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Our Tunnel-Vision
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Our Tunnel-Vision
Bruce Wilson, PhD
What pushes us to have tunnel-vision? That is, the mindset that is only focused on a particular aim, and will not notice or consider anything else. Are there any psychological ...
A Metaverse Reality
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
A Metaverse Reality
Bruce Wilson, PhD
Meta comes from the Greek prefix and preposition meta, which means “after” or “beyond.” When combined with words in English, meta- often signifies “change” or “alteration” as in the ...
Hypnosis and Self-Knowledge
By Mal Mohanlal · 2 years ago
Most people do not understand hypnosis. Many think they cannot be hypnotised, and many believe someone hypnotises them. What they know about hypnosis is mostly from watching hypnosis performed on stage or TV. So they ...
Approaches to Working with Self Defeating Behaviours
By Shaun Noteman · 2 years ago
One of the ways of working with self-defeating behaviours is replacing the behaviours with personality strengths. This involves the utilisation of strength-based orientations. An expert assessed the personality of an individual's strengths (Hofmann and Otto, ...
What Are Your Strengths?
By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
What Are Your Strengths?
Bruce Wilson, PhD
Positive Psychology is defined as “the study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals, communities and organisations to thrive.” Positive Psychologists are focused more on the client’s ...
Pretending and Self-Deception
By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Pretending and Self-Deception
Bruce Wilson, PhD
People pretend a lot. They pretend to be interested in what you are saying or doing. They pretend to be putting in more effort than they actually are. They ...
Making Sense of Ambivalence
By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Making Sense of Ambivalence
Bruce Wilson, PhD
Much of what we do as psychologists is about assisting clients to resolve some ongoing ambivalence. Clients are questioning their circumstances, their lifestyle, their relationships, and even themselves. ...
Achieving Concrastination
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Achieving Concrastination
Bruce Wilson, PhD
The opposite of procrastination is concrastination. It means: Start doing the task now and don’t stop until the task is finished. Why is this concept so hard to achieve? Does ...
You're Not Enough Like Me
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
You’re Not Enough Like Me
Bruce Wilson, PhD
Couples counselling has some special challenges. Two individuals rarely see the same experiences the same. Their different realities are not a fault but rather should be expected. ...
Awareness Through the Ages
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Awareness Through the Ages
Bruce Wilson, PhD
Oscar Wilde said: “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.” Is Oscar on to something here, or is Oscar just being cynical? Afterall, ...
Illusion and Self-Identity
By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Illusion and Self-Identity
Bruce Wilson, PhD
What is an illusion? When something is not what it seems to be, there is a good chance we are in the possible grip of an illusion. Why does ...
Guilt and Hindsight Bias
By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Guilt and Hindsight Bias
Bruce Wilson, PhD
It is sometimes said that “hindsight is 20/20”, which implies it is really accurate. Perhaps, but maybe not! Daniel Kahneman describes the fallibility and bias of hindsight as ...
The Benefits and Burden of Being an Empath
By Dr. Dawn Brown · 2 years ago
In general, empathy is a very positive trait. We want to be understood by the people around us and receiving empathy lets us know we’re being listened to. Empathizing with another’s pain can bring comfort. ...
Implicit Bias
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
Implicit Bias
Bruce Wilson, PhD
“A flawless delusion is more appealing to the human mind than a flawed reality.”- Abhijit Naskar
What is implicit bias?
Implicit bias is unconscious bias. This type of bias connects ...
A Set Mind or a Mindset?
By Bruce Wilson · 2 years ago
A Set Mind or a Mindset?
Bruce Wilson, PhD
“When you think you can or you think you can’t you’re right.”
Henry Ford
The Set Mind
When we suggest the idea of a set mind, ...
Self-centeredness: Nigeria's major psychological issue
By Samaila Muhammad · 2 years ago
Self-centeredness is a surface trait associated with psychological disorders such as antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders. Self-centeredness is a trait that makes people ignore or forget the needs and conditions of others. A self-centered person ...
The Big Problem of Burnout for Mental Health Professionals
By Dr. Dawn Brown · 3 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many big challenges into our lives, from the obvious one of the threat to global health to the more peripheral problems that resulted. Living through 2020 and beyond has taken its ...
Out with the Old, and in with the New: A Step toward Eliminating Self Doubt and Demonstrating Self-Love
By Kristian Graves · 3 years ago
If I could teach my younger self anything, it would be that life is a marathon, not a race. We must be our only competition. We are not here to satisfy anyone except ourselves. We ...
Simple Complexity?
By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago
Simple Complexity?
Dr. Bruce Wilson
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”- H.L.Mencken
Why do we try to eliminate complexity by trying to make things simple? Could simple ...
The Pleasure Paradox
By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago
The Pleasure Paradox
Bruce Wilson, PhD
“Pleasure is none if not diversified.”-John Donne
Pleasure is not just confined to the self but also includes a regard to the pleasure of others. How do we seek ...