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Premarital Counseling about Sexuality Issues

Sexuality is a sensitive issue for which people perception and attitude defines the willingness to discuss the concept backgrounds and consequences. The case of Steve and Nadia is a complicated one. It is because both belong to two different cultural backgrounds. In open culture societies, people take adaptive approach to share their views on this particular concept. In culturally bounded societies cultural norms and expectations from a person defines the significance of the

Understanding Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts in the other direction, you may feel euphoric and full of energy. Mood shifts may occur only a few times a year or as often as several times a week. Although bipolar disorder is a disruptive, long-ter

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy also known as (CBT) is a type of therapy used by many therapists to treat a patient of his/her mental illnesses by helping that patient to uncover the link between his/her thoughts, feelings and behavior. This type of therapy was created by an American Psychologist known as Aaron Beck in the 1950’s (Argosy University, 2013). According to Aaron Beck, the way a person thinks affects the way he/she feels, and that feeling influences how that person b

How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can Help a Person Redirect his/her Unhealthy Thoughts to Healthy On

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a common type of mental health counseling (psychotherapy). With cognitive behavioral therapy, you work with a mental health counselor (psychotherapist or therapist) in a structured way, attending a limited number of sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. Cognitive behavioral therapy can be a

An Observation on the Effects of Stress on our Brain, Behavior and Memory

Jean M. Brice-Montas, Department of Psychology at: Argosy University. Jean M. Brice-Montas is recently graduated at Department of Psychology at, Argosy University. This Literature Review was supported in part by Argosy University Library, Proquest and other Verified Research Websites. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed Directly to Jean M. Montas, Department of Psychology at, Argosy University; 2233 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021. Contact at: legacy127

Effective Counseling

An effective counselor is someone who is open minded. As a counselor George has to keep in mind that counseling is a two way street that involves the client and him. The purpose of counseling is always the well-being of the client. It takes a cooperative effort and commitment from both parties to make it very effective (Argosy university, 2013). With George’s behavior there is no way a client will cooperate with him because he lacked the most essential part of counseling, whi