Practicing PSYCHOLOGIST

09/20/2025

Schemas, such as this one, form the basis of good psychotherapy. A good therapist excels at seeing these schemas in their clients.

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09/13/2025

OR ... "If you’re honest with yourself, you can start to understand the parts of you that you usually hide or ignore."

Jung called those hidden parts the shadow—things like jealousy, fear, selfishness, or even talents we’ve buried. He’s saying that with a little self-awareness and reflection, we can recognize those traits and learn from them, instead of letting them control us from behind the scenes.

It’s not about beating yourself up—it’s about being brave enough to look in the mirror and say, “Ah, so that’s what I’ve been avoiding.”

09/13/2025

A new study of couples in 50 countries found that relationships that began online were less happy and less loving than those whose partners met offline. These may be the reasons why...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202508/meeting-partners-online-linked-to-less-loving-relationships?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwY2xjawMyScpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtIlQ12VH7o1XyiyjZYZ7mGGmON7XLSdTvxQQDTfIEojvDoX8Sl1Ey0GyOvh_aem_GcbU8oyX03_ysX7RhqMz3Q

Are we more likely to make bad partner choices on an app?

09/13/2025

Jung reinforces the idea that when civic structures stagnate or external outcomes disappoint, the most powerful act of creation may be the refinement of one’s own principles, tone, and symbolic clarity. You become the canvas. Through reflection, discipline, and symbolic integration, you sculpt your identity, values, and purpose.

09/12/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:

𝟏) 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬;

𝟐) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫; 𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝟑) 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Learn to recognize, address, and overcome mental harassment from neighbours. Discover legal options, coping strategies, and self-care techniques for reclaiming peace.

09/01/2025

Deindividuation is a state in which you become so immersed in the norms of the group that you lose your sense of identity and personal responsibility. An individual relinquishes individual responsibility for actions and sees behavior as a consequence of group norms and expectations.

Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when a group of well-intentioned people makes irrational or non-optimal decisions spurred by the urge to conform or the belief that dissent is impossible. The problematic or premature consensus that is characteristic of groupthink may be fueled by a particular....

08/30/2025

Family loyalty tends to be strongest in cultures and communities that emphasize collectivism, interdependence, and multigenerational responsibility.

The stigma around family estrangement has evaporated.

08/09/2025

08/09/2025

Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up"[1]) is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher social status than themselves.

The word hypergamy is being used more frequently, so much so that my spell checker now recognises it as a word. Hypergamy is a term borrowed from biology that refers to one sex’s preference f…

07/04/2025

The sweet spot is just outside your comfort zone—hard, but doable.

07/01/2025

Marriage researcher Carol Bruess shares how you can shift your relationship to a better daily reality.