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Awareness Therapy

Is it possible to treat people with Substance Use Disorders using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)? 

Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) can be defined as “a cluster of cognitive, behavioural and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems” (APA, 2013). It can arise from a maladaptive pattern of behaviours and

Awareness

The Compassion Trap: How Empathy Could Become a Liability 

Compassion is counted as a virtue—a fundamental quality that fosters good relationships, makes others feel comfortable, and provides the emotional boost that enables people to operate well within society. However, there is also too much of a good thing. The concept is

Parenting

What Does It Mean to Have a Favourite Child? 

Do Parents Really Have a Favourite Child?  “I love all my children equally.” Over time, generations of parents have repeated this same phrase. But according to recent studies, favouritism might be far more prevalent than most parents are aware of. Based on

Life Style

Psychology behind Materialism: How money and happiness shapes individuals’ lives

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. -H. L. Mencken Materialism is often seen as a negative characteristic

Awareness

The Law of Attraction

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create" - Buddha Do you ever thought to not get into traffic? But end up getting stuck. Do you think manifestations do exist? Do you believe

Relationship

Why do some Women fall for toxic men?

For years debate has raged on the attraction of women to “bad boys”. A lot of questions have been raised, why some women are attracted and drawn to the bad boys, who seem rebellious, willful, or even toxic? Although everyone

Self Help

Optimism Bias: Why We Ignore Risks and Overestimate Success

Optimism bias refers to a cognitive phenomenon where people think bad things are less likely to happen to them and good things are more likely to come their way compared to others. This bias runs deep in how our minds

Research

The Neuroscience of Dance

Recent research from Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews that offers an in-depth examination of the neuroscience behind dance, gives us a comprehensive explanation of the scientific processes that take place when we dance. Dance integrates the process of perception, action and

Research

The Need for an Integrative Therapy for the treatment of Internet Addiction

With the rise of technology over the past years, the prevalence of Internet addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder has grown. Internet Addiction can easily turn into Internet Gaming Disorder when gaming activity is uncontrollable and leads to negative psychosocial effects

Awareness Positive

What Brought So Many People to Kumbh Mela?

The Kumbh Mela, a grand confluence of spirituality, ritual, and community, provides an ideal lens through which we can study the complex dynamics of psychological and societal consciousness. From an Indian psychological perspective, it represents a synthesis of ancient traditions