The only limitations in life are the ones we create, believe, and nourish within our own minds. Never forget that our weaknesses can become our strengths, our disabilities should reveal our incredible abilities, our fears should be indications of our potential, our failures must be lessons learned, and our challenges must only be road blocks and not dead-end streets. Certain circumstances may be unavoidable, but our potential, successes, and eventual destiny are created by us...

A new study of U. S. armed forces who served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2000 to 2006 revealed that combat duty not surprisingly increased the incidence of depression in soldiers. The study, conducted by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, focused on subjects from all of the major military service branches.

The Wright-Patterson study found that the new diagnoses for depression among personnel deployed was 6 percent for...

In the dictionary, transference is defined as:"the shift of emotions, esp. those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, esp. the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst"(dictionary.com). It is easy to see why transference would be a common and expected part of the therapeutic process (Yes, very common and almost always expected. You are not alone in this). Psychotherapy digs deep into one's childhood; thus, bringing up specific...

Normally the life of a student is filled with infinite number of dreams. Dreams of success, dreams of pride, of self confidence, dreams that are too valuable and dear to the young hearts.

The age group to which a student generally belongs is teen age period, the period when an individuals mind is full of innocence. A period when a small child is transformed into a matured person. As adolescence approaches a student starts experiencing lovely happenings of life. It is a...

Changing Habits to Improve your Personal Life

Habits, oh those nasty habits. Habits are developed from training, influences, observation, and practice. We develop many habits throughout our life, which some are good and others are bad. Good habits we can keep, but if one wants to improve their life the bad habits has to take a hike. Getting rid of bad habits however is not easy, especially if an addiction is involved. For this reason, we can take a few steps to learning how you...

Reducing Stress to Improve your Personal Life

When you are feeling under the whether all the time perhaps it is because you are stressed. Stress alone can cause major psychological and mental problems. In fact, stress can cause self-induced exaggerated problems. Stress causes confusion, since it targets your physical, emotional responses, and psychological aspects while causing you pain. Stress is the leading problem that everyone in the world faces at one time or...

The Adolescent’s Perception of Failure by William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

The following talk was delivered by William Allan Kritsonis during the summer of 1971 at Seattle Pacific University.  At the time, Kritsonis was completing the master's degree in education and the talk was given before a live audience of graduate students and professors, thus satisfying one of the special requirements needed for the degree.  The talk influenced many people deeply and forced them...

The term accredited simply implies that something is authentic and this authenticity is based on reviews made by independent agencies that test the quality of the service or product being accredited. In fact, it is almost compulsory to get accreditation if you want your degree to be recognized and accepted by the people that matter including those who are part of educational bodies, professional organizations as well as by prospective employers.

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Adegree in forensic psychologyoffers students exciting choices for career options, both with a master’s and doctorate degree. Forensic psychology is applying the principles of psychology to criminal situations, such as trials and parole hearings.

With the advent of television programs focusing on the investigation of crime scenes and apprehending offenders, many people already visualize this to be the typical work of forensic psychologists. The career path for a forensic...

1. What is listening? How is listening different from hearing?

Listening and hearing are not exactly the same thing. While it is true that you must hear in order to listen, it isn't always true that if you hear, you ARE listening. Hearing is a function carried out by your brain wherein the sounds received by your ears are assigned meaning. But just because our brain understands the words doesn't mean that our minds will understand what is received. Listening is a skill but one...