Tag: Emotions
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Is therapy worth it?
One of the most frequently asked questions about therapy is whether it is worth the expense? Certainly beginning a course of therapy is a financial commitment and of course we want to know if it is likely to ‘pay off’. A study by Chris Boyce at the University of Warwick, England reported by the Bet Israel…
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‘An Autobiography’
A beautifully wise poem by Portia Nelson: Chapter 1 I walked down the street. There’s a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless It isn’t my fault It takes forever to get out Chapter 2 I walked down the same street. There’s a deep hole in the…
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Reflections on Surviving Swine Flu
A few weeks ago I found out that it was 80% likely I had caught swine flu. Interestingly, despite all I had heard, it wasn’t all that bad: a headache, sore joints and muscles and of course the well-publicised high temperature. In fact, it was so much less dramatic than I had anticipated, I…
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Can you tell how I feel just by looking at me?
It has been widely researched and assumed since the work of American Psychologist Paul Ekman in the 1970’s, that human facial expressions are universal. That is, no matter where you grow up and who you encounter, you will always be able to recognise the six basic human emotions of happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger and disgust on…
Dr. Lisa Law, ClinPsyD 