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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Concepts, Types & Techniques

In the 1960s, Aaron Beck proposed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic approach that deals with automatic negative thoughts, cognitive distortions and underlying beliefs or schemas that disturb one’s cognition, emotions and behaviours. Today, CBT is extensively researched and used

Life Style Motivation

The Essential Art of Ignoring for Inner Peace

“The art of ignoring” … hmmm… sounds quite negative and depreciating, I must say. However, the fact that most of us ignore or never heed is that sometimes ignorance is bliss. Under the weight of certain circumstances of our lives,

Health

How to achieve Mental Clarity?

In our day-to-day lives, we use phrases like, “We don’t know what we want”, “have some clarity in life” etc. but have we ever pondered what we are trying to say? We often come across situations in our lives, where

Life Style

Toxic Positivity: Why being “Positive” is not always the solution?

“ Be Positive”“Everything happens for a reason”“Look on the bright side”“Happiness is a choice” Most of us would have heard these phrases. Haven’t we? Most of us have an opinion that these are positive phrases and well appealing and intentioned

Education

Electroconvulsive Therapy

An often-shrouded controversial topic in the field of psychiatry or intervention is the emergence of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Electroconvulsive therapy also known as ECT is a psychiatric treatment that involves sending electrical stimulation to the brain. This causes a brief

Health

Insomnia: Symptoms, Types and Prevention

Many times, it’s possible that you are unable to fall asleep or stay asleep. This might be a result of uncomfortable bedding, extreme temperatures, or other influencing factors such as high consumption of caffeine. While this might be an occasional

Awareness

The Profound Context of Buddhism and Psychology

The seemingly two different and distinct fields integrate to provide a meaningful journey about the human mind. These two fields provide us an insight into the existence of human thinking and behaviour. Psychology is a scientific field that intends to

Education

Did Abraham Lincoln suffer from Depression?

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the USA, is a prominent historical figure. He is well-known for his brave leadership during the US Civil War, even though he had little knowledge about warfare. While he is widely known for his

Health

Memory 101: Understanding the Basics of Working Memory

Working memory is an important brain system that we use every day without even thinking about it. It allows us to temporarily store and manage information for everything from remembering a phone number to doing maths problems or making a

Self Help

The Psychological Benefits of Routine in our life

The moment we wake up and open our eyes in the morning, thoughts start to rush one after another before we are able to even process it properly. The moment one wakes up, they start making decisions. Those decisions can