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I have just returned from a busy week in Hobart, where I joined my fellow national directors of the Australian Psychological Society at a number of board meetings, followed by the annual conference. I attended several interesting sessions and presented a research paper detailing the improved treatment outcomes that Psychology Melbourne is obtaining from our personal matching sessions. Our paper...
A disturbing comment piece in The Guardian by Professor Paul Verhaeghe, chair of the department for psychoanalysis and counselling psychology at the University of Ghent, suggests that 30 years of neoliberalism, free-market forces and privatisation have resulted in a serious deterioration in people's values and personalities Professor Verhaeghe says that decades of research and his own therapeutic practice have convinced him that the...
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Last week Business Insider picked up on a study by US-based jobs site CareerBuilder which showed that managers were just as, if not more likely to suffer workplace bullying as other employees. The most common source of the bullying, according to the survey, was the boss, or someone higher up in the organisation, although in 46 per cent of cases,...
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It's great to see the ABC going "Mental As", throwing its support behind Mental Health Week, which this year will run from October 5-11. There will be hundreds of events during the week, and Psychology Melbourne will be playing its part too, with some free classes in mindfulness for individuals and organisations and a mental health tune-up to help keep...
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Britain's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has warned the UK government that more needs to be done to help people with mental health problems to stay in their jobs, citing disturbing figures on the toll of stress, depression and anxiety in the workplace. According to her report on workplace mental health, around 70 million working days were lost to...
Business psychologist Adam Grant, the highest-rating professor at the famed Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has been gaining increasing recognition for his book Give and Take, which suggests that giving is the secret to getting ahead. Professor Grant is taking his own advice, with a service called Granted. Sign up, and he will send you a free monthly newsletter...
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You might remember, next time you congratulate a child for an achievement, that it's better to praise her effort, than to tell her how clever she is. I learned to do this some years ago, and had long forgotten where, but it's encouraging to learn that research by a clinical psychologist studying the way the brain works supports this approach. ...
On the face of it, Jules Evans' devastating report of an encounter with a "therapist" is not just a piece of helpful guidance for anyone seeking therapy, but also a cautionary tale for those who practise it. The liberties that Evans claims the "therapist" took with him would make any counsellor, let alone a qualified psychologist, cringe - and indeed...
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The wedding business is going to be delighted with at least one of the recommendations from research undertaken by the US National Marriage Project into the factors that make for healthy marriages. According to the report, titled "Before 'I Do'", couples who want to maximise their chances for long-term wedded bliss should splash out on a BIG wedding, with at least...
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The New York Times, that celebrated chef, Joël Robuchon, has co-authored a cook book that claims an even more profound link between psychology and eating.Robuchon and Dr Nadia Volf's Food and Life is dedicated to the proposition that "meals can improve your health, energy and mood, and maybe even help you find love". Troubled by an obsessive thought? Dr Volf prescribes...