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Just Like Me SD

How little sleep can you get away with? April 2011

Abercrombie Bikini Tops:Threat to Girl\’s Mental Health? March 2011

Smoking Pot May Hasten Onset of Mental Illness February 2011

Depression on the Rise in College Students January 2010

Harsh Winters Have Chilling Effects on Mood February 2011

Most ADHD Kids Have Multiple Conditions February 2011

Health Benefits of Falling and Staying in Love February 2011

How Handwriting Trains the Brain October 2010

Suicides Put Light on Pressures of Gay Teenagers October 2010

Holocaust Haunts Survivors October 2010

What Can Play Tricks on Your Memory October 2010

Minority Women with Cancer Need Social Support October 2010

Can a Virtual World Help Young Adults with Mental Health Issues? October 2010

Psychiatric Experts Assess Parental Alienation October 2010

Working Yourself to Death October 2010

ADHD ‘is Not Bad Behaviour September 2010

Success Stories with Challenging Clients September 2010

Kenny McKinley’s Death Shines Light on Black Men’s Struggle with Suicide September 2010

Broncos Never Saw Signs that McKinley was Suicidal September 2010

Better Health, With a Little Help from Our Friends September 2010

Psychologist Shows Why we “Choke” and How to Avoid It September 2010

Why So Many People Can’t Make Decisions September 2010

Consummate love =

Commitment, Intimacy & Passion

Wikipedia Definition; Sternberg’s Book

The Triangular Theory

Robert J. Sternberg’s triangular theory of love considers three independent components of a complete, enduring, and romantic love he calls “consummate love”. The three components are intimacy, passion, and commitment, with these definitions:

Intimacy is defined as feelings of being close to and bonded with a partner. It requires exposing vulnerabilities. Agreement with the statements: “I feel close to my significant other” and “I receive considerable emotional support from my significant other” measure intimacy.

Passion refers to the arousal you experience toward your partner, including sexual attraction. An example is agreement with the statements: “I find my significant other to be personally attractive” and “I fantasize about my significant other”.

Commitment consists of making two decisions; one, that you love your partner, and two, that you desire to maintain that love and stay with your partner. It is a long-lasting and stable concern for the other. A person committed to a relationship tends to agree with the statement: “I will always feel a strong responsibility for my significant other.”

Quoted from: http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/love.htm

 Read this article by Sternberg himself!!-http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/spring2007/features/happily.html

People who are depressed usually stop eating or overeat, and stop caring.  Nutrition, however, can play a key role, both in the onset, severity, and duration of depression, including daily mood swings. Unfortunately, the depression and nutrition link is a catch-22.  When you eat better, you feel less depression. But when you experience depression, whether clinical depression or manic depression, you tend to eat worse.

Eating well for depression is similar to advice given for the general public:

v      Eat low fat, good quality protein at each meal

v      Choose complex carbohydrates, whole grains, brown rice, fruits and vegis

v      Choose low fat or non-dairy products

v      Eat fish, especially those high in Omega-3 fatty acids, at least twice weekly

v      Include nuts, legumes, beans (even canned beans) in your diet

v      Make it a goal to eat at least 5-9 servings of fruits and vegis daily

v      Use olive oil or canola oil instead of other oils and fats

v      Always eat breakfast- have some cereal, milk and fruit, or eggs and fruit

v      Have healthy snacks in between meals such as crisp bread or baby carrots with hummus, or some low fat cheese and tomatoes, yogurt, or some nuts and fresh fruit

v      Avoid “junk” food or overly processed foods

v      Avoid excessive caffeine above 3-4 cups daily (less if you are small)

v      Remember alcohol acts a s a depressant

v      Exercise!!

If you cannot manage, ask a friend or family member to go shopping for you.  If your friend is willing to cook for you, ask them to prepare some healthy meals.  If not, stick to salads and healthy soups or meals that are easy to throw together.-Just Like Me-RD

A man’s best friend? There may have been more truth to that saying than realized… ; ) -Just Like Me-SD

Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy

Psychiatric Service Dogs Society

Articles about Service Dogs

American Humane Association- Animal Assisted Therapy

Guidelines for Animal Assisted Therapy

Center for the Human-Animal Bond

Psychiatric Service Dogs, Very Special Dogs Indeed

Service Dogs Help Traumatized Veterans Heal

Is Animal Assisted Therapy Really the Cat’s Meow?

Animal Assisted Therapy for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Animal Assisted Therapy: A Guide for Professional Counselors

Animal Magnetism: The Power of Pet Therapy

Employers Prefer Hiring From State Schools: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703597204575483730506372718.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_2

When Job Interview Questions Become Too Personal: http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2010/09/13/when-job-interview-questions-become-too-personal/

Young Womens’ Pay Exceeds Male Peers’: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704421104575463790770831192.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4

Making an Easy Re-Entry Into Work Force: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124510378792116513.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_5
 

Hiring a Resume Writer? Ask These Questions First: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433791872911672.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4

Forget What You Know about Good Study Habits: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

Tips for Effective Networking: http://blog.simplyhired.com/2010/09/tips-for-effective-networking.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sept9

 Best 50 Jobs in America: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/snapshots/23.html

Ace that Job Interview :http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/13/pf/saving/job_interview_tips/index.htm

Ivy League Education No Longer Worth It?: http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/14/pf/college/ivy_league_worth.fortune/index.htm

How to Tell When Your Boss is Lying: http://www.economist.com/node/16847818

Tame Your Finances: 11 Tips for Grad School Money Management: http://apa.org/gradpsych/2010/09/finances.aspx

Fear Not: Common Worries: http://apa.org/gradpsych/2010/09/cover-fear.aspx

How Do I Become Culturaly Competent?: http://apa.org/gradpsych/2010/09/culturally-competent.aspx

How the Recession Can Inspire You to Chase Your Dreams: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201009/how-the-recession-can-inspire-you-chase-your-dreams

Customize your Resume to Help Land the Interview: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/tame-your-terrible-office-tyrant/201009/customize-your-resume-help-land-the-interview

How to Keep a Job for Life: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-ethical-professor/201007/how-keep-job-life

Demistifying Psychiatry: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/demystifying-psychiatry/201005/is-the-training-psychiatrist-more-neurologist-or-psychologist

The Best Career We Could Ask For: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-beauty-prescription/201001/the-best-career-we-could-ask

Sandtray Therapy Institute: http://www.sandtraytherapyinstitute.com/

Sandplay Therapists of America: http://www.sandplay.org/index.htm

Sandtray Network: http://www.sandtray.org/

Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy: http://www.sandplay.ca/

Sand Tray Therapy and the Healing Process in Trauma and Grief Counseling: http://counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/vistas08/Webber.htm

Group Sandtray Therapy with Preadolescents Identified with Behavioral Difficulties: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4878/

Impact of Group Sandtray Therapy on the Self-Esteem of Young Adolescent Girls: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a793252091~db=all~jumptype=

Sand Play Therapy with US Soldiers Diagnosed with PTSD and their Families: http://www.counseling.org/Resources/Library/VISTAS/vistas06/vistas06.13.pdf

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry: http://www.aagpgpa.org/

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/pages/default.aspx

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology:http://jgp.sagepub.com/

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1166;jsessionid=A1A613ABE5BFEB1E7A1199471B8F9B04.d03t01

International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharamacology:http://www.icgp.org/

Journal of the British Geriatrics Society:http://www.bgs.org.uk/Publications/age_ageing.htm

American Geriatrics Society: http://www.americangeriatrics.org/

Psychotherapy Changing Lives of Elderly Patients: http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/36/2/12.1.full

Group Therapy for the Elderly: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572317

Depression: Elderly-http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/depression-elderly/psychotherapy.html

Psychotherapy and Aging:  Elderly and Psychotherapists: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X02-4NDWR7R-D&_user=4420034&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F1999&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1461174241&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000063005&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4420034&md5=1e2b30dce3941873ba7c439737d5810a&searchtype=a

Anxiety Often Missed in the Elderly: http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/20061101/anxiety-missed-elderly

Depression in the Elderly: http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/depression-elderly

Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/older-adults-depression-and-suicide-facts-fact-sheet/index.shtml

New Brochure on Anxiety and Older Adults:  http://www.gmhfonline.org/gmhf/news/news_story.asp?id=54

Narrative Therapy Institute: http://www.narrativetherapyinstitute.com/

Narraive Therapy Centre Toronto: http://www.narrativetherapycentre.com/

Dulwich Centre: http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/

Jerusalem Narrative Therapy Institute: http://jnti.net/

Narrative Therapy Library: http://www.narrativetherapylibrary.com/catalogue.asp?id=3

Narrative Therapy Over Time: http://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310879.aspx

Narrative Therapy: http://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310810.aspx

Writing to Wellness: Using an Open Journal in Narrative Therapy-http://www.atypon-link.com/GPI/doi/abs/10.1521/jsyt.2008.27.2.60

Journal Writing as Therapy: http://www.livestrong.com/article/17803-journal-writing-therapy/

Journal Therapy: http://www.journaltherapy.com/rosen.htm

Dialogical Journal Writing as ‘Self-therapy’: ‘I Matter’-http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a913087805~db=all~jumptype=rss

Narrative Letter Writing: http://www.cfsofcentralmb.mb.ca/file/NarrativeLetterWriting.PDF

APA’s Definition: “The process of expressing strongly felt but usually repressed emotions”:

Wikipedia Definition ; Merriam Webster ; Find Articles

Most of us know the word “catharsis”, but mistakenely attribute it solely to Sigmund Freud. In fact, Joseph Breuer coined the term and was the first to start practicing talk therapy.  Freud looked up to Breuer and learned a lot from him! Freud made the process famous through his life and now this is a word used in common day language. What is your method of catharsis?   – Just Like Me- SD

Anger and Catharsis: Myth, Metaphor or Reality?: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evil-deeds/200909/anger-and-catharsis-myth-metaphor-or-reality

Catharsis in Counseling Psychology: http://www.europeanschoolofpsychotherapy.com/ESIP/Publications_PJH_files/CATHARSIS.pdf

A Survey of Psychologists’ Perspectives on Catharsis: www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a923739820

Online Journal Articles : http://online.sagepub.com/search/results?submit=yes&src=hw&andorexactfulltext=and&fulltext=catharsis