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Piaget’s Schema & Learning Theory: 3 Fascinating Experiments
Jean Piaget’s theories of cognitive development remain hugely influential in both the popular and academic understanding of how our knowledge of the world is shaped [...]
How to Write a Case Conceptualization: 10 Examples (+ PDF)
In the helping professions, working effectively with clients depends on understanding them well. Such understanding can be developed by reading relevant records, meeting with clients [...]
How to Practice Active Listening: 16 Examples & Techniques
Are you a good listener? Do you wonder if you could be better? Good listeners can stay present and engaged with what is being said. [...]
How to Read Nonverbal Communication Cues: 5 Techniques
While we often consider verbal and nonverbal communication as distinct or even in opposition to each other, they are, in fact, closely entangled. Verbal communication [...]
How to Change Behavior & Habits: 15 Therapy Techniques
Behavior change is recognized by politicians, scientists, and therapists worldwide as crucial to solving individual and social problems. The development of effective behavioral solutions to [...]
How to Use Mindfulness Therapy for Anxiety: 15 Exercises
Anxiety can leave a person feeling totally alone. Countless people worldwide understand what it’s like and share the same fears, struggles, and behavioral tendencies (Forsyth [...]
Your Ultimate Interoceptive Exposure Therapy Guide
When fearful, we experience a range of physical sensations, including sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, and a pounding heart (McCabe & Milosevic, 2015). One theory [...]
24 Best Self-Soothing Techniques and Strategies for Adults
Self-soothing is an emotional regulation strategy used to regain equilibrium after an upsetting event. Most of us are familiar with soothing others when they are [...]
16 Activities to Stimulate Emotional Development in Children
All kids are good kids. All feelings are okay; however, all behaviors are not. It is true that all children are inherently good. No longer [...]
ACT Therapy Techniques: 14+ Interventions for Your Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the third wave of mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral therapies and has accumulated a huge scientific evidence base demonstrating its [...]