commitment to care for its children.

White Noise - Behavior Modification Tool

White Noise is not actually “noise” it is a random signal with a flat power spectral. It is a sound frequency or a signal that one hears as a gentle hiss, similar to the sound of wind rustling through trees, a waterfall, radio static or the ocean turf. It is purely a theoretical construct. To use a simple analogy, the color white contains the whole spectrum of colors of light. Similarly white noise is created by using the entire spectrum of frequencies, the human ear can hear.

Do You Wish You Could Forget?

Have you ever had a tragic event in your life that you wish you could forget, literally erase that memory? Was it a former romance gone bad or a death of a friend? Perhaps battle scars on your memory from wars gone by? Is Data Dumping for Organic Brains Possible?

Groups and Group Counselling

Group counselling is a challenging and dynamic form of counselling that requires all-round professional skills from counsellors. It implies that any challenges a counsellor may find in helping an individual can potentially duplicate, triplicate, or vastly multiply - however...

My Myers-Briggs Rant

I'm just about to whack one of the sacred cows of the HR world, the Meyers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) test, so if you're a big fan of the MBTI you might want to quit now, or read on and flame me in the comments. People mis-use its dubious results to control the careers and futures of others, and treat. It's essentially the modern astrology; if the MBTI was ever of any value, it has long since outlived it and should be scrapped.

The Therapeutic Approach in Counselling

In the context of mental health, therapy has vastly changed over time. Long before the scientific approach to the treatment of mental health prevailed, attempts to discover the underpinnings of the human mind produced a wide range of therapies and theories. For many centuries...

Save Our Children: When Is a Mother Dangerous to her Child or Others?

What could make a woman so desperate that she would kill her friend, her children, or another woman. We do not want to think of our mothers, sisters and daughters in this way. Prevention programs are available and need to be used.

When We Dream of House or Home - What Does It Mean

Every single night, everybody dreams. One of the more frequently appearing dream symbols is the house. Every dream symbol includes powerful, personal meanings and generic, archetypal levels as well. Each dream symbol contains much condensed wisdom seeking to become conscious; it is knowledge which can guide and enrich our lives, but only if we listen.

Pavlov vs. Freud

Ivan Pavlov and Sigmund Freud had made a valuable contribution to the development of modern psychological and medical thought, as they had outlined new directions in psychiatry and physiology. Their works and their ideas are considered to be actual nowadays and form the fundamentals of teaching about psychics, mental activity and nervous system functioning.

Crime Scene Investigation: Understanding The CSI Effect

If you are a fan of CSI, be it the Gil Grissom original or the various spin-off shows, it's probably better if you don't get called up for jury service as there is a very good chance that you have become a victim of the dreaded 'CSI effect.' This article addresses what the CSI effect is and its impact within the court room.

Psychopathic Personality: The Absence of Conscience

We are all familiar with the likes of, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Gilmore, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy; to name a few. These individuals are deadly social preditors better known as psychopaths whose glaring lack of conscience is made abundantly clear in popular books and movies. These psychopaths are the ghost of our daily lives at the office, at home, and in our relationships. Psychopaths have been around for a very long time and can be found in every race, culture, society, and every walk of life. At one time or another everyone has met these social predator, many of us been deceived and manipulated by them, and compelled share our lives with or repair the damage they left behind. Psychopaths are often charming, but always deadly; their goal is self-gratification at the other person's expense. Many psychopaths are criminals, but many others manage to remain out of prison. Like the social predators they are; psychopaths use their charm and chameleon-like coloration to charm they way through society, leaving many ruined lives behind.

The Keys to Successful Dating for Men

Dating has proven to be a good way to meet new friends, romances or even one's soul mate.

Assessing Future Risk of Youth Violence

It is essential that youth-serving agencies use the most up to date tools to assess the risk of future youth violence. In this way they can ensure that at risk youth receive needed services to prevent future violence.

Critical Issues in Forensic Psychology: False Confessions

The topic of false confessions is another very important issue within a legal context where psychological knowledge and expertise can be brought be bear. Psychological vulnerabilities and interrogative circumstances are two of the key areas that have been examined by psychologists in relation to false confessions.

Medical Missions: Are We Really Making A Difference?

Medical missions: reaching-out to the needy.