Center for Accelerated Psychology - Dr. Orli Peter

06/29/2024

People in LA:

A young Israeli music producer whose family survived the October 7 massacre at Kibbutz Be'eri needs temporary housing while he receives trauma treatment here. If you have or know of someone who has a back house available from July 14 for a month, please backchannel me.

This young man's family hid from Hamas for seven hours during the massacre at the Kibbutz. He was on the phone with them as at least 130 people were slaughtered and 29 were taken hostage. Surveillance video showed people being burned alive. Witnesses described the blood-curdling screams of torture, and rescue workers found bodies naked, bound, and gagged. This young man drove south while he was on the phone with his family, As he puts it, "My father was screaming on the phone to stop the car and there was a big, crazy boom near me from a missile strike by Hamas. In the moment, I thought I was going to die. At the same time, my family in the Kibbutz is crying and praying to God with all of us on What'sApp because they had terrorists in their house trying to open the door [to the safe room where they were huddled.]"

Any help you can provide him while he receives treatment would be greatly appreciated.

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Augmenting psychotherapy with neurofeedback is gaining more traction. This is a simple study with a simple type of psychotherapy.

We welcome continued research. What we have seen clinically is that the type of psychotherapy one uses, and the type of neurofeedback or neurostimulation has a profound effect on results.

By Eleanor Morgan. The clinical potential of this technique, bridging the worlds of neurobiology and psychotherapy, is clear.

07/15/2017

There is actually a real headache disorder esoterically 😊 called Ponytail Headache Syndrome.

A Ponytail Headache Syndrome is an example of Allodynia, or a normal stimulus that is interpreted as painful. Women are more prone to Allodynia when under stress, after poor sleep, or during their menstrual cycle.

The hair shaft itself and the hair outside of your head is not pain-sensitive, but the scalp has a lot of pain-sensitive nerves and if a ponytail pulls back on the hair follicles, it can be experienced as painful.

The best treatment for Ponytail Headache Syndrome is Ibuprofen or …wait for it …loosening your ponytail!

And if you didn't figure that out on your own, you probably had a headache. 😊

Neurologists at the University of Michigan reveal why some people get headaches when wearing their hair in ponytails. According to researchers, ponytail headaches are an example of allodynia, a normal stimuli interpreted as painful. A lack of sleep and a predisposition to migraine are some factors t...

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01/27/2017

Children report more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to a new study, just published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Researchers from the University of Cambridge, surveyed 12 year old children from 77 families who had one or more pets of any type and at least one sibling living at home. Children reported stronger relationships and lower conflicts with their pets as compared to their siblings. They also reported greater satisfaction with their pets if they were dogs rather than other kinds of pets. The research adds to the growing body of studies that show household pets may have a positive influence on child development, and could have a positive impact on children’s social skills and emotional well-being.

06/15/2016

The next time you are stressed grab some markers and doodle and make some art, according to a study just published in the journal, Art Therapy. The researchers from Drexel University say you can doodle, sculpt with clay, or make collages, for the same effect. The researchers invited 39 adults, ranging from 18 to 59 years old, to spend 45 minutes making art. Cortisol levels were taken before and after the art-making period. There were no directions given and every participant could use any of the materials they chose to create any work of art they desired. The researchers found that 75 percent of the participants’ cortisol levels lowered during their 45 minutes of making art. And while there was some variation in how much cortisol levels lowered, there was no correlation between past art experiences and lower levels. One caveat, however: 25% of the participants showed an increase in cortisol levels.

06/06/2016

"Emotional Granularity" is a skill that helps empower people because emotions are one of the most efficient ways that our brain uses to communicate information about our relationship with the external world. Are we in a threatening place, will it be fruitful to love this person, will anger be better expressed directly or suppressed to my colleague? Finely tuned and integrated emotions provide treasures of information that can help us answer these questions.

People who have more nuanced views of their emotions — indignation versus general misery, say — are healthier, studies find.

06/02/2016

Mama songbirds may use a type of "motherese" or baby talk when teaching their babies to sing, according to a new study just published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study found that adult zebra finches slow down their song by increasing the interval between song phrases and repeat individual song elements more often when singing to their babies. So the next time someone mocks (no pun intended) you for speaking motherese to your baby, just let them know that songbirds use a similar method to speak to their babies. :)

Adult songbirds modify their vocalizations when singing to juveniles in the same way that humans alter their speech when talking to babies. The resulting brain activity in young birds could shed light on speech learning and certain developmental disorders in humans, according to a study.