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How to Be More Assertive At Work: 7 Activities
What do you value enough to stand up for? Being assertive will get you what you want without having to dominate or demoralize someone. This [...]
Abraham Maslow, His Theory & Contribution to Psychology
Abraham Maslow was one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. Among his many contributions to psychology were his advancements to the field [...]
What is Solution-Focused Therapy: 3 Essential Techniques
Imagine this scenario: You work at a company that produces widgets. You’re at an important business meeting, and you’re there to discuss some problems your [...]
Reality Therapy: Techniques, Choice Theory & WDEP Model
Needs – we all have them, and we all have many different kinds of needs. Of course, sometimes what we think are needs are actually [...]
Why You Should Have Never Had Kids (If You Want To Be Happy, That Is)
Update September 2019: Wow. It’s been two years since I published this post and the comments are still pouring in. Reading these comments will teach [...]
5 Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques & Tools
“How does that make you feel?” This question is probably quite familiar to you. It is the question most often used in pop culture to [...]
Empathy in Counseling: How to Show Empathetic Understanding
Displaying empathy shows that you, as the counselor, are listening, understanding, and experiencing what the client is sharing. After all, building a complete appreciation of [...]
Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration in Psychology
Do you ever wonder why some people go through a life-altering crisis only to come out the other side stronger and more at peace with [...]
Play Therapy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Those moments when we feel most alive and energized often coincide with times of play (Price, 2022). “[P]lay by its nature is a creative, spontaneous, [...]
10 Person-Centered Therapy Techniques & Interventions [+PDF]
The idea of client-centered therapy might seem redundant – after all, when is therapy not centered on the client? This term seems redundant now, but [...]